Songs In The Key Of Life

Songs in the key of life included the hits i wish 1 on the billboard hot 100 and r b chart.

Songs in the key of life. Songs in the key of life is the eighteenth album by american singer songwriter and musician stevie wonder. It was released on september 28 1976 by tamla records a division of motown. The album was recorded primarily at crystal sound studio in hollywood with some sessions recorded at the record plant in hollywood the record plant in sausalito and the hit factory in new york. Stevie wonder s 18th album double lp.

Listen to songs in the key of life on spotify. Songs in the key of life influenced so many different musicians in so many different genres such as michael jackson a tribe called quest and elton john. Its ambition and scope were unprecedented and he never approached its caliber or impact again. Stevie wonder album 1976 21 songs.

2x vinyl lp gatefoldvinyl 7. Songs in the key of life was the culmination of a historic period of creativity for stevie wonder. Another star and as were also top 40 hits. Released in 1976 by motown records.

The track became an international top 10 single and also reached 5 in the uk. The double album has been regarded by music journalists as the culmination of wonder s classic period of recording. The world was made for all a musical and literary. About songs in the key of life the magnum opus of stevie wonder this epic double lp that spans almost one hour and a half is one of the most influential and acclaimed albums of all time.

Ranked number 57 on rolling stone magazine s 500 greatest albums of all time tr. The follow up sir duke spent three weeks at 1 on the billboard hot 100 and reached 2 in the uk. Motown tmsp 6002 motown 0c 158 98 261 3 format. Stevie wonder musical genius delivers songs in the keys of life that everyone should have in their collection the title is true to its words shares universal joy and pain in musical philosophy of past present and future for our world still resonating in outstanding tracks like as pasttime paradise blackman just as music is a language we all understand we must continue to remember connect common knowledge that.

Without songs in the key of life music would not be as diverse or experimental as it is today.