Songs in the Key of Life
1976 studio album by Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth studio album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder. It was released on September 28, 1976, by Tamla.
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| Released | September 28, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–76 | |||
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| Length | 85:21 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
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| Singles from Songs in the Key of Life | ||||
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Critical reception change
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 8/10[3] |
| MusicHound | 5/5[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5[6] |
Songs in the Key of Life received generally positive reviews from critics.
Track listing change
Original vinyl release change
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A Something's Extra change
The "A Something's Extra" 7" extended play was included with the special-edition version of the original LP. These tracks are also on most CD versions of the album, as well as the Blu-ray Audio.[7] They were either split between both discs or added to the end of the second disc.
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CD release change
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love's in Need of Love Today" | Stevie Wonder | 7:06 |
| 2. | "Have a Talk with God" | Wonder, Calvin Hardaway | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Village Ghetto Land" | Wonder, Gary Byrd | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Contusion" | Wonder | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Sir Duke" | Wonder | 3:54 |
| 6. | "I Wish" | Wonder | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Knocks Me Off My Feet" | Wonder | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Pastime Paradise" | Wonder | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Summer Soft" | Wonder | 4:14 |
| 10. | "Ordinary Pain" | Wonder | 6:23 |
| 11. | "Isn't She Lovely" | Wonder | 6:34 |
| 12. | "Joy Inside My Tears" | Wonder | 6:30 |
| 13. | "Black Man" | Wonder, Byrd | 8:30 |
| 14. | "Ngiculela – Es Una Historia – I Am Singing" | Wonder | 3:49 |
| 15. | "If It's Magic" | Wonder | 3:12 |
| 16. | "As" | Wonder | 7:08 |
| 17. | "Another Star" | Wonder | 8:28 |
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| 18. | "Saturn" | Wonder, Michael Sembello | 4:54 | ||||||
| 19. | "Ebony Eyes" | Wonder | 4:09 | ||||||
| 20. | "All Day Sucker" | Wonder | 5:06 | ||||||
| 21. | "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" | Wonder | 3:57 | ||||||
Total length: |
1:44:54 | ||||||||
Personnel change
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Singles change
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1976 | "Another Star" | Club Play Singles | 2 |
| 1977 | Pop Singles | 32 | |
| Black Singles | 18 | ||
| Adult Contemporary | 29 | ||
| "I Wish" | Pop Singles | 1 | |
| Black Singles | 1 | ||
| Adult Contemporary | 23 | ||
| "Sir Duke" | Pop Singles | 1 | |
| Black Singles | 1 | ||
| Adult Contemporary | 3 | ||
| "Isn't She Lovely" | Adult Contemporary | 23 | |
| "As" | Adult Contemporary | 24 | |
| Black Singles | 36 | ||
| 1978 | Pop Singles | 36 |
References change
- ↑ Bush, John. Review: Songs in the Key of Life. AllMusic.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Stevie Wonder". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Songs in the Key of Life". Acclaimed Music. Archived from the original on 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ Walters, Barry (June 2, 2005). "none". Rolling Stone. New York.
- ↑ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Stevie Wonder". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 885–87. ISBN 0743201698.
- ↑ Arp, Louis. Review: Songs in the Key of Life. Sputnikmusic.
- ↑ Sinclair, Paul. "Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life blu-ray audio". Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.