What is the best Stevie Wonder Hits Compilation to buy?

jasonstar said:

Talking Book
Innervisions
Fufullingness First Finale
Songs In The Key Of Life

His Box Set... "At The Close Of The Century"

At The Close Of A Century is the only real one worth getting. Other than that, Original Musiquarium is dated by now but it still flows really well.

Song Review is OK for a quick briefing, but they cut up some of the songs. I'm not a big fan of the tracklist order chosen for that new double album from a couple of years ago.

gypsyfire said:

Yea I say get the original albums. There's not any rare stuff on the boxesets.

PFunkjazz said:

What about "Characters?"

jasonstar said:

That can wait 'til he gets those four. Hotter Than July too

MrTation said:

Yep, and it's worth the money!

gypsyfire said:

Add 'Music Of My Mind' to that.

BT11 said:

and Where I'm Coming From and Signed Sealed & Delivered

really though, Stevie Wonder is like the Beatles or the Stones, any album he made within a certain period (I'd say from about 1970-1976) is a greatest hits collection unto itself. Settling for a boxset for Stevie would be like getting a Beatles compilation instead of just listening to the Rubber Soul through Abbey Road run of albums, or the stones Beggars' Banquet to Exile on main street run.

I'm a huge Michael fan. I love the song "Get It" on Characters. Are any of the other songs on Characters following that same kind of feel to them - music wise?

The second track ..its a coo album.

"Original Musicquarium" is a great compilation.

MrTation said:

Although it contains no rarities,outtakes,demo versions or alternate takes,this 4-CD box set is very impressive.Interestingly,it contains every song from 'Innervisions' except one ("Jesus Children Of America").The booklet/liner notes are excellent and very informative.The individual albums are a must-have,but this box set is still a great place to start.

Ellie said:

'Song Review' could have been a perfect 2-CD compilation,but they screwed it up by not putting the songs in chronological order.The song order is a mess.But it's still a good compilation and it contains many songs that you don't normally find on other sets ("Ebony and Ivory",for example).