Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away

http://www.youtube.com/wa...IE6unjkXmc


Boogie On Reggae Woman


http://www.youtube.com/wa...NSu1TUHk2k


Creepin





http://www.youtube.com/wa...56aGB4WYXk


You Haven't Done Nothin'

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Cf2yJfZvNg


It Ain't No Use

http://www.youtube.com/wa...BVD24d7V5E


Bird Of Beauty (Live)



http://www.youtube.com/wa...K0lx756jE0

This was the last of the great 70's Stevie albums I bought. I was initially disappointed with it, but after some time I found it really growing on me.

I guess I thought it felt a little dull & disjointed. But in the end, the quality of the songs is still amazing.

This and Talking Book are my fave from Mr.Morris.

Loooooved his use of the steel guitar in Too Shy To Say

Another reason why this album gets so much love from me is because of the contribution from the soprano divas(Minnie, Syreeta, Deniece, Lani)

I remember getting this album and saying "He did "Creeping"???? The amazing moods from the gentle somber "Too Shy To Say" The bitter tone in "It Aint No Use" The clav gospel of Heaven is Ten Zillion Light Years Away; perhaps, his most indepth and emotional album ever; he definitely spoke from the heart here

"Smile Please" and "Creepin" are my favorite songs from this album

SoulAlive said:

Mines too

funkpill said:

"Smile Please" is a cool way to start an album,huh?

Harlepolis said:

I agree with you to a certain extent, I must add Music Of My Mind and Innervisions to the mix,then I'm straight.


The cut I'm feeling right now from this album is:

It Ain't No Use

"We still are young and both of us have time
To find our winter love in spring
Yes we know the truth
It ain't no use, we're not each other's ev'rything"...

(So we must say bye..goodbye)
(Bye-bye, bye-bye-bye)...

...So long ba-by bye bye baaby.

Smile Please...the background chorus and the arrangement is the reason I fell in love with this song.

Also It Ain't No Use,and, and, and .....oh EVERTHING!!!!I like all the songs on here.

StarMon said:

Right there with you.."It Ain't No Use" is the unheralded masterpiece on this album. My fave part is the way he sings "We tried our best to make it work but it seems we just can't get it together" Looks like nothing on the page but listen to the way he molds that line..ending with the way he sings the word "together" Straight soul!!!

Matt

IT Ain't No Use brings me to tears. It's the ultimate break up song. It hurts especially when you know your relationship has reached it's end.

A perfect album

I love love love "It Ain't No Use," but I think the most underrated gem on this album is "Please Don't Go." "Smile Please" is definitely a great way to start an album, but "Please Don't Go" is an even better way to end it.

I love this record. But I haven't heard it in a while. Maybe I'll put this on tonight.

chaos96 said:

Co-sign!

it's a good one, that's for sure

"Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" is one of my most favoritist songs EVER. I could listen to it on repeat all day.

NDRU said:

I've never been able to entirely shake off that feeling of it being a bit dull. Having said that, it has some astonishing songs in there like "They Won't Go When I Go", 'It Ain't No Use", and "Creeping". Overall, it's clear Stevie was at the peak of his powers. It's amazing how in the zone he was at that time.

midnightmover said:

right, even if it's not as good as Innervisions or Talking book as an album, the songs are still better than most artists will ever write!

NDRU said:

Oh, I think it's better than Talking Book. The impact of his near-fatal accident is felt in every song. It's hard to argue against this album being his most emotional. He'd never been more spiritual ("Heaven Must Be 10 Zillion Light Years Away" and "They Won't Go When I Go"), more resolute ("It Ain't No Use"), more desperate ("Please Don't Go") or more sensual ("Creepin') -- and he certainly tore Nixon a new one. In "He's Misstra Know-It-All" he called Tricky Dick a liar and some other names, but this time he basically said, "You ain't done shit." It gets knocked a little for not having a theme, but I think you can see the beginnings of Songs in the Key of Life, like a prequel of sorts.

AlexdeParis said:

I like your analysis and you're right,on this album,you can really see the beginnings of SITKOL.

AlexdeParis said:

nothing against it, song for song, it just doesn't gel as an album as well as the others do for me.

Love this album. Prolly my favorite Stevie album behind Innervisions. My mom actually got me the vinyl yesterday as a gift. I wore the cd out

SoulAlive said:

NDRU said:

That's cool. It's not like you can go wrong with any of them. I just think the overall poignant vibe makes it gel more than Talking Book. Basically, every song boils down to Stevie saying, "Life's too short, so let me get this off my chest."

I received 2 free tix for to tomorrows show @ Nokia Live here in Dallas.

Masterpiece!

SoulAlive said:

Creepin' & Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away are mine...


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

SoulAlive said:

Such a soothing tune

funkpill said:

AlexdeParis said:

I hadn't considered that as a theme of the album before.

Actually FFF is more fresh to me at this point than Talking Book, since the songs on TB get more play. Like Superstition--one of the most classic pop cuts ever--has just about been done to death. Likewise, Sunshine of my Life.

Big Brother will never get old to me, though!

But FFF keeps getting better. I've had it for ten years now, but it feels new compared to his others (I was 4 in 1976 when my parents bought Songs in the Key of Life!)
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