I don't have all of his albums (yet) so I'll just list my favorite songs from the albums I do have by him...


***Music Of My Mind (1972)---"Superwoman/Where Were You When I Needed You"

***Talking Book (1972)---"You've Got It Bad Girl"

***Innervisons(1973)---"Golden Lady"

***Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)---"Creepin"

***Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)---"Summer Soft"

***Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants (1978)---"Send One Your Love"

***Hotter Than July (1980)---"Rocket Love"

***Original Musiquaruim (1982)---"That Girl"

***The Woman In Red Soundtrack (1984)---"Love's Light In Flight"

***In Square Circle"(1985)---"I Love You Too Much"

***Characters (1987)---"You Will Know"

***Jungle Fever Soundtrack (1991)---"If She Breaks Your Heart"

***Conversation Peace (1995)---"I'm New"

conversation piece is a very nice cd treat myself and conversation piece are classics. 2 bad no air play

Music Of My Mind:Superwoman

Talking Book:Maybe Your Baby

Innervisions:Visions

Fulfillingness First Finale:They won't Go When I Go

Songs In The Key Of Life:Joy Inside My Tears

Secret Life Of Plants:Send One Your Love

Hotter Than July:Rocket Love

Musiquarium:Ribbon In The Sky

Woman In Red:Love Light In Flight

In Square Circle:I Love You Too Much

Characters:You Will Know

Jungle Fever:These Three Words

Conversation Peace:Edge Of Eternity

Natural Wonder:Dancing To The Rhythm

Man that was hard to do!! Stevie has way too many great songs to just pick one.

I love Stevie

But the only album I have is : Characters & Songs In The Key Of Life

(I Love All Day Sucker, very under-rated)

For a fan of his who has a very very limited album collection of Stevie...what u suggest I start off with?

From 1972 to the Present:

Music of my Mind- Sweet Little Girl

Talking Book- You and I

Innervisions- Don't You Worry Bout a Thing

Fullfillingness' First Finale- It Ain't No Use

Songs in the Key of Life- As

Secret Life of Plants- Send One Your Love

Hotter than July- Did I Hear You Say You Love Me

Musiquarium- That Girl

Woman in Red- Love's Light in Flight

In Square Circle- Overjoyed

Characters- You Will Know

Jungle Fever- Fun Day

Conversation Peace- Taboo to Love

I'm not very familiar with Stevie Wonder, but I absolutely adore "My Eyes Don't Cry" from "Characters."

***Music Of My Mind (1972)---"I Love Every Little Thing About You"
***Talking Book (1972)---"Maybe Your Baby"

***Innervisons(1973)---"All in Love is Fair"

***Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)---"Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away"

***Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)---"As"

***Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants (1978)---"Send One Your Love"

***Hotter Than July (1980)---"Lately"

***Original Musiquaruim (1982)---"That Girl"

***The Woman In Red Soundtrack (1984)---"I Just Called..."

***In Square Circle"(1985)---"Overjoyed"

***Characters (1987)---"With Each Beat of My Heart"

***Jungle Fever Soundtrack (1991)---"Feeding Off the Love of the Land"

***Conversation Peace (1995)---"For Your Love"

Moonbeam said:

:::speechless:::...

Supernova said:

It's on my to-do list.

Supernova said:

What do you recommend I get first?

Moonbeam said:

all the 70's Stuff A.S.A.P.No Stevie in your Collection is kinda Scary IMHO.get a Box Set,get too the Record Store ASAP.

Moonbeam said:

Innervisions, Talking Book, SITKOL, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Music Of My Mind. I'd say get the first two first, if you're on a budget, get them all at once if you can splurge like that. From there, get everything from the '70s, plus Hotter Than July, an album that is a wee bit underrated to me.

I just can't imagine the '70s without Stevie Wonder. For me, he's the most gifted artist to ever come from Motown. A true master, and one of the most underrated and intuitive songwriters of any genre in the history of music. Stevie will make you see things that a lot of people with sight don't always detect.

He went places with the synths that people hadn't ventured into at that time. He wrote the most brilliant ballads, he composed some of the sludgiest funk, he played some swinging drums (even on one track with Jimi Hendrix on one of Hendrix's posthumous releases {not a mindblowing song})...ahhh, yeahhh. The Wonder of Stevie. Ya gotta get into him, Moonie!

Supernova said:

Thanks for the avid description and the recommendations! I've nearly bought some of his albums recently, but held off for budget issues. There are a great number of artists I'd like to explore in detail, including Stevie. Others are Parliament/Funkadelic, George Clinton and Gap Band.

This will take me some time... I'll get back atcha!!!

Sorry I have to bust Prince...

If u play the VINYL version of "Golden Lady" u will hear a piano intro. This is the SAME intro from "Holy River".

On the remastered CD u dont get it.

BTW thats his best song.

Golden Lady is Beautiful for sure,but I also love Isn't She Lovely? Sir Duke, You are The Sunshine Of My Life. Songs In The Key Of Life is an Excellent album sadly this is my only Stevie album. I gotta buy some more for the collection.

paisleypark4 said:

I love "All Day Sucker",that is just sooo funky!! Coulda easily been a huge hit in 1976/77 if it had been released as a single.

origmnd said:

"Golden Lady" is my favorite song from the 'Innervisions' album.It's simply incredible!

To those of you who are not familiar with Stevie's music,you really need to start with the 70s albums.Begin with 'Music Of My Mind'(1972),then you gotta get 'Talking Book'(1972),'Innervisons'(1973),'Fulfillingness' First Finale'(1974) and the 2-CD 'Songs In The Key Of Life'(1976).All of these CDs have been remastered and they sound great.


Another great place to start would be the 4-CD Stevie Wonder box set 'At The Close Of A Century',which came out in 1999.It features all the hits and the key album tracks from all of those albums I mentioned.You can get this box set for around $50 but it is worth every dime.Here's the full tracklist for the 4 CDs...


STEVIE WONDER 'AT THE CLOSE OF A CENTURY' BOX SET---

DISC ONE---
"Fingertips Pt.1 & 2"
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"
"Nothing's Too Good For My Baby"
"Blowin' In The Wind"
"A Place In The Sun"
"Hey Love"
"I Was Made To Love Her"
"Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"
"I'm Wondering"
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
"You Met Your Match"
"For Once In My Life"
"I Don't Know Why"
"My Cherie Amour"
"Yester-Me,Yester-You,Yesterday"
"Never Had A Dream Come True"
"Signed,Sealed,Delivered I'm Yours"
"Heaven Help Us All"
"We Can Work It Out"
"If You Really Love Me"
"Never Dream You'd Leave In Summer"
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)"
"I Love Every Little Thing About You"

DISC TWO
"Superstition"
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
"You And I"
"I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)"
"Too High"
"Visions"
"Living For The City"
"Golden Lady"
"Higher Ground"
"All In Love Is Fair"
"Don't You Worry Bout A Thing"
"He's Misstra Know It All"
"You Haven't Done Nothing"
"Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away"
"Too Shy To Say"
"Boogie On Reggae Woman"
"Creepin"

DISC THREE---
"Sir Duke"
"I Wish"
"Knocks Me Off My Feet"
"Pastime Paradise"
"Isn't She Lovely"
"Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing"
"If It's Magic"
"As"
"Another Star"
"Send One Your Love"
"All I Do"
"Rocket Love"
"I Ain't Gonna Stand For It"
"Master Blaster (Jammin)"
"Lately"
"Happy Birthday"

DISC FOUR---
"That Girl"
"Ribbon In The Sky"
"Do I Do"
"Love Light In Flight"
"I Just Called To Say I Love You"
"Overjoyed"
"Part-Time Lover"
"Go Home"
"You Will Know"
"Skeletons"
"Gotta Have You"
"These Three Words"
"For Your Love"
"How Come,How Long"(with Babyface)

I guarantee that,after listening to that box set,you WILL want to go out and seek the individual albums.

Good Morning All,

Moonbeam...And BE SURE to catch him live should he ever come to your town. It'll be an experience to behold for sure.

Lately is my favorite song in the whole wide world.

1971:WHERE I´M COMING FROM-never dreamed you´d leave in summer
1972:MUSIC OF MY MIND-seems so long
1972:TALKING BOOK-maybe your baby
1973:INNERVISIONS-visions
1974:FULFILLINGNESS FIRST-please don´t go
1976:SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE-if it´s magic
1979:JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS-the secret life of plants
1980:HOTTER THAN JULY:lately
my fave stevie wonder songs changes from time 2 time though.
they´re all so great!
peave/manki