I just listened 2 the album a few days ago and its really underrated and has many great songs on it.

'Bird Of Beauty' is a excellent song and my fave from this album. I also like 'Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away', 'Creepin' (which has been covered by Luther Vandross), 'Boogie On Reggae Woman' and 'Please Don't Go'

I would give the album *** out of 5 stars

Tight album, though I can't stand that Superstition ripoff-You Haven't Done Nothin'

I love this album!

One of five true great Stevie albums! this one, and Talking Book are truely underrated.

Yep! I got this one. "Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" is pretty underrated IMO.

thetimefan said:

Hey you dropped these ** I think they fell out of your rating

"Smile Please," "It Ain't No Use," and "They Won't Go When I Go" are my favorites. This is my favorite Stevie album barring Songs in the Key of Life. A very underrated, beautiful album.

thetimefan said:

EXCELLENT ALBUM!!!

sinisterpentatonic said:

Really? That's my favorite on the album.

i havent got this album yet!


Just burned Characters from vinyl 2 cd yesterday though.

this was my first stevie wonder album. i was impressed when i bought it and i'm still impressed! they won't go and heaven is are my two favorites but i really love the whole record.

sinisterpentatonic said:

thetimefan said:[quote]I just listened 2 the album a few days ago and its really underrated and has many great songs on it.

'Bird Of Beauty' is a excellent song and my fave from this album. I also like 'Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away', 'Creepin' (which has been covered by Luther Vandross), 'Boogie On Reggae Woman' and 'Please Don't Go'

I would give the album *** out of 5 stars

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Just 3 out of 5?
I´d give it a 5.Not a weak track on this album.
/peace Manki

Supernova said:

Come on now, you can't tell me this isn't superstition with different lyrics.

underrated?


who runs this rating society?
how do you subscribe to their thought process?
wanna make sure I'm not in that herd?

sinisterpentatonic said:

It's not. How dare you.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Doesn't matter. He got two great songs out of it.
Honestly, you're the only person I've ever heard register that complaint. So relax. Have a COKE and a smile. You're all alone on this.

Supernova said:

It's my honest opinion

You should take another listen.

PFunkjazz said:

Well, he got ONE great song and one mediocore filler track out of it. Trust me I am very relaxed. and I'll pass on the coke.

I once had Creepin on a continueous loop. Great song for unwinding, while contemplating life, looking out the window.

sinisterpentatonic said:

That was "a COKE", buddy.
like this.

You want drugs you gotta talk to him >>

sinisterpentatonic said:

"You Haven't Done Nothin'" is filler??? UTTER LY PRE POS TER OUS.

Supernova said:

No calling it a great song is OUTRAGEOUS!

sinisterpentatonic said:

This is where I get British and say - U're talking out your arse mate!!!



'dre

DreZone said:

No, I'm not talkin out of my ass, just talking to a bunch of asses.

In the 70s,Stevie could do no wrong.This album is superb from beginning to end.I can never get enough of "Creepin".Damn,that is such an amazing track! I also love the way Stevie opens this record with the bright,uplifting "Smile Please".And isn't "Boogie On Reggae Woman" one of his funkiest jams of all time?

And to the person who thinks that "You Haven't Done Nothing" is a rip-off of "Superstition",this is for you...

Hey, I remember this album. That was the one with "Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" and "It Ain't No Use". My mom used to play this to death when I was little.

This album is great, but I don't think it's underrated at all. It won a Grammy for album of the year in 1974. "They Won't Go When I Go" is awesome. I used to love washin' dishes to that album...

My personal favorite album of Stevie Wonder.

Every song is GREAT from start to finish.




Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away

They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
And just the pure at heart will walk her righteous streets someday
They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if there is a God, we need Him now
"Where is your God"
That's what my friends ask me
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come...

Tell me people
Why can't they say that hate is 10 zillion light years away
Why can't the light of good shine God's love in every soul
Why must my color black make me a lesser man
I thought this world was made for every man
He loves us all, that's what my God tells me
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come...

But in my heart I can feel it, yeah,
Feel His spirit wow oh woo...
Feel it, yeah, feel His spirit...

I... can't say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if so let all be pure at heart
Just to walk her righteous streets I pray
Let God's love shine within to save our evil souls
For those who don't believe will never see the light
"Where is my God" - He lives inside of me
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come...
No people, "where is your God?"
Inside please let Him be
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come...

But if you open your heart you can feel it yeah yeah
Feel His spirit, yeah
Feel it, feel His spirit, wow oh wow...
Feel it, you can feel His spirit
I opened my heart one morning and
I sho nuff could feel it yeah yeah
Feel His spirit yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You can feel it, yeah, feel His spirit
You can feel it, yeah, feel His spirit





They Won't Go When I Go

They Won't Go When I Go
Music Stevie Wonder - Lyrics Yvonne Wright
No more lying friends
Wanting tragic ends
Though they do pretend
They won't go when I go
All those bleeding hearts
With sorrows to impart
Were right here from the start
And they won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Gone from painful cries
Away from saddened eyes
Along with him I'll bide
Because they won't go when I go
Big men feeling small
Weak ones standing tall
I will watch them fall
They won't go when I go
And I'll go where I've longed
To go so long
Away from tears
Unclean minds mislead the pure
The innocent will leave for sure
For them there is a resting place
People sinning just for fun
They will never see the sun
For they can never show their faces
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who will take more than he will give
He ain't hardly gonna give
The greed of man will be
Far away from me
And my soul will be free
They won't go when I go
Since my soul conceived
All that I believe
The kingdom I will see
'Cause they won't go when I go
When I go
Where I'll go
No one can keep me
From my destiny.

There is so much in life for you to feel
Unfound in white, red, or yellow pills.
A mind excursion can be such a trill,
You please satisfy,
Take a chance and ride
The bird of beauty of the sky. - Bird of Beauty

MASTERPEICE! I tell ya!
[This message was edited Wed Nov 26 11:23:53 PST 2003 by NFO]

If you see this album in a store, buy it and be fullfilled!



After the righteous anger and occasional despair of the socially motivated Innervisions, Stevie Wonder returned with a relationship record: Fulfillingness' First Finale. The cover pictures his life as an enormous wheel, part of which he's looking ahead to and part of which he's already completed (the latter with accompanying images of Little Stevie, JFK and MLK, the Motor Town Revue bus, a child with balloons, his familiar Taurus logo, and multiple Grammy awards). The songs and arrangements are the warmest since Talking Book, and Stevie positively caresses his vocals on this set, encompassing the vagaries of love, from dreaming of it ("Creepin'") to being bashful of it ("Too Shy to Say") to knowing when it's over ("It Ain't No Use"). The two big singles are "Boogie on Reggae Woman," with a deep electronic groove balancing organic congas and gospel piano, and "You Haven't Done Nothin'," an acidic dismissal of President Nixon and the Watergate controversy (he'd already written "He's Misstra Know-It-All" on the same topic). As before, Fulfillingness' First Finale is mostly the work of a single man; Stevie invited over just a bare few musicians, and most of those were background vocalists (though of the finest caliber: Minnie Riperton, Paul Anka, Deniece Williams, and the Jackson 5). Also as before, the appearances are perfectly chosen; "Too Shy to Say" can only benefit from the acoustic bass of Motown institution James Jamerson and the heavenly steel guitar of Sneaky Pete Kleinow, while the Jackson 5 provide some righteous amens to Stevie's preaching on "You Haven't Done Nothin'." It's also very refreshing to hear more songs devoted to the many and varied stages of romance, among them "It Ain't No Use," "Too Shy to Say," "Please Don't Go." The only element lacking here, in comparison to the rest of his string of brilliant early-'70s records, is a clear focus; Fulfillingness' First Finale is more a collection of excellent songs than an excellent album. ~ John Bush
[This message was edited Wed Nov 26 11:33:12 PST 2003 by NFO]

I would give the album *** out of 5 stars, 'Songs In The Key Of Life' would get *** stars!.