Stevie Wonder "visions" (1973)

Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Wonder has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won 22 Grammy Award (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize.

Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has ten U.S. number-one hits on the pop Charts, 20 U.S. R&B number one hits, and album sales totaling more than 150 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, organ, melodica, and clavinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but today he is better known for his keyboard skills and vocal ability.

Innervisions is an album by Stevie Wonder, released on Tamla/Motown on August 3, 1973 (see 1973 in music). It was the third of five consecutive albums widely hailed as his "classic period", along with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. The nine tracks that make up Innervisions encompass a wide range of themes and issues: from drug references in "Too High" and "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"; social anger in "Higher Ground" and "Living for the City"; to love in the ballads "All in Love is Fair" and "Golden Lady." The album's closer, "He's Misstra Know-It-All", is a scathing attack on then-US President Richard Nixon, similar to his song "You Haven't Done Nothin'".

As with many of Stevie Wonder's albums the lyrics, composition and production are almost entirely his own work, with the synthesizer used prominently throughout the album. He also played all or virtually all instruments on "Too High", "Living for the City", "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", "Higher Ground", "Jesus Children of America", and "He's Misstra Know-It-All".

Innervisions won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording in 1974, while "Living for the City" won the Grammy for Best R&B Song. Innervisions has been considered by many fans, critics, and colleagues to be Stevie Wonder's magnum opus and one of the greatest albums in pop music history. In 2001, VH1 named it the 31st greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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[Robokiller80]

He's the real deal he plays keyboard, drums, harmonica, synth, and god knows what else. And he's obviously a genius songwriter

[raydominguez69]

Only a beautifuly creative mind such as Mr. Stevie Wonder can write a song like this. Music lovers of all genres, cherish the genius of a truly blessed man.

[spritualdiary]

Jeff Beck on guitars

[RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

LOVE AND GRATITUDE.....!!!

[RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

@raydominguez69 yes, ALL GENRES....

I need to introduce all my non-R&B folks and espec. my classic musician friends, any that havent found Stevie, to this great singer, great songwriter, great musical creator... a real musicians' musician (and way beyond that)

[ChicagoBob1]

This brings such beautiful memories flashing back. What a magic time this was in the music world. Stevie played a huge part in influencing my songwriting and playing.  He's a gift sent to us directly from God. That he could accomplish so much without sight should be an inspiration to each and every one of us.

[doobycoo]

This title is very Ironic. Just saying......

[ENYPolyglot]

@raydominguez69 Mensa put to music

[TheTucsonJeff]

Wow! I never heard this before. What a great song! Stevie's in great voice form here, too. This music reminds me (once again) how totally crappy today's pop music is. What happened to all of the genuinely creative music forces of 20, 30, and 40 years ago?

[karenp43]

A gift from God xx



[createev]

does anyone know where I can get the instrumental for this song?