
Motown - Motown
Stevie Wonder
Release date: 2000-03-21
Audio CD
Album Rock, Funk, Motown, Pop, Pop-Soul, Pop/Rock, R&B, Smooth Soul, Soul, Soul/R & B, Soul/R&B, Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues, United States of America
1. Too High
2. Visions
3. Living for the City
4. Golden Lady
5. Higher Ground
6. Jesus Children of America
7. All in Love is Fair
8. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
9. He's Misstra Know It All




I don't know why I waited so long to give Innervisions a chance, seeing as how I pretty much cleaned out many other classic albums from the 70's years ago, but for some reason, I kept forgetting about this one.
Anyway, albums don't get any better than this. Turns out all the extremely positive reviews claiming this to be Stevie Wonder's best, or second best album, are completely true. I love every song. You have positive vibes, meaningful lyrics in every song that common people can relate to (even in todays world) and you have a lead singer with one of the most beautiful and sincere styles I've ever listened to. To top it all off, Stevie Wonder has an incredible talent and gift for vocal melodies and instrumental playing that just makes you feel comfortable immediately. Truly a fantastic talent.
Of course most of us already know and love "Higher Ground" and "Living in the City" because those songs receive a lot of radio play, even to this very day, and for good reason- they are highly memorable songs.
Other highlights include the dreamy and adventurous "Visions", the poppy and catchy "Too High" and "Golden Lady", and the upbeat and pleasing "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing". Also, you will probably be singing along to the closing track called "He's Misstra Know-It-All" because the vocal melody is REALLY catchy.
The entire album is an absolute delight for vocal melody lovers, and it's easy to see the appeal of Stevie Wonder and his great songwriting abilities when you listen to Innervisions. An album I highly recommend.
From the first cut to the last.....pure essence! Reflects one of Mr. Wonders finest creative spands. Soul filled, emotinal, at times painting a saddened and gritty mural of the times. The music sifts an exalted glow of beauty & innovation that will leave you in a state of awe.
After purchasing Songs In The Key Of Life, and falling deeply in love with it, I decided to get Innervisions. I was shocked by how many songs I've heard off this before, and shocked at the fact that I didn't own this sooner. Better late than never. I found myself listening to this more and more. Even more than Songs In The Key Of Life. I later decided to get this on vinyl, and once I did, I found myself listening to it on a daily basis. If you have a good sound system, a clean phonograph player, and this album in good condition, you can't go wrong. It sounds alot warmer, smoother, and intimate on vinyl. What amazes me about this album is that Stevie wrote and sang the lyrics, orchastrated, and arranged all the music, and played drumms and keyes on every track. His eyesight is impaired, and yet he can craft music as brilliant as this. From start to finish the album stands tall, it doesn't slip even the slightest. There's people that'll complain that some of his songs can be too mellow. My response to that is; pay attention to the lyrics. If there's romantic lyrics he wrote for his wife; it's only right to have mellow, soothing music to go with them. I personally like the fact that he provides different tempo'd songs. There's a wider range of music, instead of the same song over and over.