When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsett… Read Full Bio ↴When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early '70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the '60s dream — all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he'd written before. Two of the highlights, "Living for the City" and "Too High," make an especially deep impression thanks to Stevie's narrative talents; on the first, an eight-minute mini-epic, he brings a hard-scrabble Mississippi black youth to the city and illustrates, via a brilliant dramatic interlude, what lies in wait for innocents. (He also uses his variety of voice impersonations to stunning effect.) "Too High" is just as stunning, a cautionary tale about drugs driven by a dizzying chorus of scat vocals and a springing bassline. "Higher Ground," a funky follow-up to the previous album's big hit ("Superstition"), and "Jesus Children of America" both introduced Wonder's interest in Eastern religion. It's a tribute to his genius that he could broach topics like reincarnation and transcendental meditation in a pop context with minimal interference to the rest of the album. Wonder also made no secret of the fact that "He's Misstra Know-It-All" was directed at Tricky Dick, aka Richard Milhouse Nixon, then making headlines (and destroying America's faith in the highest office) with the biggest political scandal of the century. Putting all these differing themes and topics into perspective was the front cover, a striking piece by Efram Wolff portraying Stevie Wonder as the blind visionary, an artist seeing far better than those around him what was going on in the early '70s, and using his astonishing musical gifts to make this commentary one of the most effective and entertaining ever heard.

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Innervisions
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All In Love Is Fair All is fair in love Love's a crazy game Two people vow…
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing Everybody's got a thing But some don't know how to handle…
Golden Lady Looking in your eyes Kind of heaven eyes Closing both my eye…
He's Misstra Know It All He's a man With a plan Got a counterfeit dollar in his…
Higher Ground People keep on learnin' Soldiers keep on warrin' World keep …
Jesus Children of America Hello Jesus Jesus children Jesus loves you Jesus children He…
Living For The City A boy is born in hard time Mississippi Surrounded by four…
Too High Do-do, do, do, do, do-do Do, do, do-do, do, do-do Do-do, do-…
Visions People hand in hand Have I lived to see the milk…