Songs In The Key Of Life [VINYL]

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Allmusic: Songs in the Key of Life: Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved April 27, 2014. Over time, Songs in the Key of Life became a standard, and it is considered Wonder's signature album, even by Wonder himself: "Of all the albums," he told Q magazine for their April 1995 issue, " Songs in the Key of Life I'm most happy about. Just the time, being alive then. To be a father and then… letting go and letting God give me the energy and strength I needed." It is also often cited as one of the greatest albums in popular music history. [35] For example, in 2001, the TV network VH1 named it the seventh greatest album of all time; in 2003, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (it was number 57 on the 2012 version of the list, [36] and number 4 on the 2020 edition); [11] it was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die; [37] and in April 2008, it was voted the "Top Album of All Time" by the Yahoo! Music Playlist Blog, using a formula that combined four parameters – "Album Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value". [38]

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Paul Simon Wins Album Of The Year". The Recording Academy Grammy Awards. 2010-01-05 . Retrieved 14 April 2019. News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008 . Retrieved November 11, 2011. Les Albums (CD) de 1976 par InfoDisc" (in French). infodisc.fr. Archived from the original (PHP) on May 21, 2012 . Retrieved April 23, 2014. a b Hanson, Natalie. "On This Day: "Songs in the Key of Life" a milestone for Stevie Wonder, soul music". The Orion . Retrieved 17 June 2022.

Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 2): #14 T13340 EP 26505 06-D Δ 100706-X JS•2•XTAL PE Released during the second half of 1977, as sales for the album began to decline, the last two singles from Songs in the Key of Life failed to match the success of "I Wish" and "Sir Duke". " Another Star" was released in August and reached number 32 on the Hot 100 (number 18 on the R&B chart, and number 29 in the UK), and " As" came out two months later, peaking at number 36 on both the Pop and R&B charts. Though not released as a single, " Isn't She Lovely" received wide radio airplay and became one of Wonder's most popular songs. David Parton's cover of the song, recorded and released soon after Wonder's album, gave him a top 10 hit in the UK in early 1977. Cramer, Alfred William (2009). Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. Vol.5. Salem Press. p.1645. ISBN 978-1-58765-517-3. a b "Songs in the Key of Life". Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006.RPM Top 100 Albums of 1977". RPM. 1977-12-31. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder. A double album, it was released on September 28, 1976, by Tamla Records, a division of Motown. It was recorded primarily at Crystal Sound studio in Hollywood, with some sessions recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood, the Record Plant in Sausalito, and The Hit Factory in New York City; final mixing was conducted at Crystal Sound. [6] The album has been regarded by music journalists as the culmination of Wonder's "classic period" of recording. [7] I'll give it three ½ stars, because there are in fact great songs which match the perfection of his earlier work; songs which are perfectly executed and their own best cover versions, so to speak: Pasttime Paradise, I Wish, Summer Soft, As, Ngiculela - these songs would have made a wonderful single album. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1977". Billboard. November 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007 . Retrieved November 11, 2011. Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 8): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF 06G FB MR (circled - stamped) Δ 21344 (7)

Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 3): T 13340 EP 2650 06-A Δ 100679-X #14 °(2) JS-7-XTAL PE Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012 . Retrieved September 23, 2019.Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 6 ("10" in circle)): T-13340 C2 2645S EBF C6J 10 XTAL #13 AB Δ 21344 HK Grow, Kory (January 15, 2015). "Stevie Wonder Adds More 'Songs in the Key of Life' Tour Dates". Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 10, 2015. Songs in the Key of Life was released as a double LP with a four-song bonus EP. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, becoming only the third album to achieve that feat, and the first by an American artist. [9] Both the lead single " I Wish" and follow-up single " Sir Duke" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The album spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the album with the most weeks at number one during the year, and was the second best-selling album of 1977 in the US. In 2005, the album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), indicating sales of 5 million units for a double album.