Title:
Songs In The Key Of Life
Description:
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 200 chart, becoming only the third album to achieve that feat, and the first by an American artist.
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. The won Album of the Year at the 19th Grammy Awards and is the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Stevie Wonder’s career. It is now widely regarded as one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music, and many musicians have remarked on its influence on their own work.
In 2002, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2005 it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which deemed it ”culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Track List
Side 1:
Love’s In Need Of Love Today 7:05
Have A Talk With God 2:42
Village Ghetto Land 3:25
Contusion 3:45
Sir Duke 3:52
Side 2:
I Wish 4:12
Knocks Me Off My Feet 3:35
Pastime Paradise 3:20
Summer Soft 4:16
Ordinary Pain 6:22
Side 3:
Isn’t She Lovely 6:33
Joy Inside My Tears 6:29
Black Man 8:29
Side 4:
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing 3:48
If It’s Magic 3:11
As 7:07
Another Star 8:19
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. The won Album of the Year at the 19th Grammy Awards and is the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Stevie Wonder’s career. It is now widely regarded as one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music, and many musicians have remarked on its influence on their own work.
In 2002, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2005 it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which deemed it ”culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Track List
Side 1:
Love’s In Need Of Love Today 7:05
Have A Talk With God 2:42
Village Ghetto Land 3:25
Contusion 3:45
Sir Duke 3:52
Side 2:
I Wish 4:12
Knocks Me Off My Feet 3:35
Pastime Paradise 3:20
Summer Soft 4:16
Ordinary Pain 6:22
Side 3:
Isn’t She Lovely 6:33
Joy Inside My Tears 6:29
Black Man 8:29
Side 4:
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing 3:48
If It’s Magic 3:11
As 7:07
Another Star 8:19
Band or Artist:
Wonder, Stevie
Release Year:
1976
Length:
86
Country:
United States
Format:
12”
Speed:
33 1/3 rpm
Genre:
Pop
R&B
Soul
Funk
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Catalog Number:
T13-340C2
Producer:
Stevie Wonder
Motown Records
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AllMusic Rating:
nostar
Record Label:
Tamla
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Recording Location:
New York, Hollywood, Sausalito
Number of Tracks:
17
Album Type:
Album
Quality:
N/A
Number of Discs:
2
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:20:18
Packaging:
Gatefold Vinyl Sleeve
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-19
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:20:18
