• Songs in the Key of Life is the twenty-first album released by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist, Stevie Wonder. The album reached ten times platinum and peaked at number one on the Billboard charts.RIAA: Songs in the Key of Life Gold and Platinum Billboard.com: Songs in the Key of Life

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: R&B, pop music, and soul
  2. Release date: September 28, 1976
  3. Label: Motown Records
  4. Producer: Stevie Wonder
  5. Peak chart position:
     1. 1Billboard.com: Songs in the Key of Life Charts
  6. Singles: "I Wish," "Sir Duke," "Isn't She Lovely, "As" and "Another Star"
  7. Ranked number 56 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All TimeRolling Stone Magazine: The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
  8. 1976: won Grammy Awards' Album of the YearGrammy Awards: Songs in the Key of Life

• Track List

  1. "Love's in Need of Love Today"
  2. "Have a Talk with God"
  3. "Village Ghetto Land"
  4. "Stevie Wonder Confusion|Confusion"
  5. "Stevie wonder Sir Duke|Sir Duke"
  6. "Stevie Wonder I Wish|I Wish"
  7. "Knocks Me Off My Feet"
  8. "Pastime Paradise"
  9. "Summer Soft"
  10. "Ordinary Pain"
  11. "Stevie Wonder Saturn|Saturn"
  12. "Ebony Eyes"
  13. "Isn't She Lovely"
  14. "Joy Inside My Tears"
  15. "Black Man"
  16. "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia/I Am Singing"
  17. "If It's Magic"
  18. "As"
  19. "Another Star"
  20. "All Day Sucker"
  21. "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)"

• Critical Response

  "It's Wonder's music, his spirit, that dominates here and seems to fill up the room."—Vince Aletti, Rolling Stone MagazineRolling Stone: Songs in the Key of Life Review (December 16, 1976)

  "Sculpted from Wonder's unique amalgam of jazz, pop and R&B, it is a bold effort that flirts with genius."—John Kreicbergs, PopMattersPopMatters: Songs in the Key of Life Review (December 16, 2002)

  "'Song in the Key of Life' is one of Wonder's finest musical achievements, a double-album that, like his other work in the decade, shirks the pure pop hits sensibilities of Berry Gordy in hopes of making an overreaching artistic statement."—Hubert Vigilla, Trebletreble: Songs in the Key of Life (September 5, 2005)

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  Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder Gershwin Prize | Stevie Wonder Democratic Convention | American Idol | Motown Records

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