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Title: Our last great popular songwriter?
Review: I used to think of this one as the slightly weak link in Wonder's astonishing early 1970's run of genius, but the more I listen, the more I realize there were no weak links in that period, only personal favorites. This is one of popular music's most melodic and creative songwriters at the start of his peak, showing off his incredible emotional range ("You Are The Sunshine of My Life" to "Superstition" to "Big Brother") and highly inventive arrangements. Plus, Wonder manages to be one of the very few artists whose use of synthesizers in the 1970's, for the most part, doesn't sound dated today. Which is fortunate, because he uses them a lot, and quite effectively - much the same way Duke Ellington used the tone colors in his own orchestra. And yes, I realize I am comparing him to Ellington.
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