Songs In The Key Of Life

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<b>100 Best Albums</b> In 1974, Stevie Wonder was the most critically revered pop star in the world; he was also considering leaving the music industry altogether. So when <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i> was released two years later, demand was so high that it became, at the time, the fastest-selling album in history. Wonder positioned himself as the purveyor of a vast self-drawn cosmo, one with a remarkable cache of songs: <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i>, which runs nearly 90 minute, is effortlessly melodic, broad in scope, deeply personal—and often just plain weird. Start with the brassy and positively effusive chart-topping singles “Sir Duke” and “I Wish,” both nostalgic and modern-sounding at once. At the other end of the spectrum: the stark reality of “Village Ghetto Land” and “Pastime Paradise,” on which Wonder decries the abandonment of the civil rights dream. Then there’s the joyous “Isn’t She Lovely,” celebrating the arrival of Wonder’s daughter Aisha. .

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