Talking Book

~ Release by Stevie Wonder (see all versions of this release, 25 available)

Annotation

Last track contains a minute of trailing silence.

Annotation last modified on 2019-10-28 13:56 UTC.

Tracklist

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1You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Moog programming and associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
bass guitar:
Scott Edwards (bassist) (in 1972)
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon (in 1972)
background vocals:
Gloria Barley (in 1972), Jim Gilstrap (in 1972) and Lani Groves (in 1972)
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1972)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 83), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 281)
recording of:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4.32:58
2Maybe Your Baby
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Ray Parker Jr.
recording of:
Maybe Your Baby
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
46:50
3You and I
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
You and I
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Arabella Éditions Musicales SARL, Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
sub-publisher:
大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
54:38
4Tuesday Heartbreak
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
alto saxophone [solo]:
David Sanborn
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
recording of:
Tuesday Heartbreak
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
33:02
5You’ve Got It Bad Girl
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon
background vocals:
Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves
recording of:
You’ve Got It Bad Girl
lyricist:
Yvonne Wright
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3.55:01
6Superstition
recording engineer:
Joan DeCola and Austin Godsey
Moog programming:
Malcolm Cecil (in 1972) and Robert Margouleff (in 1972)
associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
mixer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
clavinet, drums (drum set) and Moog:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972)
saxophone:
Trevor Lawrence (70s–90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) (in 1972)
trumpet:
Steve Madaio (in 1972)
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 12) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 74)
recording of:
Superstition
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
4.854:26
7Big Brother
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Big Brother
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
53:33
8Blame It on the Sun
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
background vocals:
Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves
recording of:
Blame It On the Sun
lyricist:
Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
composer:
Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
43:26
9Lookin’ for Another Pure Love
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guest guitar:
Jeff Beck (English rock guitarist)
guitar:
Buzz Feiten
background vocals:
Shirley Brewer, Loris Harvin and Debra Wilson
recording of:
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love
lyricist:
Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s)
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
34:43
10I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
writer:
Stevie Wonder (in 1972) and Yvonne Wright (in 1972)
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
3.755:52

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United States
engineer:Malcolm Cecil
Robert Margouleff
associate producer and Moog programming:Malcolm Cecil
Robert Margouleff
recording engineer:Joan DeCola
Austin Godsey
mastering:Kevin Gray (mastering engineer)
copyrighted (©) by:Audio Fidelity (in 2010)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Universal Music Enterprises (not for release label use; catalog/reissue division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2010)
mastered at:AcousTech Mastering in Camarillo, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2558093 [info]
ASIN:US: B003ODKZTG [info]