SONGS on this CD:
The political undercurrents long simmering in Stevie Wonders work reached their boiling point on the masterful Innervisions, a record as potent and insightful in its exploration of contemporary life as Marvin Gaye is What is Going On two years earlier. The opening Too High, an acute condemnation of drug use, quickly establishes the record is forceful yet vibrant tone, which alternates between utopian dreamscapes Visions and tough minded realism Jesus Children of America; the record is dueling concerns converge on the hit Living for the City, which is both a brilliant examination of the myriad of social ills so endemic to the ghetto experience and a stirring celebration of African-American resilience. And on Higher Ground, Wonder even points a finger at himself to detail a sinner is second a chance at life, a song which took on even greater resonance in the wake of the car crash which nearly killed him just months after the release.
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· Track Listings
· 1. Too High
· 2. Visions
· 3. Living for the City
· 4. Golden Lady
· 5. Higher Ground
· 6. Jesus Children of America
· 7. All in Love is Fair
· 8. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
· 9. He's Misstra Know-It-All
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