Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-4 1. Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (0:00) 2. Stevie Wonder - Maybe Your Baby (2:58) 3. Stevie Wonder - You And I (9:50) 4. Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak (14:28) Part 1.    • Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) Part 1...   Part 2.    • Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) Part 2...   Part 3.    • Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) Part 3...   Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts. Talking Book earned Wonder his first Grammy Award, with "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" winning Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 16th Grammy Awards; "Superstition" also won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. Often included in lists of the greatest albums of all time, Talking Book was voted number 322 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000), and Rolling Stone ranked it number 59 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Credit: Gloria Barley Main Personnel, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Jeff Beck Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Main Personnel Shirley Brewer Main Personnel, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Scott Edwards Bass, Main Personnel Howard "Buzz" Feiten Guitar, Main Personnel Jim Gilstrap Main Personnel, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Lani Groves Main Personnel, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Delores Harvin Vocals Loris Harvin Vocals (Background) Trevor Laurence Main Personnel, Saxophone Trevor Lawrence Sax (Alto), Saxophone Steve Madaio Trumpet Steve Madalo Main Personnel, Trumpet Robert Margouleff Moog Synthesizer Malcolm Cecil Moog Synthesizer Ray Parker, Jr. Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Main Personnel David Sanborn Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Sax (Alto), Saxophone, Vocals (Background) Deniece Williams Main Personnel, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Dennis Williams Vocals (Background) Debra Wilson Vocals, Vocals (Background) Stevie Wonder ARP Synthesizer, Audio Production, Composer, Drums, Harmonica, Keyboards, Main Personnel, Moog Synthesizer, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals Daniel Ben Zebulon Congas, Main Personnel, Percussion Other Personnel: Harry Weinger Research, Supervisor Minoru Harada A&R Austin Godsey Engineer, Recording Malcolm Cecil Associate Producer, Audio Engineer, Engineer, Producer, Programming Joan Decola Recording Mathieu Bitton Package Design Robert Margouleff Associate Producer, Audio Engineer, Engineer, Photography, Producer George Marino Mastering Tokiwa Kinoshita Editorial Coordinator