Songs in the Key of Life is an album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released on Motown on September 28, 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was the last of five consecutive albums widely hailed as his "classic period" along with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale. An ambitious double LP with a 4-song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became the best-selling and among the most critically acclaimed albums o...
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Songs in the Key of Life is an album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released on Motown on September 28, 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was the last of five consecutive albums widely hailed as his "classic period" along with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale. An ambitious double LP with a 4-song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became the best-selling and among the most critically acclaimed albums of his career. In 2003, the album was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
By 1976 Stevie Wonder had become one of the most popular figures in R&B; and pop music, not only in the United States but worldwide. Within a short space of time, the albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale were all back-to-back top five successes, with the latter two winning Grammy Award for Album of the Year, in 1974 and 1975 respectively. By the end of 1975, Stevie Wonder became serious...
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