Boards

Contains one of my favorite songs ever: I Love Every Little Thing About Youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCDWMqWZbqQ

he had a great run of records in the early 1970s including the ones you mention but also Music of My Mind.

Even his best records have some gloopy sacharine stuff that sets my teeth on edge in amongst all the brilliance though.

Innervisions wins out over Songs in the Key of Life through being tighter and more focussed with less of that stuff.

Music Of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs In The Key Of Life are all classics. Hotter Than July from 1980 is also really great and has one of my favourite Stevie tunes on it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9Pa41KJjM

My favourite is Innervisions though. Whenever anyone comes with the 'no album is perfect, nothing is ever really worth 10/10' etc, I always think of this

DON'T SKIP FULFILLINGNESS' FiRST FINALE. Every bit as classic as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. Tired of this one being overlooked.

The Best of Stevie Wonder

Its got more than enough going for it.

I thought it was like, "Okay, besides these amazing things, what has Stevie Wonder ever done that was good?" I didn't read it as a query, so much as an accusation.

That's all I have to say. I'm not that into Stevie Wonder, at least not enough to recommend anything.

Reg: All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?

he has loads of great albums. in order:

innervisions
hotter than july
where i'm coming from
music of my mind
songs in the key of life
talking book
fullfillingness' first finale

you should all listen to Where I'm Coming From. it's briliant. really, really brilliant.

...I've got a soft spot for this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life_%28album%29

I've been kinda sick and allergy ridden for like three weeks and today I woke up feeling pretty refreshed. Decided to play this album on the way to work and it was perfect. Maybe it was because my senses were heightened but it really boosted me up. The music fit my psyche and kind of guided my thoughts through this journey of like 'I'm a bad-ass mufuhka let me rest me arm out the window and soak up the crisp morning air' to 'life is good, lemme bob my head in approval' to like 'damn I need to make some sweet love tonight' to 'I should probably pull over and give this homeless dude a hug and some breakfast'.

Really though I'm just not sure there's a better song in the world than Boogie On Reggae Woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCeAZ1nQjk

spotify:track:2tGJ0pWvSoYV7rFkHoT0R9

never gets a mention but is great. For earlier Stevie then Uptight (Everything's Alright) is pretty spot on.

My favourite is currently Songs in the Key of Life. Dan_S is right - Innervisions is perfection but I like a little mess, human frailty next to genius to show the contrasts. It has cheese, politics, religion and Sir Duke - the song most guaranteed to put a massive grin on my face.
I bloody love Stevie.

Keep On Running is up there with his very best tracks.

Nice to see some love for Stevie - any of his seventies albums are a perfect start to a Sunday.