Songs In The Key Of Life

Just delivered today. Great service by Amazon. The CDs are GREAT. I recommend this compilation to EVERYONE.

Beautiful memories. Awesome purchase and great quality. Top dollar purchase. I highly appreciate this seller 5 stars.

The real question is why wouldn't this be in someone's music collection. This album is essential, especially if u call yourself a fan or R&B. Any soul collection is not complete without this masterpiece. It's THAT essential! Looking past the critical acclaim, this album speaks for itself. Here you have an ambitious, risk taking, young Stevie Wonder baring his soul and rewriting the rules of Soul music throughout two discs. Even more shocking, is the lack of filler on this 2 disc set. All of the tracks are great. "Sir Duke" and "I Wish" were the big singles from this album. They both reached #1 on the pops. But the other songs are just as good --if not better-- than those two. The truth is there is SO much variety in this double release. "Village Ghetto Land" is emotionally stirring. I absolutely LOVE "Joy Inside My Tears". It's so moving that I am left in awe every time I hear the song...I must've listened to it several times already. With a release this legendary, you can bet that even the album tracks and non-singles reach a level of classic status and here they do. "Isn't She Lovely", with it's phenomenal harmonica solo is a highlight as is the touching love song "As". These are tracks that were played on the radio and represent Stevie at his best. I could go on & on but I'd be repeating myself and other reviewers. Just like Carole King and "Tapestry", MJ and "Thriller" & Prince with "Dirty Mind" this is an album that reaches near mythic status. ALL the songs are good. The lyrics bend the genre of Pop and reimagine R&B, The vocals are passionate and not overbearing. There is REAL emotion here and this represents everything music should be. "Songs in the Key of Life" represents the epitome of a classic album and its importance and greatness cannot be overstated. 5/5 stars. Highly recommended.

This is my favorite Stevie Wonder album. I’ve been looking for it everywhere. First, I was skeptical because the reviews weren’t really informative. So, I’m here to help others who need a good review. Sound quality is great. It comes with lyrics to every song if you need them. It came very secure and in great/new condition. Plays beautifully. I hope you have the same experience if you decide to purchase.

This was a Christmas gift and a big hit

Though produced in the mid to late ‘70, This CD has an every generation sound and message to world. Correctly labeled, Songs in the Key of Life!!!

I couldn't find this at first, turns out the guy put it in my mailbox. I Love Stevie Wonder and I love this album

Here's Stevie at his best. This 1976 double album went to No. 1 on the charts and won the Album of the Year Grammy in 1977. Maybe nobody better combined pop riffs with social consciousness. Stevie Wonder also used the synthesizer with more versatility and taste than anyone else.The album kicks off with "Love's In Need of Love Today", a beautifully plaintive cry for more gentleness in a cruel world. "Village Ghetto Land" echoes George Harrison's "Little Piggies" on the Beatles' White Album with its combination of a Baroque theme and lyrics dripping with sarcasm. "Contusion" is a brilliantly complex yet catchy instrumental. "Sir Duke", a number 1 hit, is a joyful tribute to Duke Ellington. "I Wish" is the other No. 1 hit, a funky reminiscence of childhood bad behavior. "Isn't She Lovely", a song about his newborn daughter, has about as hooky a hook as is possible. "If It's Magic", backed only by a harp, with a short harmonica coda, is one of the most beautiful and poignant songs ever written. The MP3 package has four bonus tracks that apparently came on a single packaged with the original double album in some versions of the release, but not with the one I got back in the day. "Saturn" is wonderfully loopy song about going back to the planet Saturn, much like the BeeGees wanted to go back to Massachusetts even though they'd never been. "Packing my bags, going away to a place where the air is clean on Saturn...We don't fight our wars the way you do; we put back all the things we use on Saturn." I wonder if this was influenced by jazz master-weirdo Sun Ra, who claimed to be from Saturn. "All Day Sucker" has a nice treat of a melody, and we close off with "Easy Goin' Evening", a well-named instrumental featuring the harmonica. I never picked up the CD version of this album and haven't played my vinyl in years, so it was really nice to relive this masterpiece on iTunes this fall.

As is typical with Bluray Pure Audio this is a great sounding version of this classic album. I bought the vinyl version in the 70's and the CD in the 80's and this Bluray is the best sounding. I would have given it 4.5 stars if possible as there is no multi channel option just various high resolution stereo choices. The two channel options all sound accurate with appropriate dynamic range. Highly recommended. Bluray Pure Audio is becoming my preferred format for Hi-res audio as it offers great sound often at a better price as compared to SACD or DVD-A. Arrived on time.

Fantastic album by the equally amazing musician can’t believe I’ve left it this long to purchase vinyl.

Disco perfeito, sem avarias, levemente empenado, mas muito bem feito. Pesado por serem discos de 180gr, muito bem construído.

Prima di tutto: album spettacolare, fra i migliori di quel periodo e non solo, il periodo classico di Stevie Wonder è imprescindibile, difficile non amarlo anche per chi non è particolarmente vicino ai generi che tocca. Per quanto riguarda la spedizione e l'imballaggio era impeccabile, peccato però che ho dovuto fare un reso poiché il primo disco aveva un difetto gigantesco sul lato A che lo rendeva impossibile da riprodurre. Il difetto è senza ogni dubbio imputabile alla casa discografica e purtroppo accade anche se non dovrebbe. Per fortuna i resi sono sempre più semplici da organizzare e in meno di 24 ore a domicilio ho consegnato il disco difettoso e ricevuto quello nuovo. Ascoltato tutto con attenzione ed ora è esattamente come doveva essere. Amazon ha lavorato bene, per questo dò cinque stelle, l'inconveniente non aveva alcun legame con loro. Nota: il reso era possibile farlo anche mesi dopo, senza alcun costo e potendo comunque avere già la nuova copia. Suggerisco l'acquisto, è molto molto difficile ormai trovare questo album ad un prezzo minore. Va bene che è un triplo (considerando l'EP 33 giro) ma trovarlo quasi sempre vicino ai 70 euro non mi sembra ok. Quindi, in fin dei conti, apprezzo estremamente l'album e Stevie stesso, ovviamente, ma la casa discografica ultimamente spinge i prezzi molto più su di altre, che pure producono grandi dischi. Detto ciò non ho che da consigliarlo, godetevelo lentamente vista la sua durata, potrà essere sempre uno dei migliori nella vostra collezione.

Großartig, unbeschreiblich, ein zeitlos schönes Meisterwerk.