Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) Part 1 (Full Double Album + Bonus Single)

Track List: 1-5 (Album One) 1. Stevie Wonder - Love’s In Need Of Love Today (0:00) 2. Stevie Wonder - Have A Talk With God (7:07) 3. Stevie Wonder - Village Ghetto Land (9:49) 4. Stevie Wonder - Contusion (instrumental) (13:14) Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Songs in the Key of Life won Album of the Year at the 19th Grammy Awards. It is the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Wonder’s career. Widely regarded as Wonder’s magnum opus and one of the greatest albums in the history of recorded music, many musicians have remarked on the quality of the album and its influence on their own work. Additionally, notable musicians have cited it as the greatest album of all time. It was voted number 89 in Colin Larkin’s All Time Top 1000 Albums and ranked number 4 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2002, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2005, Songs in the Key of Life was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which deemed it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant“. Personnel: Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, musician, arrangement, composer, producer Nathan Watts – bass guitar (4-6, 16, 17, 19, 21), percussion (14), handclaps (16) Raymond Pounds – drums (4-6) Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (4, 11, 12, 18) Michael Sembello – lead guitar (4, 5, 10, 18, 20) Ben Bridges – rhythm guitar (4, 5, 9, 18, 20) Eddie “Bongo“ Brown – collinga (1) Shirley Brewer – backing vocals (4, 14), “Ordinary Pain“ reply vocals (10), handclaps (11) Josie James – backing vocals (4, 17) Michael Gray – backing vocals (4) Artece May – backing vocals (4), handclaps (11) Hank Redd – alto saxophone (5, 6, 10, 13, 17) Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone (5, 6, 17) Raymond Maldonado – trumpet (5, 6, 17), percussion (8) Steve Madaio – trumpet (5, 6, 13, 17) Renee Hardaway – backing vocals (6, 14) Bobbye Hall – percussion (8) West Angeles Church of God Choir – backing vocals (8) Hare Krishna – backing vocals (8) Ronnie Foster – organ (9) Nastee Latimer – percussion (9) Minnie Riperton – backing vocals (10) Mary Lee Whitney – backing vocals (10, 16) Deniece Williams – backing vocals (10) Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (10) Linda Lawrence – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Terry Hendricks – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Sundray Tucker – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Charity McCrary – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Linda McCrary – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Madelaine “Gypsie“ Jones – “Ordinary Pain“ reply backing vocals (10) Josette Valentino – handclaps (11, 16), percussion (14) Dave Henson – handclaps (11, 16) Brenda Barrett – handclaps (11) Colleen Carleton – handclaps (11) Carole Cole – handclaps (11) Nelson Hayes – handclaps (11) Edna Orso – handclaps (11) Tucker – handclaps (11) Susaye Greene – backing vocals (12) George Bohanon – trombone (13) Glenn Ferris – trombone (13) Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble – verbal replies (13) Amale Mathews – percussion (14) Charles Brewer – percussion (14) John Fischbach – percussion (14) Marietta Waters – percussion (14) Nelson Hayes – percussion (14) Dorothy Ashby – harp (15) Greg Brown – drums (16) Herbie Hancock – keyboards (16), handclaps (16) Dean Parks – guitar (16) Yolanda Simmons – handclaps (16) Bobbi Humphrey – flute (17) George Benson – guitar, backing vocals (17) Nathan Alford, Jr. – percussion (17) Carmello Hungria Garcia – timbales (17) Jim Horn - saxophone (19) Peter “Sneaky Pete“ Kleinow – steel guitar (19) W. G. Snuffy Walden – lead guitar (20) Carolyn Dennis – backing vocals (20)