Stevie Wonder Music of My Mind on Numbered Limited Edition Silver Label LP
The First of Wonder's Five Consecutive "Classic Period" AlbumsRanked #284 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the beginning of the legend's unsurpassed "classic period," Stevie Wonder's Music of My Mind remains a touchstone of American R&B. The record's liner notes aptly sum up its genius: "The sounds themselves come from inside his mind/The man his own instrument. The instrument is an orchestra."
Indeed, save for segments on two songs, Wonder played all of the instruments himself, demonstrating his newfound freedom of artistic control and upping the ante in terms of composition, performance, and execution.
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