Amazing to think that this is Wonder’s fifteenth studio album, and at this point he’s only 22 years old. This is where, however, we see more of a move towards his own compositions, and is notable for its heavy use of synthesiser keyboards.
Not least of which is that iconic funky riff on the Clavinet that is the backbone of Superstition, probably the best track on the album. There’s quite a whiplash coming off the back of Black Sabbath’s doom-metal murk straight into You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, but that’s the fun of music; it can go so many places and explore all parts of the human soul.
And talking of soul, that’s pretty much what this album is, and largely about love and relationships, but the track big Brother goes into social justice, and very good it is too (but felt too short).
“My name is secluded, we live in a house the size of a matchbox, roaches live with us wall to wall, you've killed all our leaders, I don't even have to do nothin' to you, you'll cause your own country to fall.”
The album ends with the soaring ballad I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever), another great one for the end of a concert to get those lighters/phones/arms in the air. When it goes into the repeated refrain at the end, Wonder masterfully weaves in the backing vocals to keep it from being simply a repeat to fade out and, when you think it’s going to do just that, he brings back the funk – it's really rather good.
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