Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection

by Stevie Wonder

Overview

While it's not quite the definitive compilation it could have been, the double-disc Song Review: Greatest Hits is still a good overview of Stevie Wonder's long, prolific career. Skipping over "Fingertips, Pt. 2" and picking up with "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "I Was Made to Love Her," Song Review runs through the next three decades, hitting most of his biggest hits along the way, including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours," "Superstition," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Higher Ground," "Living for the City," "I Wish," "Master Blaster (Jammin')," "Ebony and Ivory," "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and "Part-Time Lover." Unfortunately, none of the songs are presented in chronological order. It begins in the '80s, switches to the '70s, hits the '80s again before going back to the '60s -- in other words, it's not really coherent. Nevertheless, most of Wonder's best-known and a good cross-section of his very best songs, making Song Review a fine, but not perfect, introduction to his career. [The import edition cuts 12 tracks and adds "He's Misstra Know it All" and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/09/2006
Label:	Polygram
UPC:	0731453075726

Tracks

1. Isn't She Lovely
2. I Just Called to Say I Love You
3. Superstition
4. Sir Duke
5. Master Blaster (Jammin')
6. Ebony and Ivory
7. Happy Birthday
8. Living for the City
9. He's Misstra Know It All
10. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
11. Lately
12. Part-Time Lover
13. My Cherie Amour
14. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
15. Uptight (Everything's Alright)
16. I Was Made to Love Her
17. For Once in My Life
18. Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
19. For Your Love
20. Kiss Lonely Good-Bye
21. Redemption Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stevie Wonder   Primary Artist
Austin Godsey   Primary Artist
Paul McCartney   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Dan Barbiero   Primary Artist
Betty Wright   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Eddie Levert   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Michael Jackson   Guest Artist
Carmine Coppola   Conductor
Jamil Raheem   Vocals (Background)
Walter Williams   Vocals (Background)
Kurt Carr   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Lee Garrett   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Marvin Sease   Composer
Lula Mae Hardaway   Composer
Orlando Murden   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Sylvia Moy   Composer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Bob Marley   Composer
Chris Bellman   Mastering
Bryan Wells   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Carmine Coppola   Orchestration,Composer
Ed Townsend   Composer
Gary Olazabal   Associate Producer
Graham Gouldman   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer,Producer
Ronald Norman Miller   Composer
Ron Miller   Composer,Composer
Morris Ervan Broadnex   Composer
George Martin   Producer
Henry Cosby   Arranger,Composer,Programming
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Producer
Syreeta Wright   Composer
Stephanie Andrews   Project Manager
Paul Riser   Arranger
Morris Broadnax   Composer
Nathan Watts   Associate Producer
Daniel Levitin   Consultant,Liner Notes
Vaughn Halyard   Associate Producer
Derrick Perkins   Associate Producer