| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780879308216 | | Publisher: Backbeat Books | | Publish Date: 4/16/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 39978041 | | Item#: BT43R6 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 10.75H x 8.25L x 0.5T | | Pages: 224 |
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| | | Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of soul and rhythm and blues, but popular music in general. Author Steve Lodder tells Wonder's story from a fresh musical perspective, concentrating on his most productive period, 1971-1981. After an in-depth look at Wonder's background and his early history with Motown, Lodder explores in detail the musical characteristics and influences found on the classic albums from the '70s: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. Taking full advantage of the new opportunities afforded by the synthesizer technology and multi-tracking, and inspired by the lyrical depth of Marvin Gaye and Sly Stone, Wonder created a series of albums as popular as they are acclaimed.
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British writer and musician Steve Lodder's musically expert analysis of selected highlights from Stevie Wonder's career focuses on the 1970s period of essential Wonder albums like TALKING BOOK, INNERVISIONS, and FULFILLINGNESS FIRST FINALE. It's also a useful Wonder mini-biography, incorporating intriguing details of early tours with the Tamla Motown revue and his first attempts at self-production. Lodder deconstructs songs like "Uptight (Everything Is Alright)" and "I Was Made to Love Her," charting Wonder's musical development from child prodigy to the epoch-making albums that saw him breaking free of Motown's artistic grip, and his equally liberating discovery of the Moog synthesizer. He also conducts an extended critique of selected songs and albums grouped under sections devoted to funk, Latin influences, and social and political commentary, among others. Coffee-table sized and illustrated with many little-seen black-and-white photographs of various stages of the artist's career, the MUSICAL GUIDE is a valuable study of one of the preeminent musicians of the late 20th century.
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