NewCC0061: Stevie Wonder

Submitted by lbangs on Thu, 05/10/2001 - 07:39
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  • Talking Book (72): *****
  • Innervisions (73): *****
  • Songs in the Key of Life (76): *****
  • Original Musiquarium I (82): *****
  • At the Close of the Century (99): *****
  • Where I'm Coming From (71): **** 1/2
  • Song Review: Greatest Hits (96): **** 1/2
  • Music of My Mind (72): **** 1/2
  • Fulfillingness' First Finale (74): **** 1/2
  • Hotter Than July (80): **** 1/2
  • Greatest Hits (71): ****
  • For Once in My Life (68): *** 1/2
  • Signed, Sealed & Delivered (70): *** 1/2
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (71): *** 1/2
  • Jungle Fever (91): *** 1/2
  • Motown Legends: I Was Made to Love Her (94): *** 1/2
  • Conversation Piece (95): *** 1/2
  • Natural Wonder (95): *** 1/2
  • The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder (62): ***
  • With a Song in My Heart (63): ***
  • Down to Earth (66): ***
  • I Was Made to Love Her (67): ***
  • Someday at Christmas (67): ***
  • My Cherie Amour (69): ***
  • The Woman in Red (84): ***
  • In Square Circle (85): ***
  • Characters (87): ***
  • Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants (79): ***
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever