Tag Archives: Stevie Wonder
1974 COUNTDOWN | #64 — #60
#64 STEVIE WONDER — FULFILLINGNESS’ FIRST FINALE Compared to the sharp-edged focus of Innervisions, FFF is a mellow affair. Working pretty much on his own, Wonder delivers a selection of fine songs which are broadly about relationships and the journey of connection. “Boogie on reggae woman” and “You ain’t done nothin’” are obvious standouts; surely […]
1973 COUNTDOWN: #10 — 6
10 HERBIE HANCOCK — HEADHUNTERS Just four tracks but many moods, brilliantly realised. The brass driven Uber-funk of “Chameleon”, “Watermelon Man” with its irresistible groove, the languid beauty of “Vein Melter”. A creative jazz-rock-funk vision fully realised. [Released October 1973] * 9 HAWKWIND — SPACE RITUAL The second live album in the ’73 Top 20, […]
1972 COUNTDOWN — #30 – 26
30 GENTLE GIANT — OCTOPUS There’s no doubt that some progressive bands (or albums) require effort to get into. England’s Gentle Giant are one of those. With scintillating playing, complex compositional structures (featuring changes of time, key, and instrumentation) and melody lines that puzzle on first acquaintance, this is not a band that gives up […]
HITSVILLE
The 2019 documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown has the slug-line “The soul of a city, the rhythm of a nation”. Very catchy and with some truth, no doubt, though an equally valid subtitle might have been “The house that Berry built”. Berry Gordy cheerfully admits—several times, in fact—that his reason for getting into music […]
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