Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

When you're in the zone, you go with it, night and day, and that's exactly what Stevie Wonder did in the mid-1970s when Motown gave him full creative control and let his blazing productivity run its course. The result was Songs in the Key of Life, released in 1976 and one of the most staggering creative peaks any artist has ever hit. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming just the third album in history to do so and the first American album ever to accomplish the feat, then held that spot for thirteen consecutive weeks, the most of any album that year.

The record's scope matched its ambition. Across two LPs, Wonder moved through twin number-one smashes "Sir Duke" and "I Wish," the enduring hits "Another Star" and "As," and the instant classic "Isn't She Lovely," blending funk, soul, jazz, and gospel into a body of work that still stands as a personal favorite of Stevie's own and a foundational influence on artists from Michael Jackson to Prince and generations since. At the 1977 Grammys, the album swept four categories including Album of the Year, cementing its place as one of the defining achievements in American popular music.

This Motown reissue is the definitive way to own it, pressed on double 180-gram vinyl and paired with the bonus 7" EP that accompanied the album's original release, featuring "Saturn," "Ebony Eyes," "All Day Sucker," and "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)."

A three-disc edition worthy of the album itself.