Covered: Stevie Wonder, Volume 3: 1974-1976

Stevie Wonder was on fire creatively for all of the 1970s, but I'd argue that the peak of his peak were the years 1974 to 1976. Even the Grammy Awards couldn't deny his genius: he won Album of the year in 1973 for "Innervisions," in 1974 for "Fulfillingness' First Finale," and in 1976 for "Songs in the Key of Life." It's the only time a musical artist won Grammies for three albums in a row. The double album "Songs in the Key of Life" in particular is such a strong work that Rolling Stone Magazine put it at Number Four in its list of the top 500 albums of all time.

So, given all that, it's no surprise that this is a particularly strong album in Wonder's "Covered" series. Everyone wanted to cover his songs. That was especially the case since he was giving away lots of songs that he couldn't fit on his albums. The songs on this volume that he didn't release himself are tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14. So, in other words, nine out of 14! 

Note that, in my opinion, the last song, "Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down," sounds exactly like a stereotypical song written by James Taylor. I had to double check the credits that it was co-written by Wonder, but it was. He also played harmonica on it. Most of the others here were written by Wonder alone.

This album is one hour long.

01 Living for the City (Ray Charles)
02 Your Kiss Is Sweet (Syreeta Wright)
03 Perfect Angel (Minnie Riperton)
04 All in Love Is Fair (Cecilio & Kapono)
05 I Can See the Sun in Late December (Roberta Flack)
06 If You Don't Love Me (G.C. Cameron)
07 Take a Little Trip (Minnie Riperton)
08 Keep On Running (Snafu)
09 I Believe [When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever] (Art Garfunkel)
10 Visions (Marion Brown)
11 Just a Little Piece of You (Betty Everett)
12 Sleeping Alone (Pointer Sisters)
13 Harmour Love (Syreeta Wright)
14 Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down (James Taylor)

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The cover photo is from 1976. I don't know more about it than that.