Track Listing 1. If Your Love Cannot Be Moved 2. Sweetest Somebody I Know 3. Moon Blue 4. From the Bottom of My Heart 5. Please Don't Hurt My Baby 6. How Will I Know 7. My Love Is on Fire 8. Passionate Raindrops 9. Tell Your Heart I Love You 10. True Love 11. Shelter in the Rain 12. So What the Fuss 13. Can't Imagine Love Without You 14. Positivity 15. A Time to Love
Details
Playing Time:
78 min.
Producer:
Kirk Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Corwin
Distributor:
Universal Music Canada
Recording Type:
Studio
Recording Mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
n/a
Album Notes Personnel:
Stevie Wonder (harmonica, piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes piano,
Clavinet, organ, keyboards, bass synthesizer, voice box, marimba, drums,
bongos, finger cymbals, tambourine, percussion, bells, chimes,
programming, flexatone, background vocals); Doc Powell, Oscar
Castro-Neves, Prince, Morris O'Connor (guitar); Paul McCartney (acoustic
guitar, electric guitar); Hubert Laws (flute); Mike Phillips
(saxophone); Greg Phillinganes (electric piano); Herman Jackson
(keyboards, bells); Woody Murray (vibraphone); Ricky Lawson, Teddy
Campbell (drums); Richie Gajate Garcia (congas); Francis Awe (talking
drum); Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla); Heratch Touresian, Steve Jones , Robert
A. Arbittier (programming); DeVere Duckett, Tamiko Whitsett, Debra
Laws, Monique DeBarge, Willie Wheaton, Jr., Timothy Jon Johnson, Kristie
Mingo, Fred White , Conesha Owens, Gregory Curtis, Phillip "Taj"
Jackson, Melody McCully, Sebastian Mego, Kevin Edmonds, Kimberly Brewer,
Lamont VanHook, Lynne Fiddmont, Traci Nelson, Barbara Wilson, Keith
John, Mabvuto Carpenter, Shirley Brewer, Kenya Hathaway (background
vocals).Audio Mixers: Neil Pogue; Femi Jiya.Recording information:
Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Conway STudios, CA; Encore Studios, CA;
Gospo Centric Studios, CA; O'Henry Studios, CA; Record Plant Recording
Studios, CA; Wonderland Studios, CA.Editors: Stevie Wonder; Robert A.
Arbittier.Photographer: Eddie Wolfl.Unknown Contributor Role: Kailand
Morris.Arrangers: Stevie Wonder; David Blumberg; Kirk Franklin; Paul
Riser.On his first studio album since 1995's CONVERSATION PIECE, R&B
legend Stevie Wonder revisits familiar ground from earlier eras in his
career while keeping with contemporary pop sounds. Although certain
tracks conjure up the vibe of early Wonder outings (the funky "Please
Don't Hurt My Baby" and the sunny, upbeat "Positivity," which features
additional vocals by his daughter Aisha Morris), other tunes (the smooth
"From the Bottom of My Heart" and the romantic "Passionate Raindrops")
recall his more polished '80s period.A TIME 2 LOVE is bookended by two
of its strongest songs--"If Your Love Cannot Be Moved," an urgent duet
with gospel singer Kim Burrell, and the potent title track, which
features neo-soul diva India Arie. A few of Wonder's most famous friends
also make subtle instrumental contributions, including Paul McCartney
and Prince, but none of the guest artists distract from Wonder's
excellent performances and meticulously crafted tunes. Almost a decade
in the making, A TIME 2 LOVE reveals that Wonder's talents haven't
diminished a bit, and fans are sure to agree that it was worth the wait.