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"Stevie Wonder is one of those rare artists who transcends categorization - those who have described Stevie as a genius are 100 percent right." - Billboard Magazine
1975 Grammy-winner for Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal and Best Male R&B Vocal (Boogie On Reggae Woman)
Fulfillingness' First Finales is the album released between "Innervisions" and "Songs In the Key of Life" during Stevie Wonder's highly acclaimed 1971-76 multi-platinum, multi-Grammy "classic period". His most gorgeous work is poignant, scathing and soulful, personal and political, buoyant with gospel overtones, filled with Motown horns and funky organ, tragic with mature discontent. The mood and tone of his songs are perfectly represented in the vocals. Wonder can go from the smoothest, silkiest vocals to straight out rock.
His orchestration and production is beyond most people in the world of pop. Stevie plays almost all of the instruments on the album and the harmonica playing is some of his best ever though he invited a few musicians, and most of those were background vocals by the Jackson 5, The Persuasions, Paul Anka, Deniece Williams and Minnie Ripperton.
The album produced two big singles, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and "You Haven't Done Nothin'" which became Stevie's fourth US #1 single.
This release was the last of Stevie's albums with engineers and synth wizards Robert Margouleff and Malcom Cecil.
Numbered, Limited Edition! Pressed at RTI!
Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness’ First Finale on Numbered Limited Edition LP from Mobile Fidelity Silver Label
Fourth in Wonder's Five-Album Series of "Classic Period" Records
1974 Masterpiece Won Three Grammy Awards, Including Album of the Year
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI: LP Bursts With Color, Tonality, Texture, and Openness
Wonder Probes Romantic Feelings and Features Jackson 5 and Other Soul Icons as Guests
Boogie on! Warm, personal, stripped-down, and mainly playful: Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale primarily finds the legendary vocalist tracing the arcs of relationships on a spirited record that has gone down in history as one of the most cohesive, fully realized soul sets ever made. The fourth in Wonder’s five-album series of “classic period” creations, the 1974 landmark won three major Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal, and Best Male Rhythm and Blues Performance.
Indeed, there’s not one note out of place on the extraordinary ten-song set, notable for the way in which Wonder uses sparer arrangements to his advantage. Not that the overall tone is bleak or angry. Coming off of 1973’s socially biting Innervisions, Wonder intentionally returns to love-related fare here, investigating a surfeit of emotions involved with romance and passion. As had become his trademark, he handles a bulk of the songwriting, production, and performance chores but gets help from a few choice friends.
Appearances by singers Minnie Riperton, Paul Anka, Deniece Williams, and the Jackson 5 lend extra weight and breadth to the harmonies. Iconic Motown bassist James Jamerson and guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow lend instrumental support, but, as expected, Wonder is the center of his own universe. He nails the feelings of being in love, falling in it, realizing when it’s gone away, and wondering how to properly express it. Fulfillingness’ First Finale also benefits from Wonder’s continuing forays into social consciousness. The number-one smash “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” toasted the Nixon administration in classic style and bookends his previous topical cuts such as “Living for the City.”
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI (America's best record plant), this numbered limited edition LP of Wonder’s seminal creation bursts with color, tonality, texture, and openness. Deep electronic grooves, lively percussion, gospel-sent backing vocals, and involving bass notes pour out like cleansing rain. Above all, Wonder’s mellifluous vocals soar, taking on an intimate quality rarely heard on any soul or pop record.
About Silver Series: Coming from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series features an eclectic mix of recordings. This series is mastered and cut on the famous Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. Vinyl is pressed at RTI on audiophile-grade standard vinyl and are numbered limited-editions. Future releases will continue to stretch stylistic boundaries, as the MoFi Silver Label continues to explore music from many different genres. Expand your musical horizons with the Silver Label!
Features:
• Limited Edition
• Numbered
• MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
• Mastered and Cut on the famous MoFi Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system
• Pressed at RTI on Audiophile-Grade Standard Vinyl
• Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
Side One:
1. Smile Please
2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
3. Too Shy To Say
4. Boogie On Reggae Woman
5. Creepin
Side Two:
1. You Haven't Done Nothin'
2. It Ain't No Use
3. They Won't Go When I Go
4. Bird of Beauty
5. Please Don't Go
Vinyl LP Features "Boogie On Reggae Woman"!
Originally released in 1974, Fulfillingness' First Finale comes from Stevie Wonder's 'classic period'. The album earned him three Grammy Awards including Album Of the Year. The album topped the Pop Albums chart and stayed there for 2 weeks as it spent 9 weeks (non-consecutive) on the R&B/Black Albums chart. The album features the song "Boogie On Reggae Woman".
Features:
• Vinyl LP
Selections:
Side One:
1. Smile Please
2. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
3. Too Shy To Say
4. Boogie On Reggae Woman
5. Creepin'
Side Two:
1. You Haven't Done Nothin'
2. It Ain't No Use
3. They Won't Go When I Go
4. Bird Of Beauty
5. Please Don't Go
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