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Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) [2000, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 20 Aug 2020 18:42:39

Fulfillingness' First Finale is a 1974 album by Stevie Wonder; widely considered one of the albums from his "classic period". Released on July 22, 1974 on the Tamla label, it is Wonder's nineteenth album overall, and seventeenth studio album. According to Billboard magazine, it was Wonder's first studio album to top the Pop Albums chart where it remained for two weeks, while it was his third album to top the R&B/Black Albums chart where it spent nine non-consecutive weeks. Subsequent to the epic sweep and social consciousness of Innervisions, this set projected a reflective, decidedly somber tone. The musical arrangements used in several songs while masterly could be considered sparse in comparison to others among his 1970s masterworks, especially in the bleak "They Won't Go When I Go" and understated "Creepin'". While largely a stripped down, more personal sounding record, Wonder had not completely foregone social commentary on the world around him. The #1 hit "You Haven't Done Nothin'" launched a pointed criticism of the Nixon administration bolstered by clavinet, drum machine, and a Jackson 5 cameo. The album received three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, in 1974.

~Wikipedia

After the righteous anger and occasional despair of the socially motivated Innervisions, Stevie Wonder returned with a relationship record: Fulfillingness' First Finale. The cover pictures his life as an enormous wheel, part of which he's looking ahead to and part of which he's already completed (the latter with accompanying images of Little Stevie, JFK and MLK, the Motor Town Revue bus, a child with balloons, his familiar Taurus logo, and multiple Grammy awards). The songs and arrangements are the warmest since Talking Book, and Stevie positively caresses his vocals on this set, encompassing the vagaries of love, from dreaming of it ("Creepin'") to being bashful of it ("Too Shy to Say") to knowing when it's over ("It Ain't No Use"). The two big singles are "Boogie on Reggae Woman," with a deep electronic groove balancing organic congas and gospel piano, and "You Haven't Done Nothin'," an acidic dismissal of President Nixon and the Watergate controversy (he'd already written "He's Misstra Know-It-All" on the same topic). As before, Fulfillingness' First Finale is mostly the work of a single man; Stevie invited over just a bare few musicians, and most of those were background vocalists (though of the finest caliber: Minnie Riperton, Paul Anka, Deniece Williams, and the Jackson 5). Also as before, the appearances are perfectly chosen; "Too Shy to Say" can only benefit from the acoustic bass of Motown institution James Jamerson and the heavenly steel guitar of Sneaky Pete Kleinow, while the Jackson 5 provide some righteous amens to Stevie's preaching on "You Haven't Done Nothin'." It's also very refreshing to hear more songs devoted to the many and varied stages of romance, among them "It Ain't No Use," "Too Shy to Say," "Please Don't Go." The only element lacking here, in comparison to the rest of his string of brilliant early-'70s records, is a clear focus; Fulfillingness' First Finale is more a collection of excellent songs than an excellent album.

~Review by John Bush

Release of this album: 1974, July, 22 [LP Tamla, Cat.# T6-332S1, USA]
Release of this CD: 2000, March, 21 [CD The Universal/Motown Records Group (USA), Cat.# 012 157 356-2 / UPC: 601215735628]
℗ 1974, © 2000 The Universal/Motown Records Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Credits:

Artwork By [Cover Coordinator] – Ira Tucker Jr.
Artwork By [Cover Design, Illustration] – Bob Gleason
Producer [Associate], Engineer, Programmed By [Electronic] – Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff
Producer, Written-By, Arranged By – Stevie Wonder
Recorded By – Gary Olazabal, Joan DeCola
Recording Supervisor [Recording Coordinator] – Josette Valentino
Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Kevin Reeves
Tape Op – Peter Chaikin

Tracklist:

01. Smile Please (03:28)
02. Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away (05:02)
03. Too Shy to Say (03:29)
04. Boogie on Reggae Woman (04:56)
05. Creepin' (04:23)
06. You Haven't Done Nothin' (03:23)
07. It Ain't No Use (04:01)
08. They Won't Go When I Go (05:59)
09. Bird of Beauty (03:48)
10. Please Don't Go (04:07)

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See also:

You might also be interested in the following albums by Stevie Wonder:

Talking Book (1972) [2003, Japan]
Innervisions (1973) [2000, Remastered Reissue]
Hotter Than July (1980) [1987, Reissue]
Hotter Than July (1980) [1993, Reissue]

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