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词条 Talking Book
释义

  1. Background

  2. Reception

  3. Track listing and personnel

  4. Additional personnel

  5. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications 

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

{{about|the 1972 album}}{{Infobox album
| name = Talking Book
| type = studio
| artist = Stevie Wonder
| cover = Talking Book.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1972|10|28}}
| recorded = 1972
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Soul|funk|rock|jazz[1]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=31}}
| label = Tamla
| producer = {{hlist|Stevie Wonder|Robert Margouleff|Malcolm Cecil}}
| prev_title = Music of My Mind
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Innervisions
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Talking Book
| type = studio
| single1 = Superstition
| single1date = October 24, 1972
| single2 = You Are the Sunshine of My Life
| single2date = March 1973
}}
}}

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by Stevie Wonder, released on October 28, 1972. He is said to have "hit his stride" in this signal recording of his "classic period".[2] The album's first track, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", hit #1 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, then earned Wonder his first Grammy Award, for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album's first single, "Superstition", also hit #1 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts. The album was certified Gold in Canada and the United States.

Background

Sandwiched between the release of Music of My Mind and Innervisions, Talking Book saw Wonder enjoying more artistic freedom from Motown. Guest musicians appearing include Jeff Beck, Ray Parker Jr., David Sanborn, and Buzz Feiten. The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's keyboard work, especially with the synthesizers he incorporated, giving a funky edge to tracks like "Maybe Your Baby". His use of the Hohner clavinet model C on "Superstition" is widely regarded as one of the definitive tracks featuring the instrument.[3] His clavinet embellishments on "Big Brother", though, evoke a six-string acoustic guitar, and his note-bending harmonica work touches on some folk and blues influences.

Cecil and Margouleff produced four of Wonder's "classic" albums in all: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale, as well as several albums by the Isley Brothers and others. They employed an unusual production technique using multiple layers of instruments such as the clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric pianos, and Arp and Moog synthesizers in place of the string orchestras used in conventional production techniques. This combination is what gives Talking Book and these other three albums their distinctive sound.{{fix |link=Wikipedia:Citation needed |text=citation needed |class=Template-Fact }}

The cover depicts Wonder with cornrows, wearing Indian jewelry and a velvet kaftan.[4]

Reception

{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[5]
|rev2 = The Austin Chronicle
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[6]
|rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev3Score = A[7]
|rev4 = Creem
|rev4score = A–[8]
|rev5 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[9]
|rev6 = The Great Rock Discography
|rev6Score = 9/10[9]
|rev7 = Los Angeles Times
|rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[9]
|rev8 = MusicHound
|rev8Score = 5/5[10]
|rev9 = Q
|rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}[11]
|rev10 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}[12]
}}

Released after Wonder toured with The Rolling Stones in 1972, Talking Book became a major hit, peaking at #3 on the Pop Albums chart in February 1973,[13] and became the first album by Wonder to top the Top R&B Albums chart, where it remained for three weeks.[14] The popular appeal of the recording helped destroy the myth that R&B artists were incapable of creating music that could be appreciated by rock audiences, and marked a unique period for R&B artists (especially Motown artists).{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Wonder won three awards for Talking Book at the 1974 Grammys: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "Superstition". Incidentally, at the same ceremony, Wonder's next album, Innervisions, won Album of the Year and Talking Book{{'}}s associate producers[15] Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff won the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical award for their work on that album.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1973, Vince Aletti called Talking Book "ambitious" and "richly-textured", writing that "even at its dreamiest, the music has a glowing vibrancy ... Altogether, an exceptional, exciting album, the work of a now quite matured genius".[16] In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it 90th on the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[10] According to Robert Christgau, the record found Wonder taking artistic control and breaking through, continuing his "wild multi-voice experiments" and writing better ballads without losing "his endearing natural bathos"; Christgau also highlighted "Superstition" as a translation of Wonder's "way of knowledge into hard-headed, hard-rocking political analysis".[7] J. D. Considine called the album "a pop tour de force".[12]

Track listing and personnel

Side one
  1. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 2:58
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums}}
    • {{small|Jim Gilstrap – first lead vocal, background vocal}}
    • {{small|Lani Groves – second lead vocal, background vocal}}
    • {{small|Gloria Barley – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Scott Edwards – electric bass}}
    • {{small|Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas}}
  2. "Maybe Your Baby" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 6:51
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass}}
    • {{small|Ray Parker Jr. – electric guitar}}
  3. "You and I (We Can Conquer the World)" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 4:39
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, piano, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, Moog bass}}
  4. "Tuesday Heartbreak" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 3:02
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass}}
    • {{small|David Sanborn – alto saxophone}}
    • {{small|Deniece Williams – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Shirley Brewer – background vocal}}
  5. "You've Got It Bad Girl" {{small|(Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright)}} – 4:56
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer}}
    • {{small|Jim Gilstrap – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Lani Groves – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas}}
Side two
  1. "Superstition" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 4:26
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass}}
    • {{small|Trevor Lawrence – tenor saxophone}}
    • {{small|Steve Madaio – trumpet}}
  2. "Big Brother" {{small|(Stevie Wonder)}} – 3:34
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocals, Hohner Clavinet, drums/percussion, harmonica, Moog bass}}
  3. "Blame It on the Sun" {{small|(Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)}} – 3:26
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, piano, harpsichord, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer}}
    • {{small|Jim Gilstrap – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Lani Groves – background vocal}}
  4. "Lookin' for Another Pure Love" {{small|(Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)}} – 4:44
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass}}
    • {{small|Debra Wilson – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Shirley Brewer – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Loris Harvin (Delores Harvin) – background vocal}}
    • {{small|Jeff Beck – electric guitar}}
    • {{small|Buzz Feiten (Howard "Buzz" Feiten) – electric guitar}}
  5. "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" {{small|(Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright)}} – 4:51
    • {{small|Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, piano, Hohner Clavinet, drums, Moog bass}}
Inscription

Original pressings[17] contain Braille lettering of Wonder's name and the album title, along with a message not transcribed until the 2000 pressing:[18]

{{Quote|text=Here is my music. It is all I have to tell you how I feel. Know that your love keeps my love strong.|sign=Stevie}}

Additional personnel

  • Malcolm Cecil – programming, engineer, Associate producer
  • Robert Margouleff – engineer, Associate producer, photography
  • Austin Godsey – engineer, recording
  • Joan Decola – recording
  • George Marino – mastering

Charts

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Weekly charts

ChartPosition
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[19]12
French SNEP Albums Chart[20]9
Italian Albums Chart[21]16
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[22]44
Norwegian Albums Chart[23]24
UK Albums Chart[24]16
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[25]3
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums[25]1
{{col-2}}

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)Position
French Albums Chart[26]61
Italian Albums Chart[21]54
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums[27]3
Chart (1974)Position
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums [28]27
{{col-end}}

Certifications

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See also

  • List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1973

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|year=2012|title=The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations, Volume 1|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=0313379068|page=x|quote=Wonder integrated soul, funk, rock, torch song, and jazz on his 1972 album Talking Book and his 1973 album Innervisions.}}
2. ^Some observers count six classic albums, some count five, and others count four.
{{cite book |last1=Bogdanov |first1=Vladimir |last2=Woodstra |first2=Chris |last3=Erlewine |first3=Stephen Thomas |authorlink3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR7MdpuSlAEC&pg=PT420 |edition=4 |year=2001 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=0-87930-627-0 |pages=447–448 |quote=Stevie Wonder came into his own with Music of My Mind, but Talking Book is where he hit his stride...}}
{{cite book |last=Cramer |first=Alfred William |title=Musicians and composers of the 20th century |volume=5|year=2009 |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=1-58765-517-9 |page=1645}}
{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Jeremy K. |title=Stevie Wonder: Musician |series=Black Americans of Achievement |year=2010 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=1-60413-685-5 |page=57}}
3. ^{{cite journal |last=Chesterton |first=George |title=In Praise of the Clavinet |journal=New Statesman |date=October 5, 2012 |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture/2012/10/praise-clavinet |accessdate=October 26, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thers500.com/albums/90-stevie-wonder-talking-book-1972 |title=#90: Stevie Wonder, "Talking Book" (1972) |publisher= |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
5. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r22214|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
6. ^{{cite news|last=Moser|first=Margaret|date=May 19, 2000|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-05-19/77259/|title=Review: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale|newspaper=The Austin Chronicle|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}
7. ^1 {{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|accessdate=March 9, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
8. ^{{cite journal|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=March 1973|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/crm7303.php|title=The Christgau Consumer Guide|journal=Creem|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Hilburn|date=April 1, 2000|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/01/entertainment/ca-14758|title=Motown Releases Remind Us of Stevie Wonder's Impact|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=September 25, 2015}}
10. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A244.htm|title=Talking Book|publisher=Acclaimed Music|accessdate=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927150248/http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A244.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2015|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}
11. ^{{cite journal|journal=Q|location=London|page=123|date=August 2000|title=none}}
12. ^1 {{cite book|last=Considine|first=J. D.|authorlink=J. D. Considine|year=2004|pages=885–87|chapter=Stevie Wonder|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA885#v=onepage&q&f=false|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=0743201698|accessdate=September 25, 2015}}
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14. ^{{cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/album/talking-book-r22214/charts-awards |title=Talking Book - Stevie Wonder |publisher=AllMusic |date=1972-10-27 |accessdate=2012-01-12}}
15. ^https://cdn.discogs.com/ofvTaRQttmX09WDhkEkGfAbLmi4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc%28%29:format%28jpeg%29:mode_rgb%28%29:quality%2896%29/discogs-images/R-174477-1261227531.jpeg.jpg{{dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
16. ^Aletti, Vince (January 4, 1973). [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/talking-book-19730104 Talking Book by Stevie Wonder | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews]. Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved on 2011-04-19.
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Stevie-Wonder-Talking-Book/release/174477 |title=Stevie Wonder - Talking Book |website=Discogs |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Stevie-Wonder-Talking-Book/release/3566301 |title=Stevie Wonder - Talking Book |website=Discogs |accessdate=8 November 2018}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4827&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=a52tdjk2pthulskt5cj0394740 |title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 19, No. 16 |publisher=RPM |format=PHP |date=1973-06-02 |accessdate=2014-04-29}}
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21. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1973.htm |title=Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1973 |language=Italian |publisher=hitparadeitalia.it |accessdate=2014-04-29}}
22. ^{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005 |publisher=Oricon Entertainment |location=Roppongi, Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=4871310779}}
23. ^{{cite web |title=norwegiancharts.com Stevie Wonder - Talking Book |publisher= |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stevie+Wonder&titel=Talking+Book&cat=a |format=ASP |duplicate_accessdate= |accessdate=2014-04-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507053927/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stevie+Wonder&titel=Talking+Book&cat=a |archivedate=2014-05-07 |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Stevie%20Wonder/ |title=Stevie Wonder > Artists > Official Charts |publisher=UK Albums Chart |accessdate=2014-04-28}}
25. ^1 {{cite web |title=Allmusic: Talking Book: Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums |publisher=allmusic.com |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r22214/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2014-04-28}}
26. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1973.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1973 par InfoDisc |language=French |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |accessdate=2014-04-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027132903/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1973.php |archivedate=2012-10-27 |df= }}
27. ^{{cite web |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121204135943/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855834?imw=Y |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855834?imw=Y |title=Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1973 |publisher=billboard.biz |archivedate=2012-12-04 |accessdate=2014-04-28 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
28. ^{{cite web |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121231123035/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855864?imw=Y |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855864?imw=Y |title=Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1974 |publisher=billboard.biz |archivedate=2012-12-31 |accessdate=2014-04-28 |deadurl=yes |df= }}

External links

  • Talking Book at Discogs
{{Stevie Wonder}}

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