Talking Book

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music album studio album

"Talking Book" is a landmark 1972 soul and funk album by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its innovative use of synthesizers and classic tracks like "Superstition" and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life."

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Talking Book canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Stevie Wonder ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard 200 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard 200 top 5

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Top R&B Albums number 1
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs landmark soul and funk album ⓘ
followedBy Innervisions ⓘ
follows Music of My Mind ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn development of synthesizer-based R&B ⓘ
hasPart use of TONTO synthesizer system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 43:14 ⓘ
mainSubject love ⓘ
relationships ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
nominatedFor Album of the Year ⓘ
notableWork Superstition ⓘ
You Are the Sunshine of My Life ⓘ
performer Stevie Wonder ⓘ
producer Malcolm Cecil ⓘ
Robert Margouleff ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
publicationDate 1972-10-28 ⓘ
recordedIn Crystal Sound Studios ⓘ
Electric Lady Studios ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Record Plant ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1971 ⓘ
1972 ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
significantPlaceInSeries Stevie Wonder ⓘ
surface form: Stevie Wonder classic period
track Big Brother ⓘ
Blame It on the Sun ⓘ
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) ⓘ
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love ⓘ
Maybe Your Baby ⓘ
Superstition ⓘ
Tuesday Heartbreak ⓘ
You Are the Sunshine of My Life ⓘ
You and I (We Can Conquer the World) ⓘ
You've Got It Bad Girl ⓘ
surface form: You’ve Got It Bad Girl

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Stevie Wonder → notableAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
Superstition → partOfAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
Superstition → fromAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
You Are the Sunshine of My Life → album → Talking Book ⓘ
You Are the Sunshine of My Life → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
Innervisions → precededBy → Talking Book ⓘ
Music of My Mind → followedBy → Talking Book ⓘ
Stevland Hardaway Judkins → notableWork → Talking Book ⓘ
Electric Lady Studios → notableRecording → Talking Book ⓘ
Stevie Wonder discography → includesStudioAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
You've Got It Bad Girl → includedInAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
Maybe Your Baby → album → Talking Book ⓘ
Maybe Your Baby → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
You and I (We Can Conquer the World) → album → Talking Book ⓘ
You and I (We Can Conquer the World) → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
You and I (We Can Conquer the World) → originallyPublishedIn → Talking Book ⓘ
Tuesday Heartbreak → album → Talking Book ⓘ
Tuesday Heartbreak → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
Tuesday Heartbreak → isTrackOnStudioAlbum → Talking Book ⓘ
Blame It on the Sun → album → Talking Book ⓘ
Blame It on the Sun → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love → album → Talking Book ⓘ
Lookin’ for Another Pure Love → partOf → Talking Book ⓘ
Robert Margouleff → notableWork → Talking Book ⓘ