Natural Wonder

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Natural Wonder
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 1995
RecordedMarch and August 1995
Genre Rhythm and blues
Length112:18
Label Motown
Producer Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder chronology
Conversation Peace
(1995)
Natural Wonder
(1995)
A Time to Love
(2005)

Natural Wonder is a live album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released in 1995 and recorded in Osaka, Japan and Tel Aviv, Israel. [1] The tour featured different symphony orchestras at some venues, conducted by touring conductor Henry Panion III. [2] It is his fourth live album after Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (1963), Stevie Wonder Live (1970), and Live at the Talk of the Town (also 1970), and his only one as a mature artist.

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Content

The album comprises songs from throughout his career, spanning 1969's My Cherie Amour to 1995's Conversation Peace , in addition to the debut of three new songs – "Dancing to the Rhythm", the Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute "Stevie Ray Blues", and "Ms. & Mr. Little Ones". Wonder also performs "Stay Gold", a song he sang and co-write with composer Carmine Coppola for Coppola's score to The Outsiders .

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Dancing to the Rhythm" – 7:07
  2. "Love's in Need of Love Today" – 6:02
  3. "Master Blaster (Jammin')" – 3:36
  4. "Stevie Ray Blues" – 2:27
  5. "Higher Ground" – 3:59
  6. "Rocket Love" – 4:47
  7. "Stay Gold" – 4:21
  8. "Ribbon in the Sky" – 8:37
  9. "Pastime Paradise" – 3:22
  10. "If It's Magic" – 3:34
  11. "Ms. & Mr. Little Ones" – 4:17
  12. "Village Ghetto Land" – 3:26
  13. "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" – 4:20
Disc two
  1. "Overjoyed" – 3:59
  2. "My Cherie Amour" – 3:20
  3. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" – 2:45
  4. "Living for the City" – 4:26
  5. "Sir Duke" – 2:46
  6. "I Wish" – 4:06
  7. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – 2:21
  8. "Superstition" – 5:37
  9. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – 4:38
  10. "For Your Love" – 5:06
  11. "Another Star" – 5:55

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References

  1. Werner, Craig (2007-12-18). Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul. Crown. ISBN   978-0-307-42087-9.
  2. Natural Wonder - Stevie Wonder | Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-02-08