Talking Book (Macy Gray album)

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Talking Book
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
Recorded2012
Studio
  • Zappa Studios (Los Angeles, CA) [1]
  • Blue Zoux Studios (North Hollywood, CA) [2]
  • Platinum Sound Studios (New York, NY) [3]
  • Young Avenue Sound (Memphis, TN) [4]
Genre
Label Kobalt
Producer Hal Willner
Macy Gray chronology
Covered
(2012)
Talking Book
(2012)
The Way
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Talking Book is a Stevie Wonder tribute album by American recording artist Macy Gray, released on October 30, 2012 on Kobalt Records. [7] It is a cover of Wonder's 1972 album of the same name.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Wonder, except where noted.

  1. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – 3:11
  2. "Maybe Your Baby" – 4:22
  3. "You and I (We Can Conquer the World)" – 3:10
  4. "Tuesday Heartbreak" – 3:34
  5. "You've Got It Bad Girl" (Wonder, Yvonne Wright) – 4:29
  6. "Superstition" – 4:30
  7. "Big Brother" – 3:41
  8. "Blame It on the Sun" (Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 3:47
  9. "Lookin' for Another Pure Love" (Wonder, Syreeta Wright)– 3:51
  10. "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" (Wonder, Yvonne Wright) – 4:35

Chart history

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US R&B Albums (Billboard) [8] 65

References

  1. "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  5. "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  6. SCHEINMAN, TED (October 23, 2012). "Macy Gray: Talking Book". Slant Magazine . Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  7. "Macy Gray's Album-Length Cover of Stevie Wonder". The New Yorker. October 29, 2012.
  8. "Macy Gray - chart search". Billboard.biz. Retrieved September 10, 2016.