Top 5 (or 10) Stevie Wonder songs

Honorable Mentions:

"Creepin'"

"Boogie on Reggae Woman"

"Livin' for the City" (album version)

Perhaps because it is still the most recent of Stevie Wonder albums I have heard, I’m inclined to give a(n only half*) facetious answer of the first ten tracks from “Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants”, which I was introduced to by Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness in their “Album Years” podcast. I’d never even heard of it, let alone heard it, and still find it quite amazing. Not amazing in the sense that it blew my mind by how good it is (although it is good. Very good!), but rather how bizarre an album it is from such an artist - particularly coming off the back of Songs in the Key of Life. Ok, so it’s a soundtrack, so it’s going to be somewhat different, but I guess I wasn’t ready for just how different. It’s almost unrecognisable as a Stevie Wonder album. But did I mention that it’s really good? This is potentially a Stevie Wonder album for people who don’t like Stevie Wonder albums, and although some Stevie Wonder fans might find this a bit too far off piste, there’s still a lot for them to appreciate.

(*Given that it’s a soundtrack, it’s hard to pluck tracks out of context, and few (if any) stand out on their own. Hence my semi-joking answer here than my ten favourite SW tracks are the first ten of this album.)