Hotter Than July

Stevie Wonder | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B000001AJO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,144 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Did I Hear You Say You Love Me

2. All I Do

3. Rocket Love

4. I Ain't Gonna Stand for It

5. As if You Read My Mind

6. Master Blaster (Jammin')

7. Do Like You

8. Cash in Your Face

9. Lately

10. Happy Birthday

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Stevie Wonder, January 25, 2012

By 

Scott T. Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hotter Than July (Audio CD)

Stevie Wonder's dazzling versatility comes to the fore in this 1980 album. "Hotter Than July" runs the gamut from soulful reggae ("Master Blaster") to social criticism ("Cash In Your Face") and country funk ("I Ain't Gonna Stand for It"). The Martin Luther King tribute of "Happy Birthday" makes for a celebratory finish. Surprisingly underrated, "Hotter Than July" deserves a place alongside "Innervisions" (1973) and "Songs in the Key of Life" (1976).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Birthday!!!, March 24, 2004

By 

Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hotter Than July (Audio CD)

This albums concluding track is the definitive Stevie Wonder
song of the 80's in the minds of many-"Happy Birthday" being the
synth-funk tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. that played a giant
part in making the human rights hero's birthday a national holiday.Horray for Wonder AND horray for delivering yet another
diverse and ear-catching album.From Stevie's sweaty,cornrowed
hair on the cover and burning piano on the back "Hotter Then July" revels in Stevie's wonderous 70's eclecticism from the
rocking lead-off "Did You Have To Say You Love Me",the smooth and
catchy dance-R&B of "All I Do" and the VERY sensual ballad
"Rocket Love"-great start but that's not the HALF of it.From the
counrty pop of "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It",the reggae-ish Bob
Marley tribute hit "Master Blaster" and the typical deeply funky
clavinet-dominated pieces "Do Like You" and the topical "Cash In
Your Face".Do ALL slow declines sound this good?AGHHHHH!!!Wrong-
Stevie Wonder NEVER declined-he just had a new beginning and here
it's a beginning well worth investigating!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A warmer place for all, February 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hotter Than July (Audio CD)

After the brilliant,yet bewildered "Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants",Stevie rushed out(by his standards) with Hotter Than July,the true follow-up to Songs In The Key Of Life.The fact that it isn't up to the standards of the Talking Book or Innervisions is already a constant,but it brings a closure to a winning streak of albums that began with 1972's Music Of My Mind(or 71's Where I'm Coming From according to true Stevie fans).Every cut is a stand-out especially Master Blaster,All I Do,I Ain't Gonna Stand For It(a country tinged tune worthy of a Garth Brooks cover),and the much interpretated classic Lately.The final cut,the MLK-tribute Happy Birthday brings the album to a glorious open-ended finish as well as beautifully closes the book on this Wonder-ful chapter of his career.