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Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits

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This is a collection of pre-1972 tracks by Stevie Wonder. It's not really a "greatest hits" collection, since some classics like "Fingertips" and "Uptight(Everything's Alright)" aren't here. It's supposed to be a collection of "love songs", but some of the songs, like "We Can Work It Out" and "Blowin' in the Wind" aren't really love songs. Still, it's a good collection of songs including classic hits like "My Cherie Amour", "If You Really Love Me" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"; alongside some more obscure songs. Here is the complete track listing:

1. Contract on Love

2. My Cherie Amour

3. Until You Come Back to Me

4. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

5. Never Had a Dream Come True

6. If You Really Love Me

7. Heaven Help Us All

8. Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer

9. A Place in the Sun

10. Alfie

11. Hey Love

12. For Once in My Life

13. We Can Work It Out

14. I Was Made to Love Her

15. Don't Know Why I Love You

16. Blowin' in the Wind

17. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day

18. I'm Wondering

19. Nothing's Too Good For My Baby

20. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

You have 20 fine chunks of Stevie here, all sweet and cuddly and radio friendly, all those loving tracks. Listen to it and i'll bet you know a good half of these, at least. And the rest you'll grow to enjoy. One of those feelgood records that you can play to your girlfriend. There's no risky creations here, therefore you know what you're gonna get, but this is the purpose. Thank god for Stevie. I enjoy "We can work it out" "signed sealed delivered" "hey love" " my cherie amour" and "if you really love me" for starters. But perhaps the coolest moment is pre-pube Stevie singin' "Contract on Love" - what a way to start the album! Throw this disc on and prepare to emote.

huge Stevie Wonder fan and this collection i bought many years ago and i enjoyed it all. Stevie Wonder is One of the Mount Rushmore Artists, Songwriters,Producers,etc.... etc.... ever to me and my ears. so many classics and one of the very few artists to me that got it right where words and music are concearned. vocally he is so soulful.

I wasn't familiar with all the songs but after listening a few times, I can let it play over and over again. Love it. The first cut is Lil Stevie before his voice changed- amazing! Great early classics. There's more than just love songs on it. You can move and groove to it too. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the sound was NOT digitally enhanced but that's a good thing for some people.

This is a reissue of a long-out-of-print CD (with different cover art) from 1985. GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN! In addition to classic hits there are several rare or hard-to-find tracks that make this collection essential. "Until You Come Back to Me" (a 1974 hit for Aretha Franklin) was written and recorded by Stevie Wonder in 1967 but not released until it appeared on the "Looking Back" anthology in 1977. "Alfie" is from the "Eivets Rednow" instrumental side project that is currently out of print. "I Don't Know Why", "Contract on Love", and "Hey Love" were minor chart hits that are rarely anthologized. "I'm Wondering" and "Heaven Help Us All" were bigger hits that are not available on any of Stevie's currently-available hits collections. Except for a handful of big hits, most of Stevie's work between "Fingertips" and "Superstition" gets pretty short shrift from Motown these days. Get this terrific collection to start filling in the gaps!

1. Contract on Love

2. My Cherie Amour

3. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday

4. Never Had a Dream Come True

5. If You Really Love Me

6. Heaven Help Us All

7. Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer

8. Place in the Sun

9. Alfie

10. Hey Love

11. For Once in My Life

12. We Can Work It Out

13. I Was Made to Love Her

14. I Don't Know Why I Love You

15. Blowin in the Wind

16. Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee-Doo-Da-Day

17. I'm Wondering

18. Nothing's Too Good for My Baby

19. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours