Stevie Wonder - Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Stevie Wonder | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (January 11, 2012)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B000009QLZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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Stevie Wonder grew up fast, as Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 makes plain. Collecting both Motown assembly-line gems ("My Cherie Amour") and the first flashes of his self-contained '70s funk-rock style ("Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours," a terrific cover of the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out"), this 20-bit remaster disc is a must-own, particularly for Original Musiquarium fans looking for insight into Wonder's artistic growth. It's far from mere research material, though; the cream of this genius's early work is some of Motown's best. --Rickey Wright

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There Are Better Stevie Wonder "Greatest" CDs Available Now, August 27, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stevie Wonder - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

This CD issue of the original Tamla LP 313 of October 1971 was all right nine or ten years ago, but now even the Elvis CD re-issues of his original albums have added tracks. Quite simply, the buying public wants a bigger bang for their buck today, including informative liner notes which are completely lacking in this volume.

Like another reviewer I also wondered at the inclusion, even in the original vinyl LP, of track 10. Not that it was a bad tune, per se, but after all it was the flipside of his interpretation of The Beatles' hit We Can Work It Out which hit # 3 R&B and # 13 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in 1971. The B-side managed only a # 78 Hot 100 and was completely shut out of the R&B charts.

A much better bet, given the time-frame covered, the title of "greatest hits" and the contents of Volume 1, would have been I Don't Know Why, the flipside of My Cherie Amour. Sometimes shown as Don't Know Why I Love You, it made it to # 16 R&B and # 39 Hot 100in 1969 - clearly a "greater" hit than track 10.

There is no denying the massive talent of this singer,song writer and multi-instrumentalist who was rightfully inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in 1989, and who was the winner of 18 Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. But 5 stars shouldn't be awarded solely on the basis of his name.

We're looking at the CD itself here, and there are simply too many flaws to warrant more than three - in my opinion. Spend a few dollars more and get one of the newer 20+ track issues.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Songs, February 14, 2001

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Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stevie Wonder - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

Listen to Stevie Wonder's first greatest hits collection and then to this second one and you can hear an artist who first recorded as a pre-teen and grew into a mature adult. Volume 2 collects songs from 1967 to 1971 and they are among the finest singles of his career. The songs range from the full out r&b of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" & "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" to lush ballads like "My Cherie Amour" to socially conscious songs like "Heaven Help Us" to mid-tempo fare like "If You Really Love Me", "Travelin' Man" and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday". The songs show an artists becoming more and more sure of himself and confident in his abilities. These songs lay the blueprints for his groundbreaking 70's albums.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the final conclusion of his motown era(1967-1971), December 25, 2004

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semaj emorej - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stevie Wonder - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

the period from 1967-1971 was stevie wonder's final period of musical growth from the motown hit machine.on this greatest hits collection(volume 2),it has material from his late 1960s and early 1970s period extracted from the albums:"for once in my life"(1968)"my cherie amour"(1969)/"signed,sealed,&delivered"(1970)and his final motown breakaway album the personal,social-political album his first full length album statement"where i'm coming from"(1971).
the songs on this second collection of his greatest hits are not in chronological order,but it provides a great reflection of his growth as a prolific songwriter from this four year period.the only song on this collection that is not available on his regular motown albums is 'travelin'man'(1967)which is another classic wonder recording.for some strange reason, it was omitted (along with other more original superior songs that were held in the vaults from this same 1967 period) by motown from being included on his 1967 album "i was made to love her"what a terrible mistake of omission by motown!and it(along with the other more superior songs)were replaced with filler remakes of other songs! it was written by ron miller and bryan wells and was produced by wonder's older mentor,clarence paul.'travelin'man'was originally released on wonder's triple record album "looking back" which was released by motown in 1977,and is also available on a double disc set entitled "essential stevie wonder" which includes rarities such as 'kiss me baby'(1965)which was written by stevie and his older mentor clarence paul/and a live firecracker remake of 'high heel sneakers'(1965)/'happy street'(1964)from the album,"stevie at the beach"/'don't you feel it'(1964)/and the rare original single 'i call it pretty music,but the old people call it the blues'(1962)which was written by berry gordy and clarence paul.