Music
February, 1977
On the first side of Stevie Wonder's long-awaited Songs in the Key of Life (Tamla), a double-LP-plus-EP that went platinum before release, he shows a musical eclecticism unrivaled since the Beatles' salad days; the soft-rock opening statement (Love's in Need of Love Today) gives way to blues with African and electronic sounds commingled (Have a Talk with God), followed by an Eleanor Rigby-ish ballad with strings (Village Ghetto Land), a foray into jazz-rock (Contusion, featuring Stevie's traveli...
