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When you first mentioned it I thought 'Oh my gosh' after all the many years of listening to music it's a real struggle to like pick one album out.  And my top two was Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life' and George Benson's 'Weekend In LA' - and I'm a massive George Benson fan, and 'Song's In The Key Of Life' - I think it would be that album Stevie Wonder's 'Song's In The Key Of Life', Motown 1976.  It's just an absolutely amazing album. What I love about it is thematically, musically and also in terms of the lyrics and the themes - just amazing.I think the story behind in terms of - from what I've read - when Stevie approached Mr Gordy and said 'Look, I want to do this album..dah..dah..dah.. ' and he wasn't sure about it - which is natural when you think about the commercial, the economics .......  he said 'alright give it a go'. Went over budget but he decided that he would go with it and he hasn't looked back since, you know.That album is a ground breaking album and it's had a major impact on me in so many different ways.  The social messages from it - the social conscience messages, the humongous skill levels, in terms of the musicians - just amazing - the whole concept - fantastic, absolutely, yeah.  So that would be the worlds greatest album for me.{quote}Ciyo Brown: The Spa, Scarborough, 26th September 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs In the Key of Life released 1976Ciyo Brown
Ciyo Brown: Musician, Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life

 

When you first mentioned it I thought 'Oh my gosh' after all the many years of listening to music it's a real struggle to like pick one album out.  And my top two was Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life' and George Benson's 'Weekend In LA' - and I'm a massive George Benson fan, and 'Song's In The Key Of Life' - I think it would be that album Stevie Wonder's 'Song's In The Key Of Life', Motown 1976.  It's just an absolutely amazing album.  

What I love about it is thematically, musically and also in terms of the lyrics and the themes - just amazing. 

I think the story behind in terms of - from what I've read - when Stevie approached Mr Gordy and said 'Look, I want to do this album..dah..dah..dah.. ' and he wasn't sure about it - which is natural when you think about the commercial, the economics .......  he said 'alright give it a go'. Went over budget but he decided that he would go with it and he hasn't looked back since, you know. 

That album is a ground breaking album and it's had a major impact on me in so many different ways.  The social messages from it - the social conscience messages, the humongous skill levels, in terms of the musicians - just amazing - the whole concept - fantastic, absolutely, yeah.   

So that would be the worlds greatest album for me." 

 

Ciyo Brown: The Spa, Scarborough, 26th September 2015 

Stevie Wonder: Songs In the Key of Life released 1976 

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