![]() ![]() Anticipation was so high that this release peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and R&B album charts. Even so, three years was a considerable lag between albums. From the release of Songs in the Key of Life through the release of Plants, Wonder had been active, actually, but only as a collaborator, working with Ramsey Lewis, the Pointer Sisters, Minnie Riperton, Syreeta, Ronnie Foster, and Michael Jackson. Stevie Wonder broke a three-year silence, one that followed a series of six classic albums released within six years, with this double album, the score/soundtrack to a little-seen environmental documentary directed by Wild Bunch co-screenwriter Walon Green. ![]() ![]() Personnel: Stevie Wonder (vocals, various instruments) Syreeta, Tata Vega (vocals) Ben Bridges, Rick Zunigar, Michael Sembello (guitar) Hank Redd (saxophone) Larry Gittens (trumpet) Ron Kersey (keyboards) Nathan Watts (bass) Ibrahim Camara, Lamine Konte, Dennis Davis, Joe Johnson, Earl DeRouen (percussion) Kathy Collier, Susaye Greene, Josie James, Abdoulaye Soumare, Angela Winbush, Shirley Brewer, Alexandra Brown, Marva Halcolm (background vocals). ![]()
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