Down to Earth (Stevie Wonder album)

Down to Earth
Studio album by Stevie Wonder
Released	November 16, 1966
Recorded	1965-66
Genre	Pop, R&B, soul
Length	77:34
Label	Tamla
Producer	Clarence Paul, Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder chronology
Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1966) Down to Earth (1966) I Was Made to Love Her (1967)

Down to Earth is Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder's sixth studio album, released in 1966 on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album was a departure from Wonder's earlier, teen pop-driven albums, and, along with its predecessor, Up-Tight, it re-established the sixteen-year-old Wonder, whose voice had recently changed, as a Motown hitmaker.

The LP features the hit single "A Place in the Sun". Another single, "Hey Love", would go on to become a hit for Detroit soul singer Betty Lavette the following year.

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Track listing

1. "A Place in the Sun" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) 2:52
2. "Bang Bang" (Sonny Bono) 2:42
3. "Down to Earth" (Ron Miller, Avery Vanderberg) 2:50
4. "Thank You Love" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Wonder) 2:55
5. "Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) 2:43
6. "Sylvia" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) 2:34
7. "My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) 2:53
8. "The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nat Shilkret) 3:06
9. "Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me)" (Cosby, Moy) 2:45
10. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) 2:30
11. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) 2:42
12. "Hey Love" (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Wonder) 2:41

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, vocals
• Benny Benjamin – drums
• James Jamerson – bass
• Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby – producers