Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta
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| Released | June 19, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–1974 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant (Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | R&B, smooth soul, funk, pop, reggae, psychedelic soul | |||
| Length | 39:37 | |||
| Label | Motown M 808 | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
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Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright, released by Motown on June 19, 1974.
Track listing
- "I'm Goin' Left" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) (3:36)
- "Spinnin' and Spinnin'" (Wonder, Wright) (4:21)
- "Your Kiss Is Sweet" (Wonder, Wright) (4:31)
- "Come and Get This Stuff" (Wonder) (3:38)
- "Heavy Day" (Wonder, Wright) (4:00)
- "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (Wonder) (4:30)
- "Just a Little Piece of You" (Wonder, Wright) (4:01)
- "Waitin' for the Postman" (Wonder) (1:47)
- "When Your Daddy's Not Around" (Wonder) (1:03)1
- "I Wanna Be by Your Side" (Wonder) (with G.C. Cameron) (4:04)
- "Universal Sound of the World" (Wonder, Wright) (4:06)
Personnel
- Produced by Stevie Wonder for Black Bull Productions
- Lead vocals by Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder, Dennis Morrison and G.C. Cameron
- Background vocals by Wonderlove (Anita Sherman, Lani Groves, Deniece Williams and Shirley Brewer), Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder, G.C. Cameron and Syreeta Wright
- Instrumentation by Stevie Wonder, Reggie McBride, Ollie E. Brown, Marlo Henderson, Michael Sembello, Dennis Morouse and Steve Madaio
Reception
The album has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 on Allmusic[1]
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| Source | Rating |
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Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[2] | ||
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| 1974 | Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta | 116 | 53 | 93 |
Trivia
Three artists who performed on this album (Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams, Michael Sembello) would all have Billboard number one songs ("I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Let's Hear It for the Boy", and "Maniac", respectively) within a year of each other, a decade after this album's release. Another artist on this album, Ollie Brown of Ollie & Jerry, would have a Billboard top ten single, "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us", in the same one-year period.
The song "Come And Get This Stuff" was originally intended for Rufus, but lead singer Chaka Khan refused to do the song. Instead, Stevie wrote "Tell Me Something Good" for them which appeared on their album Rags to Rufus.
External links
References
- ^ a b Guarisco, Donald A. Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta. AllMusic Review
- ^ "Syreeta US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 303. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
