At the Close of a Century
| Stevie Wonder: At the Close of a Century | ||||
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| Released | November 23, 1999 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1962-1997 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Harry Weinger, Stevie Wonder, Robert Margouleff, Malcolm Cecil, Mickey Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Hank Cosby, Don Hunter, Ron Miller | |||
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| Allmusic |  [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
At the Close of a Century is a box set album of Stevie Wonder's greatest hits from the 1960s through the 1990s. The box set spans four CDs and the songs are placed in chronological order. It features nearly all of his most critically acclaimed songs, singles and album tracks alike. It reached #100 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2000. The box set encompasses a total of 70 songs.
Track listing
Disc 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fingertips (Pts. 1 & 2)" | Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul | Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius, 1963 | 6:55 |
| 2. | "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Cosby | Up Tight, 1966 | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" | Cosby, Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson | Up Tight | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan cover) | Bob Dylan | Up Tight | 3:43 |
| 5. | "A Place in the Sun" | Ron Miller, Bryan Wells | Down to Earth, 1966 | 2:45 |
| 6. | "Hey Love" | Morris Broadnax, Paul, Wonder | Down to Earth | 2:45 |
| 7. | "I Was Made to Love Her" | Wonder, Cosby, Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway | I Was Made to Love Her, 1967 | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" | Broadnax, Paul, Wonder | Looking Back, 1977; originally recorded in 1967 | 3:01 |
| 9. | "I'm Wondering" | Wonder, Cosby, Moy | Non-album single, 1967 | 2:55 |
| 10. | "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" | Wonder, Moy, Cosby | For Once in My Life, 1968 | 2:46 |
| 11. | "You Met Your Match" | Hardaway, Don Hunter, Wonder | For Once in My Life | 2:38 |
| 12. | "For Once in My Life" | Miller, Orlando Murden | For Once in My Life | 2:50 |
| 13. | "I Don't Know Why" | Hardaway, Hunter, Paul Riser, Wonder | For Once in My Life | 2:45 |
| 14. | "My Cherie Amour" | Cosby, Moy, Wonder | My Cherie Amour, 1969 | 2:50 |
| 15. | "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" | Miller, Wells | My Cherie Amour | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Never Had a Dream Come True" | Cosby, Moy, Wonder | Signed, Sealed & Delivered, 1970 | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | Lee Garrett, Hardaway, Wonder, Syreeta Wright | Signed, Sealed & Delivered | 2:40 |
| 18. | "Heaven Help Us All" | Miller | Signed, Sealed & Delivered | 3:15 |
| 19. | "We Can Work It Out" (The Beatles cover) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Signed, Sealed & Delivered | 3:17 |
| 20. | "If You Really Love Me" | Wonder, S. Wright | Where I'm Coming From, 1971 | 2:56 |
| 21. | "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" | Wonder, S. Wright | Where I'm Coming From | 2:56 |
| 22. | "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" | Wonder | Music of My Mind, 1972 | 8:07 |
| 23. | "I Love Every Little Thing About You" | Wonder | Music of My Mind | 3:55 |
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Superstition" | Wonder | Talking Book, 1972 | 4:26 |
| 2. | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Wonder | Talking Book | 2:55 |
| 3. | "You and I" | Wonder | Talking Book | 4:34 |
| 4. | "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" | Wonder, Yvonne Wright | Talking Book | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Too High" | Wonder | Innervisions, 1973 | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Visions" | Wonder | Innervisions | 5:23 |
| 7. | "Living for the City" | Wonder | Innervisions | 7:23 |
| 8. | "Golden Lady" | Wonder | Innervisions | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Higher Ground" | Wonder | Innervisions | 3:42 |
| 10. | "All in Love Is Fair" | Wonder | Innervisions | 3:43 |
| 11. | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | Wonder | Innervisions | 4:45 |
| 12. | "He's Misstra Know-It-All" | Wonder | Innervisions | 5:36 |
| 13. | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | Wonder | Fulfillingness' First Finale, 1974 | 3:29 |
| 14. | "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" | Wonder | Fulfillingness' First Finale | 5:02 |
| 15. | "Too Shy to Say" | Wonder | Fulfillingness' First Finale | 3:29 |
| 16. | "Boogie On Reggae Woman" | Wonder | Fulfillingness' First Finale | 4:55[5] |
| 17. | "Creepin'" | Wonder | Fulfillingness' First Finale | 4:20 |
Disc 3
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Sir Duke" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life, 1976 | 3:51 |
| 2. | "I Wish" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Knocks Me Off My Feet" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Pastime Paradise" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Isn't She Lovely" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 6:36 |
| 6. | "Ngiculela ~ Es Una Historia ~ I Am Singing" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 3:48 |
| 7. | "If It's Magic" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 3:12 |
| 8. | "As" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 7:09 |
| 9. | "Another Star" | Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 8:22 |
| 10. | "Send One Your Love" | Wonder | Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants", 1979 | 4:01 |
| 11. | "All I Do" | Wonder, Paul, Broadnax | Hotter than July, 1980 | 5:16 |
| 12. | "Rocket Love" | Wonder | Hotter than July | 4:39 |
| 13. | "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" | Wonder | Hotter than July | 4:39 |
| 14. | "Master Blaster (Jammin')" | Wonder | Hotter than July | 5:11 |
| 15. | "Lately" | Wonder | Hotter than July | 4:05 |
| 16. | "Happy Birthday" | Wonder | Hotter than July | 5:58 |
Disc 4
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "That Girl" | Wonder | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I, 1982 | 5:13 |
| 2. | "Ribbon in the Sky" | Wonder | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | 5:40 |
| 3. | "Do I Do" | Wonder | Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | 10:30 |
| 4. | "Love Light in Flight" | Wonder | The Woman in Red soundtrack, 1984 | 6:54 |
| 5. | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Single version) | Wonder | The Woman in Red soundtrack | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Overjoyed" | Wonder | In Square Circle, 1985 | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Part-Time Lover" | Wonder | In Square Circle | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Go Home" | Wonder | In Square Circle | 5:19 |
| 9. | "You Will Know" | Wonder | Characters, 1987 | 5:02 |
| 10. | "Skeletons" | Wonder | Characters | 5:24 |
| 11. | "Gotta Have You" | Wonder | Jungle Fever soundtrack, 1991 | 6:26 |
| 12. | "These Three Words" | Wonder | Jungle Fever soundtrack | 4:54 |
| 13. | "For Your Love" | Wonder | Conversation Peace, 1995 | 5:01 |
| 14. | "How Come, How Long" (Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder) | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Wonder | The Day, 1996 | 5:15 |
