Fulfillingness' First Finale

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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Studio album by
Stevie Wonder
ReleasedJuly 22, 1974
Studio
Tamla
Producer
Stevie Wonder chronology
Innervisions
(1973) 		Fulfillingness' First Finale
(1974) 		Songs in the Key of Life
(1976)
Singles from Fulfillingness' First Finale
  1. "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
    Released: August 1974
  2. "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
    Released: November 1974
"Boogie On Reggae Woman"
"Boogie On Reggae Woman" (album version sample)
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Fulfillingness' First Finale is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

Motown Records. It is the fourth of five albums from what is considered Wonder's "classic period".[2][3][4]

The album was Wonder's second to top the

Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance (for "Boogie On Reggae Woman") at the ceremony held in 1975. Retrospectively, the album was voted number 413 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000)[6] and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[7]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Great Rock Discography
7/10[citation needed]
Los Angeles Times[12]
MusicHound4/5[citation needed]
Q[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[14]
The Village VoiceB+[15]

Recording

Following the epic scope and

Jackson 5
.

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Wonder, except "They Won't Go When I Go", written by Wonder and Yvonne Wright.

Side one
  1. "Smile Please" – 3:26
  2. "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" – 5:01
  3. "Too Shy to Say" – 3:31
  4. "Boogie On Reggae Woman" – 4:54
  5. "Creepin'" – 4:17
Side two
  1. "You Haven't Done Nothin'" – 3:27
  2. "It Ain't No Use" – 3:58
  3. "They Won't Go When I Go" – 5:59
  4. "Bird of Beauty" – 3:46
  5. "Please Don't Go" – 4:06

Personnel

"Smile Please"

"Heaven Is 10 Zillion Years Away"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Hohner
    Moog bass
  • Paul Anka – background vocal
  • Syreeta Wright – background vocal
  • Shirley Brewer – background vocal
  • Larry "Nastyee" Latimer – background vocal

"Too Shy to Say"

"Boogie On Reggae Woman"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Fender Rhodes, piano, harmonica, drums, Moog bass
  • Rocky Dzidzornu – congas

"Creepin'"

"You Haven't Done Nothin"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Hohner clavinet, bass drum, hi-hat, cymbal
  • Reggie McBride – electric bass
  • The Jackson 5 – background vocals
  • Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil – synthesizers
  • Horns, drum machine – uncredited

"It Ain't No Use"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass
  • Lani Groves – background vocal
  • Minnie Riperton – background vocal
  • Deniece Williams – background vocal

"They Won't Go When I Go"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, piano, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer
  • Bob and Malcolm – programming Moog

"Bird of Beauty"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Fender Rhodes, Hohner clavinet, drums, percussions, Moog bass
  • Bobbye Hall – cuíca
  • Shirley Brewer – background vocal
  • Lani Groves – background vocal
  • Deniece Williams – background vocal
  • Sérgio Mendes – Portuguese lyrics[16]
  • Drum machine – uncredited

"Please Don't Go"

  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, piano, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, handclaps, drums, hi-hat, Moog bass
  • Michael Sembello – acoustic guitar
  • The Persuasions – background vocal
  • Shirley Brewer – background vocal
  • Deniece Williams – background vocal

Selected cover versions

Charts

Weekly charts

Year Chart Position
1974 Soul Albums 1
Top LP's & Tape

Singles

Year Single Billboard
Hot 100 		Billboard
Hot Soul Singles
1974 "You Haven't Done Nothin'" 1 1
"
Boogie on Reggae Woman
" 		3 1

See also

  • List of number-one albums of 1974 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Jo (May 5, 2019). "Record Collection". Prog. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via PressReader.
  2. ISBN 0-87930-627-0
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-58765-517-3
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-60413-685-2
    .
  5. ^ "Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder". AllMusic. July 22, 1974. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  6. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-84403-714-8
    .
  8. ^ Allmusic review
  9. ^ Moser, Margaret (May 19, 2000), Review: Innervisions. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  10. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  11. ISBN 978-0857125958
    .
  12. ^ Hilburn, Robert (April 1, 2000). "Motown Releases Remind Us of Stevie Wonder's Impact". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  13. ^ "Q review". Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
  14. ^ Brackett, Nathan, and Christian David Hoard, eds (2004), Rolling Stone review, The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, Simon and Schuster, p. 885.
  15. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 24, 1974). "Consumer Guide (49)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  16. ^ "Bird of Beauty" partial Portuguese lyrics provided by Sergio Mendes

External links

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