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Genre: R&B
Release Date: 12/10/1996
Run Time: 128:36

While it's not quite the definitive compilation it could have been, the double-disc Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection is still a good overview of Stevie Wonder's long, prolific career. Skipping over "Fingertips, Pt. 2" and picking up with "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "I Was Made to Love Her," Song Review runs through the next three decades, hitting most of his biggest hits along the way, including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," "Superstition," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Higher Ground," "Living for the City," "I Wish," "Master Blaster (Jammin')," "Ebony & Ivory," "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and "Part-Time Lover." Unfortunately, none of the songs are presented in chronological order. It begins in the '80s, switches to the '70s, hits the '80s again before going back to the '60s -- in other words, it's not really coherent. Nevertheless, most of Wonder's best-known and a good cross-section of his very best songs are included, making Song Review a fine, but not perfect, introduction to his career.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Betty Wright - Vocals (Background)
George Martin - Producer
Kurt Carr - Vocals (Background)
Stephanie Andrews - Project Manager
Carmine Coppola - Orchestration
Henry Cosby - Arranger
Henry Cosby - Programming
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Vaughn Halyard - Associate Producer
Eddie LeVert - Vocals (Background)
Gary Olazabal - Associate Producer
Clarence Paul - Producer
Derrick Perkins - Associate Producer
Jamil Raheem - Vocals (Background)
Paul Riser - Arranger
Walter Williams - Vocals (Background)
Stevie Wonder - Arranger
Stevie Wonder - Producer
Stevie Wonder - Main Performer
Stevie Wonder - ?
Stevie Wonder - Creative Sequence
Mickey Stevenson - Producer
Chris Bellman - Mastering
Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell - ?
Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell - Creative Sequence
Nathan Watts - Associate Producer
Daniel Levitin - Liner Notes
Daniel Levitin - Consultant

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Release Date: 12/10/1996
Genre: r&b
Run Time: 128:36