Looking Back

by Stevie Wonder

Looking Back cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 30 November 1977
  • Label: Motown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:55:15
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Spanning an incredibly prolific decade, this triple-album retrospective chronicles the former child prodigy's explosive growth within the Motown factory system. The collection meticulously tracks his evolution from energetic, harmonica-driven rhythm and blues into the profoundly sophisticated, socially conscious soul of his autonomous masterworks.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, funky, compilation, groove-heavy, choral

Tracklist

  1. Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way) (2:30)
  2. Contract On Love (2:02)
  3. Fingertips (Part II) (2:52)
  4. Workout Stevie, Workout (2:40)
  5. Castles In The Sand (2:10)
  6. Hey Harmonica Man (2:35)
  7. High Heel Sneakers (2:58)
  8. Uptight (Everything's Alright) (2:53)
  9. Nothing's Too Good For My Baby (2:38)
  10. Blowin' In The Wind (3:45)
  11. Ain't That Asking For Trouble (2:47)
  12. I'd Cry (2:22)
  13. A Place In The Sun (2:52)
  14. Sylvia (2:33)
  15. Down To Earth (2:48)
  16. Thank You Love (2:50)
  17. Hey Love (2:44)
  18. Travelin' Man (2:54)
  19. Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (3:06)
  20. I Was Made To Love Her (2:35)
  21. I'm Wondering (2:52)
  22. Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day (2:44)
  23. You Met Your Match (2:36)
  24. I'd Be A Fool Right Now (2:53)
  25. Alfie (2:58)
  26. More Than A Dream (3:20)
  27. For Once In My Life (2:16)
  28. Angie Girl (2:56)
  29. My Cherie Amour (2:54)
  30. Don't Know Why I Love You (2:43)
  31. If I Ruled The World (3:31)
  32. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday (2:57)
  33. Never Had A Dream Come True (2:59)
  34. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (2:46)
  35. Heaven Help Us All (2:59)
  36. I Gotta Have A Song (2:32)
  37. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (2:56)
  38. If You Really Love Me (2:53)
  39. Something Out Of The Blue (2:58)
  40. Do Yourself A Favor (5:58)

Credits

  • Edward Holland, Jr. - written-by
  • Janie Bradford - written-by
  • Frank Wilson - written-by
  • Mary O'Brien - written-by
  • Lou Josie - written-by
  • Marty Cooper - written-by
  • Robert Gordy - edited by, other [assembled by]
  • Robert Higginbotham - written-by

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