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Music of My Mind
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Music of My Mind was released on 3 March 1972 on Tamla. It was Stevie Wonder's first album under a new contract with Motown, which gave him complete artistic freedom. After a meeting in May 1971 with the electronic musicians Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, he began working with ARP and Moog synthesizers. They were co-producers and helped build the sound, with their own synthesizer TONTO. Wonder produced it himself and played nearly all the instruments himself, apart from the trombone in Love Having You Around and the guitar in Superwoman.
Critics saw the album as a step towards artistic maturity. Keep On Running was praised for its Moog work. Some reviewers found the studio and vocal effects a little too much of a good thing. The album reached sixth place on the R&B chart and twenty-first on the pop chart. Today it is regarded as the first album of Wonder's classic period.
Listening
Track list
- 1Love Having You Around7:23Apple Music ↗
- 2Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)8:10Apple Music ↗
- 3I Love Every Little Thing About You3:56Apple Music ↗
- 4Sweet Little Girl4:59Apple Music ↗
- 5Happier Than the Morning Sun5:19Apple Music ↗
- 6Girl Blue3:36Apple Music ↗
- 7Seems So Long4:22Apple Music ↗
- 8Keep On Running6:41Apple Music ↗
- 9Evil3:34Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗