Motown/UMe releases the first-ever vinyl version of Stevie Wonder’s all-time best-selling hits set, The Definitive Collection. The 21-track, double album kicks off with the No. 1 live 1963 smash, “Fingertips – Pt. 2,” and takes us through Wonder’s timeless hits “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” “For Once in My Life,” “My Cherie Amour,” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” “Superstition,” “Higher Ground,” “Sir Duke,” “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “Part Time Lover,” and more. It is now available HERE.
Reflecting the artist’s ongoing importance and popularity, The Definitive Collection is newly certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA.
The 2LP set is remastered for vinyl and housed in a beautiful gatefold package with Braille embossing, rare photos from the Motown Archives, full track-by-track annotations and a celebratory essay by Scott Regen, a Detroit DJ who became a Motown staff writer and producer and who wrote the liner notes to Wonder’s first Greatest Hits album in 1968. In addition to the wide release, The Definitive Collection will be available in an exclusive color vinyl edition at Amazon, while fans also have the option of collecting the album in 180gm vinyl and high gloss packaging with a limited-edition photo print and an additional exclusive Braille message from Stevie Wonder HERE. Complex.com followers have the option to collect their own exclusive edition, featuring an alternate cover and ‘Tamla yellow’ vinyl HERE. An 11-track, 1LP color vinyl version is exclusive to Walmart.
Stevie Wonder, the extraordinary singer/songwriter and the youngest ever recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors has earned 25 GRAMMY® Awards in a remarkable career, including a record-breaking three Album of the Year honors in four years. With a catalog that is one of the richest treasure troves in American music, his songs are still revered and influential today, and his longevity as one of the world’s most respected and beloved artists is well-earned.
Recently released is The Wonder of Stevie, a seven-episode podcast that covers Stevie Wonder’s iconic legacy with a focus on his “classic period,” from 1972-1976, when the musician, songwriter, and singer released a streak of five albums on Motown Records’ Tamla imprint that forever changed American music. This run of creativity garnered Wonder 12 Grammy Awards for the music on these iconic albums, a 13th Grammy for himself as Non-Classical Producer of the Year, sold more than 10 million albums, and secured his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history.
All seven episodes of The Wonder of Stevie, hosted by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic Wesley Morris and featuring exclusive conversations with Stevie Wonder and a wide range of A-list fans, are available here.
2LP TRACK LIST
Side A
1. Fingertips – Pt. 2
2. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
3. Hey Love
4. I Was Made To Love Her
5. For Once In My Life
6. My Cherie Amour
7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Side B
1. You Are the Sunshine Of My Life *
2. Superstition
3. Higher Ground *
4. Living For The City
Side C
1. You Haven’t Done Nothin’
2. Boogie On Reggae Woman *
3. I Wish
4. Sir Duke
5. Master Blaster (Jammin’) *
Side D
1. That Girl
2. Do I Do *
3. I Just Called To Say I Love You *
4. Overjoyed
5. Part-Time Lover *
* single version
