Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta
| Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta | ||||
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| Studio album by Syreeta | ||||
| Released | June 19, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–1974, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B, funk, pop, reggae, psychedelic soul | |||
| Length | 39:37 | |||
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Motown M 808 | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Syreeta chronology | ||||
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Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta is the second full-length release by Motown recording artist Syreeta Wright, issued on the Motown label, in June 1974.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright unless otherwise noted.
- "I'm Goin' Left" (3:36)
- "Spinnin' and Spinnin'" (4:21)
- "Your Kiss is Sweet" (4:31)
- "Come and Get This Stuff" (Wonder) (3:38)
- "Heavy Day" (4:00)
- "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (Wonder) (4:30)
- "Just a Little Piece of You" (4:01)
- "Waitin' For The Postman" (Wonder) (1:47)
- "When Your Daddy's Not Around" (Wonder) (1:03)1
- "I Wanna Be By Your Side" (Wonder) (with G.C. Cameron) (4:04)
- "Universal Sound of the World" (4:06)
Personnel
- Produced by Stevie Wonder for Black Bull Productions
- Lead vocals by Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder, Dennis Morrison and G.C. Cameron
- Background vocals by Wonderlove (Anita Sherman, Lani Groves, Deniece Williams and Shirley Brewer), Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder, G.C. Cameron and Syreeta Wright
- Instrumentation by Stevie Wonder, Reggie McBride, Ollie Brown, Marlo Henderson, Mike Sembello, Dennis Morouse and Steven Madaio
Reception
The album has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 on Allmusic[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions[2] | |
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| US | US R&B | ||
| 1974 | Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta | 116 | 53 |
Trivia
Three artists who performed on this album (Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams, Michael Sembello) would all have Billboard number one songs ("I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Let's Hear It for the Boy", and "Maniac", respectively) within a year of each other, a decade after this album's release. Another artist on this album, Ollie Brown of Ollie & Jerry, would have a Billboard top ten single, "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us", in the same one-year period.
The song "Come And Get This Stuff" was originally intended for Rufus, but lead singer Chaka Khan refused to do the song. Instead, Stevie wrote "Tell Me Something Good" for them which appeared on their album Rags to Rufus.
External links
References
- 1 2 Guarisco, Donald A. Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta. AllMusic Review
- ↑ "Syreeta US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.