Wonder, Stevie - Fulfillingness’ First Finale - Super Hot Stamper (With Issues)
We're big fans of Stevie here at Better Records, but it's always a challenge to find good sound for his albums. Tons of great songs here, including the ones everybody knows, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and "You Haven't Done Nothing." Both sound wonderful on this pressing. But... For the first time in my life, over the course of the last five years or so I've really gotten to know the album well, having found a CD at a local store to play in the car (and now I also have a cassette to play in my Walkman while working out). I've listened to Fulfillingness’ First Finale scores of times. I now see that it is some of the best work Stevie Wonder ever did, right up there with Innervisions and ahead of any other Stevie Wonder album, including Talking Book and Songs in the Key of Life. The best songs on the album to my mind are the quieter, more heartfelt and emotional ones, not the rockers or funky workouts. My personal favorites on side one are: "Smile Please," "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years A