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Eivets Rednow (1968)

Where the lyrics of Eivets Rednow take you, and where it was really made.

The title is Stevie Wonder's name reversed, and his name does not appear on the original cover.

Key places

Recorded at Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit (1968)

Recording site Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A — Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, Michigan is listed as the recording place for this album. The point uses the building coordinates. No recording date is given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Ninth studio album by Stevie Wonder, released under the name Eivets Rednow
• Released on Gordy Records on November 20, 1968
• Fully instrumental album; Wonder does not sing on any track
• The first album to include songs solely credited to Wonder
• Created as a follow-up to the successful single "Alfie"
• "A House Is Not a Home", another song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, also appears on the album
• "Eivets Rednow" is an ananym of "Stevie Wonder"

Background

• Like his debut album, the record contains no sung tracks by Wonder
• The album reached No. 37 on the U.S. R&B charts
• Some reissues print "How do you spell Stevie Wonder backwards" in small type on the top corner of the sleeve

Recording

• Wonder plays harmonica, drums, piano and clavinet
• Benny Benjamin plays drums and James Jamerson plays bass guitar
• The Funk Brothers provide the instrumentation
• Credited personnel: Stevie Wonder, Benny Benjamin, James Jamerson and The Funk Brothers

Cover

• Wonder's name does not appear on the cover of the original releases

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Stevland Hardaway Morris, known as Stevie Wonder, was born May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, and became blind shortly after birth.
• He signed with Motown's Tamla label at age 11 in 1961, receiving the name Little Stevie Wonder.
• His single "Fingertips" topped the Billboard Hot 100 when he was 13, the youngest solo artist ever to do so.

Career

• Music of My Mind and Talking Book (1972) marked the start of his classic period, moving away from the Motown sound toward synthesizer- and keyboard-driven music.
• Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life (1973–1976) won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, and he is the only artist to have done so.
• In the 1980s he campaigned to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday and scored several number-one hits, including "Ebony and Ivory" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You".
• He has sold more than 100 million records and won 25 Grammy Awards, the most by a male solo artist.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released on Gordy Records on November 20, 1968
• Ninth studio album by Stevie Wonder, issued under the name Eivets Rednow
• Fully instrumental; Wonder does not sing on any track
• Created as a follow-up to the successful single "Alfie"
• Includes "A House Is Not a Home", another song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
• The first album with songs solely credited to Wonder
• Wonder plays harmonica, drums, piano and clavinet
• Benny Benjamin plays drums, James Jamerson plays bass guitar, and The Funk Brothers provide the instrumentation

Records

• The album reached No. 37 on the U.S. R&B charts
• "Eivets Rednow" is an ananym of "Stevie Wonder", and Wonder's name does not appear on the cover of the original releases

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Wonder plays harmonica, drums, piano and clavinet on the album, but sings on none of the tracks.
• On some reissues, "How do you spell Stevie Wonder backwards" is printed in small type on the top corner of the sleeve.
• The title is an ananym of Stevie Wonder, and his name does not appear on the cover of the original releases.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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