We’ve Got So Far to Come: Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale at 50

On the 50th anniversary of 'Fulfillingness' First Finale,' there are many of us who still aren't done discovering Stevie Wonder.

in 1972, he had already recorded 13 albums. Signed to Motown at age 11 in 1961, Stevie spent the first five years of his career as “Little Stevie Wonder” under the direction of Motown CEO Berry Gordy and songwriter-producer Clarence Paul, many of whose decisions regarding Stevie’s creative direction are laughable in hindsight.

Despite Little Stevie’s general standing as a beloved child star, there wasn’t much to differentiate him from other novelty acts of the day. It wasn’t really until 1967 that Stevie Wonder the creative force began to take shape, but he wouldn’t be able to break out of his restrictive contract until he was 21., co-written with Syreeta Wright, his wife at the time, and fully self-produced.

In 1974, its reception largely makes sense: Despite mixed critical reviews, like the bizarrely backhanded review from Rolling Stone’s Ken Emerson,won Album of the Year at the 1975 Grammys and had two major hits with “Boogie On Reggae Woman” and the Nixon diss track “You Haven’t Done Nothin’.” It was obviously beloved by listeners, who had nearly felt the loss of one of the world’s greatest stars.

Unlike Stevie Wonder, my dad was available for comment: “I can clearly remember some people not being happy with this record,” he texted me the other day, after I sent him thereview, astounded at the audacity of Ken Emerson. “This was one of my top headphones albums while doing homework my sophomore year of high school ,” he said, before clarifying that “some people” meant critics, not anyone he knew personally.?” I asked him later on the phone. “I don’t know,” he said.

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