Forgive him for the Blue collaboration: in fact, forgive him for not making a decent record in donkeyโs years. The cream of Stevie, cherry-picked here from a mightily impressive history, is rich with sunshine and peachy goodness. None of that hippie concept stuff where he plays a kazoo backwards, just 39 hits which bounce and boogie. From the early Motown stomp of โUptightโ and optimism of โFor Once In My Lifeโ to the irresistible grooves of โSuperstitionโ and โHigher Groundโ, the manโs hearing honey hum. Complete with the insanely long fade on โHeโs Misstra Knoe-It-Allโ, impossible to turn down.
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