In Square Circle

Album de Stevie Wonder
Sortie	13 septembre 1985
Enregistré	1985 à Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles, Californie
Durée	49:19
Genre	R&B, Soul
Producteur	Stevie Wonder
Label	Tamla (Motown)
Critique	AllMusic

Albums de Stevie Wonder

The Woman In Red
(1984) Characters
(1987)

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In Square Circle est un album de Stevie Wonder sorti en 1985 sur le label Tamla Motown. On y trouve le succès Part-Time Lover ainsi que les morceaux Go Home et Overjoyed, ce dernier ayant été écrit en 1979 pour l'album Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants puis laissé de côté pour finalement être enregistré et inclus dans cet opus.

Avec cet album, Stevie Wonder a remporté le Grammy Awards en 1985 de la meilleure performance vocale Rhythm and Blues masculine^[1]. Lors de la cérémonie, il a joué le morceau Go Home ce qui a donné lieu à une célèbre live jam session de synthétiseur avec Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock et Howard Jones.

Titres

Tous les morceaux ont été écrits, produits et arrangés par Stevie Wonder.

N^o	Titre	Durée
1.	Part-Time Lover	4:12
2.	I Love You Too Much	5:27
3.	Whereabouts	4:17
4.	Stranger on the Shore of Love	5:00
5.	Never in Your Sun	4:06
6.	Spiritual Walkers	5:13
7.	Land of La La	5:12
8.	Go Home	5:18
9.	Overjoyed	3:42
10.	It's Wrong (Apartheid)	6:52
49:19

Musiciens

Stevie Wonder - Batterie et percussions, synthétiseurs, piano électrique, harpsichord, accordéon, harmonica, Yamaha CS80, vocoder, cora, chant, chœurs
Edwin Birdsong - Yamaha CS80
Larry Gittens - Trompette
Bob Malach - Saxophone
Earl Klugh - Guitare
Ben Bridges - Guitare
Rick Zunigar - Guitare
Luther Vandross - Chant et chœurs
Syreeta Wright - Chœurs
Philip Bailey - Chœurs
Vincent Unto - Chœurs
Keith John - Chœurs
Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee, Deniece Williams, Howard Smith, Janice Moore, Chela Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Valencia Cox, Ruthell Holmes, Ray Gibbs, Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone - Chœurs
Paul Riser - Arrangement des cordes

Singles

1985 : Part-Time Lover (1^er au US Pop charts, US R&B charts et US Dance, 3^e au UK charts)
1985 : Go Home (10^e au US Pop charts, 2^e au US R&B charts et US Dance charts et 67^e au UK charts)
1986 : Overjoyed (24^e au US Pop charts, 8^e au US R&B charts et 17^e au US Dance charts)
1986 : Land of La La (86^e au US Pop charts et 19^e au US R&B charts)
1986 : Stranger on the Shore of Love (55^e au US Pop charts)

Notes et références

↑ (en) Archives des Grammy Awards

v · m Stevie Wonder
Albums studio	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up-Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love
Albums live	Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder
Bandes-originales	Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants The Woman in Red Jungle Fever
Compilations	Greatest Hits Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Looking Back Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection Ballad Collection At the Close of a Century The Definitive Collection The iTunes Stevie Wonder Boxset Number Ones
Album-hommage	Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs MelloWonder Revisions Rune Gustafsson Plays Stevie Wonder Songs from the Key of Life Songs of Wonder Something to Say Talking Book Wonderin'
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