Sly Dunbar - drums Robbie Shakespeare - bass, guitar, vocals Nils Petter Molvaer - trumpet Eivind Aarset - guitars, electronics Vladisalv Delay - live dub, percussion Endre Kirkesola - synthesiser Jez Riley French - field recording Erik Honore - synthesiser, field recording Jan Bang - samples, brass & strings, programming, organ
Recorded at Paradiso Studio, Oslo in November 2016
We play this album a lot, it being Mrs twofifty’s favourite Wonder along with Greatest Hits Volume2. All killa & no filla as they say. His 4th and final perfect album for me. Uniti Core.
By my reckoning, it’s the fifth of six perfect albums, because I include Where I’m Coming From and Songs in the Key of Life. If you count compilations (normally a no-no, of course!), then 1977’s Anthology (1962-1971) is also absolutely essential.
Pete Townshend - Scooped, a compilation, gathered from PT’s three Scoop albums, featuring his demos and home recordings, for both Who and solo material.
I don’t think Where I’m Coming from is as good as the 4 that follow but understand why others would. I’ve always assumed Wonder feels the same given it always seems to be out of print (more likely contractual I guess). We don’t own it but would like a copy. I accept we’re in a minority but there’s stuff on SITKOL that we actually dislike (Isn’t She Lovely being exhibit A) which means we don’t own it, have no desire to & see it as a post peak album.
Me too, I had to look it up in the end,
Wikipedia …. The cover photo, taken by Stephen Lovell-Davis, is of southern Italy Easter bread designed to resemble the lamb of god. Lovell-Davis stated that Hollis selected the photo "much to the consternation of the record company.
