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164145, RE: Music Of My Mind - 1972
Posted by kamau_music, Tue Feb-18-14 05:48 PM
Studying Prince's earlier albums made me go back and study Stevie's earlier work too. As a teenager, i was looking for other artists who primarily did all of the music by themselves. I loved Stevie's harmonies, especially his vocal arrangements.

Music of My Music killed me because of Superwoman, in particular, the first part - Mary wants to be a superwoman. The background vocals on the chorus made me take the needle off the record and keep repeating those parts!

After fully digesting Superwoman, i found Stevie to be adventurous like Prince in his melodies and chord structures. He took you different places which each song yet it sounds cohesive to me.

It was also interesting to hear his take on "I Love Every Little Thing About You." I heard his version with Syreeta (from her album)and thought that one was funkier and rawer than the Music of My Mind version.