Wasn't there a interview going around last year where Stevie said he recorded over 200 songs while recording "Songs In The Key Of Life" and even though Barry Gordy wanted Stevie to put out only a regular album, it was in Stevie's contract to let him do what he wanted so it ended up being a double LP plus 4 bonus songs (that were on a 7" record); just think about that for a minute, he had chose 21 songs out of 200.

I will agree some of Stevie's music sometimes did go a little long but you got to remember during the late 70's to mid 80's long songs were normal especially the uptempo ones for the clubs & people to dance to; I wouldn't be surprised almost half of the songs on the album were longer than what was presented and were edited.