Eivets Rednow is an easy listening and rhythm and blues instrumental album by Stevie Wonder released on the Gordy Records label in 1968.[1] The album was created as a follow-up to the successful easy listening instrumental single "Alfie".[2] "A House Is Not a Home", another song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, also appears on the album. The album reached No. 37 on the U.S. R&B charts. [3] Eivets Rednow is Stevie Wonder spelled backwards; Wonder's name does not appear on the cover of the original releases.[4] This was Wonder's ninth studio album, released on November 20, 1968.
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| Studio album by Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder) | ||||
| Released | November 20, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1967–1968 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 32:01 | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Producer | Henry Cosby | |||
| Eivets Rednow (Stevie Wonder) chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Eivets Rednow | ||||
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Wonder plays the harmonica, drums, piano and clavinet on this album, though like his debut album, he does not sing on any of the tracks. On some reissues, "How do you spell Stevie Wonder backwards" is printed on the top corner of the album sleeve in small print.
This is also the first album that has song credits solely by Wonder himself.
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Track listing
edit- Side one
- "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:14
- "More than a Dream" (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder) – 3:48
- "A House Is Not a Home" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:32
- "How Can You Believe" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:04
- Medley: "Never My Love/Ask the Lonely" (Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi/Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 2:30
- Side two
- "Ruby" (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld) – 6:48
- "Which Way the Wind" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:47
- "Bye Bye World" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:21
- "Grazin' in the Grass" (Philemon Hou) – 2:57
Personnel
edit- Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, drums, percussion
- Benny Benjamin – drums
- James Jamerson – bass guitar
- The Funk Brothers – instrumentation
References
edit- ^ Richie Unterberge (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 301. ISBN 9781858284217.
- ^ "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. 14 December 1968.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder – Eivets Rednow 1968 U.S. LP".
- ^ James E. Perone (January 1, 2006). The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 13. ISBN 9780275987237.