In Square Circle

~ Release by Stevie Wonder (see all versions of this release, 98 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Part‐Time Lover
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set) and synthesizer and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
additional lead vocals:
Luther Vandross
background vocals:
Philip Bailey, Billy Durham, Renee Hardaway, Keith John (Soul vocalist, songwriter), Melody McCully, Peter Byrne (UK singer, in Naked Eyes), Darryl Phinnessee, Syreeta (US singer‐songwriter active 1970s–80s) and Luther Vandross
recording of:
Part‐Time Lover
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
4.854:13
2I Love You Too Much
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set) [drums], drums (drum set), percussion and synthesizer, percussion and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Stevie Wonder
vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
I Love You Too Much
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
55:27
3Whereabouts
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set), piano and synthesizer and lead vocals [lead vocal]:
Stevie Wonder
background vocals:
Keith John (Soul vocalist, songwriter), Darryl Phinnessee, Howard Smith (Vocals, Jazz, R&B) and Deniece Williams (US soul/funk vocalist/songwriter)
recording of:
Whereabouts
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
4:18
4Stranger on the Shore of Love
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
accordion, drums (drum set), harpsichord and synthesizer:
Stevie Wonder
vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Stranger on the Shore of Love
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
35:00
5Never in Your Sun
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set), harmonica, percussion and synthesizer:
Stevie Wonder
vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Never in Your Sun
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
4:07
6Spiritual Walkers
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set), percussion and synthesizer:
Stevie Wonder
saxophone:
Bob Malach (US jazz saxophonist)
synthesizer [CS80]:
Edwin Birdsong and Stevie Wonder
trumpet:
Larry Gittens
background vocals:
Cheta Akins, Valencia Cox, Carolyn Garrett, Kay Gibbs, Ruthell Holmes, Janice Moore and Stevie Wonder
vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Spiritual Walkers
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
5:14
7Land of La La
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set), electric piano, percussion and synthesizer and lead vocals [lead vocal]:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Ben Bridges and Rick Zunigar
background vocals:
Renee Hardaway and Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Land of La La
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
35:12
8Go Home
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set), synthesizer and vocoder:
Stevie Wonder
saxophone:
Bob Malach (US jazz saxophonist)
trumpet:
Larry Gittens
vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Go Home
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
45:18
9Overjoyed
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
guitar:
Earl Klugh
other instruments [ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves], percussion [environmental percussion], piano and synthesizer [CS80], piano, synthesizer [CS80], lead vocals and other vocals [crickets, nightingale & additional bird sounds]:
Stevie Wonder
strings [string] arranger:
Paul Riser
arranger:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Overjoyed
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
43:43
10It’s Wrong (Apartheid)
associate producer:
Gary Olazabal
producer:
Stevie Wonder
drums (drum set) [drums], kora [cora], percussion, synthesizer [synthesizers] and lead vocals [lead vocal]:
Stevie Wonder
background vocals:
Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Musa Dludla, Fana Kekana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Tsepo Mokone, Muntu Mvuyana, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch and Stevie Wonder
recording of:
It’s Wrong (Apartheid) (aka “It’s Wrong”)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
6:53

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
printed in:Germany
mixer and engineer:Gary Olazabal
additional assistant engineer:James Allen (R&B / soul musician) (task: Technical Assistant)
Jimmy "Rock-n-Roll" Sandweiss (task: Technical Assistant)
additional engineer:Mick Parish (Technical roles most notably with Stevie Wonder) (task: Equipment Technician)
assistant engineer:Steve Van Arden
Bob Harlan
sound engineer:Stevie Wonder (synthesizer [synthesizer sequencing])
recording engineer:Alvin Broussard (Technical) (tape [tape operator])
Gary Olazabal (percussion [environmental percussion])
Steve Van Arden (other instruments [Holophonics system])
synthesizer programming:Bob Bralove
Brad Buxer
Gary Olazabal
Abdoulaye Soumare
Stevie Wonder
sampler [cora sample]:Djimo Kouyate
sampler [drum sampling]:James Allen (R&B / soul musician)
synthesizer [computer synthesis]:Bob Bralove
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
manufactured by:Sonopress (Sonopress GmbH, German vinyl, cassette, CD and DVD manufacturer. see annotations)
distributed by:Ariola/RCA-RCA/Ariola (not for release label use! distributor in Germany, Austria, Switzerland only)
RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA (not for release label use! distributor in Europe except Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1985)
recorded at and mixed at:Wonderland Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2034207 [info]
ASIN:DE: B000Z436G6 [info]