Fulfillingness’ First Finale by Stevie Wonder (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Fulfillingness’ First Finale

Artist name: Stevie Wonder

Year: 1974

Number of discs: one

Label: Tamla Records

Collection: Selman

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve never heard this record before, but I listened to Innervisions a month ago and did not like it.

What I expected

I won’t judge an album by its cover, but the album art for Fulfillingness’ First Finale reminds me a lot of Innervisions. I’m still optimistic that I’ll find something on it to like, though.

What it was actually like

This actually was a lot like the previous Stevie Wonder record, and I didn’t like it very much.

Boogie On Reggae Woman was a pretty good techno-funk song, and I thought the harmonica in it was great, though I’m not sure what was supposed to be reggae about it. I considered it the best song on the record.

You Haven’t Done Nothin’ was also a funk song, but nowhere near as good.

Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away was somewhat recognizable as a soul song in the traditional sense, largely because of its vocal style.

Too Shy to Say was elevator music.

Most of the rest of this record was boring and forgettable.

Grade

2/5: weak, but I was able to listen to the whole thing