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Natural Wonder is a live album by American musician Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

, released in 1995 and recorded in Osaka, Japan. It is an edited version of a televised concert Wonder performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic.

Disc one

  1. "Dancing to the Rhythm" *– 7:07
  2. "Love's in Need of Love Today" – 6:02
  3. "Master Blaster (Jammin')" – 3:36
  4. "Stevie Ray Blues" *– 2:27
  5. "Higher Ground" – 3:59
  6. "Rocket Love" – 4:47
  7. "Stay Gold" – 4:21
  8. "Ribbon in the Sky
    Ribbon in the Sky
    "Ribbon in the Sky" is a hit 1982 R&B single released by Motown star, American singer Stevie Wonder. The ballad was first featured on the greatest-hits compilation, Original Musiquarium, and charted at #54 pop and #10 R&B when it was released...

    " – 8:37
  9. "Pastime Paradise" – 3:22
  10. "If It's Magic" – 3:34
  11. "Ms. & Mr. Little Ones" *– 4:17
  12. "Village Ghetto Land" – 3:26
  13. "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" – 4:20


(*) Previously unreleased songs.
  1. "Stevie Ray Blues" is a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
  2. "Dancing to the Rhythm" & "Ms. & Mr. Little Ones" are new songs.

Disc two

  1. "Overjoyed
    Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song)
    "Overjoyed" is a 1985 hit single released by American and Motown music legend Stevie Wonder on the Tamla label. The single peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1986, remaining in the Top 40 for six weeks. In addition, "Overjoyed" was a No...

    " – 3:59
  2. "My Cherie Amour" – 3:20
  3. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" – 2:45
  4. "Living for the City
    Living for the City
    "Living for the City" is a 1973 hit single by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla label, from his Innervisions album. Reaching #8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #1 on the R&B chart, the record is driven by a slow bass synth groove that manages to exude a certain amount of tension, an appropriate...

    " – 4:26
  5. "Sir Duke
    Sir Duke
    "Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S...

    " – 2:46
  6. "I Wish
    I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)
    "I Wish" is a hit song by Stevie Wonder. It was released in 1976 as a single and included on the album Songs in the Key of Life. Written and produced by Wonder, the song focuses on his childhood...

    " – 4:06
  7. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life
    You Are the Sunshine of My Life
    "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 pop single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number one on the easy listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This song was...

    " – 2:21
  8. "Superstition
    Superstition (song)
    "Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was 22 years old. It was the lead single for Wonder's Talking Book album, and released in many countries. It reached number one in the USA, and number one on the soul...

    " – 5:37
  9. "I Just Called to Say I Love You
    I Just Called to Say I Love You
    "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a song, produced, written and performed by Stevie Wonder. It was one of Wonder's most commercially successful singles....

    " – 4:38
  10. "For Your Love
    For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)
    "For Your Love" is a song written and performed by Stevie Wonder that appears on his 1995 soul album Conversation Peace. It won 2 Grammy awards for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.-Chart performance:...

    " – 5:06
  11. "Another Star
    Another Star
    "Another Star" is a song written and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, it reached #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, #18 on Black Singles chart, and #2 on the Dance/Disco chart...

    " – 5:55

Personnel

  • Gerry Brown – Drums
  • Munyungo Jackson – Percussion
  • Herman Jackson – Keyboards
  • Keith John – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Marva King – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Panzie Johnson - Vocals(bckgr)
  • Isaiah Sanders – Keyboards
  • Nathan Watts
    Nathan Watts
    Nathan Lamar Watts, born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan is an American session bass guitar player, best known for his work with Stevie Wonder from the 1970s to the present...

    – Bass, Director
  • Stevie Wonder – Harmonica, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
  • Rick Zunigar – Guitar

Production

  • Peter Edmonds - Production Manager
  • George Packer - Production Manager
  • Danny Leake - Recording Engineer/FOH Engineer
  • Tohru "Kiku" Kikuchi - System Engineer
  • Gary Adante – Editing, Mixing
  • Robert A. Arbittier – Editing, Mixing
  • Chris Bellman – Mastering
  • James Minchin – Photography
  • Brian O'Neal – Liner Notes
  • Paul Riser – Arranger, Orchestration
  • David Safian – Photography
  • Jackie Salway – Art Direction, Design
  • Eddie Wolfl – Photography
  • Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra – Fredrick Charley, Steve Torok – Orchestra Librarians, Dr. Henry Panion, III. - Orchestra Conductor
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