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Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 1: Stevie Wonder

Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 1: Stevie Wonder

Update: 2020-09-24

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Stevie Wonder released seven albums from 1970 to 1976. It is an impenetrable run of albums and songs, one of the greatest in music history. Then, in 1979, he faced his first defeat of the decade. Reviews for “Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants” were harshly mixed. So in 1980 Stevie was due for a comeback. Lost Notes host Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on the album and Wonder’s call for the observation of Martin Luther King’s birthday as a national holiday.

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Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 1: Stevie Wonder

Lost Notes: 1980 - Ep. 1: Stevie Wonder