Consumer Guide Album

Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [Tamla, 1972]
Making the most of the inevitable, Motown boasts on the back cover that "this album is virtually the work of one man"--he plays everything but one solo each on guitar and trombone. Sure could teach John Fogerty a thing or two about multitracked spontaneity--this music is mercurial above all else. Just like the blind genius he's always compared to, Wonder transcends taste. But because the specifics are less inspired than the gestalt--which is not to say I don't love "Love Having You Around" and catch myself enjoying the regrettable "Superwoman"--it doesn't quite hold together. B+