Signed, Sealed & Delivered by Stevie Wonder

Signed, Sealed & Delivered, Stevie Wonder's twelfth studio album, came out on Tamla on August 7, 1970, and you can hear the kid who signed to Motown at 11 grabbing for the controls. Henry Cosby is credited as producer, but this was the first record to put Wonder himself up front behind the board: he produced two tracks alone, co-produced three more and had a hand in writing seven of the twelve songs.

It's a warm, hard-driving soul record, and it's generous with singles. The title song, "Heaven Help Us All", "Never Had a Dream Come True" and a spirited run at the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" all made the Billboard Hot 100. Two years later Music of My Mind and Talking Book would kick off his classic period, but the young man taking charge of his own sound is already here.

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