Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants

Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Soundtrackalbum van Stevie Wonder
(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	30 oktober 1979
Genre	new age, rhythm-and-blues
Label(s)	Tamla T13-371C2
Producent(en)	Michael Braun, Stevie Wonder
Chronologie
1977 Looking Back (compilatie)   1979 Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants   1980 Hotter than July
Singles van Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Send On Your Love Outside My Window Black Orchid
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(Stevie Wonder's) Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants is het eerste soundtrackalbum van Stevie Wonder. Tamla Records bracht het op 30 oktober 1979 uit. Op dit dubbelalbum staat filmmuziek voor de door Walon Green geregisseerde natuurdocumentaire The Secret Life of Plants, waarin met behulp van time-lapse-fotografie de groei en ontwikkeling van planten werd getoond. Wonder schreef hiervoor grotendeels instrumentale newagemuziek aan de hand van gedetailleerde beschrijvingen door producent Michael Braun en geluidstechnicus Gary Olazabal. De liedjes "Send One Your Love" en "Outside My Window" werden ook als singles uitgebracht.

Nummers

Plaat één

1. "Earth's Creation" - 4:06
2. "The First Garden" - 2:32
3. "Voyage to India" - 6:30
4. "Same Old Story" - 3:44
5. "Venus' Flytrap and the Bug" - 2:25
6. "Ai No, Sono" - 2:05
7. "Seasons" - 2:54
8. "Power Flower" - 5:30
9. "Send One Your Love" - 3:05
10. "Race Babbling" - 8:52

Plaat twee

1. "Send One Your Love" (alleen zang) - 4:02
2. "Outside My Window" - 5:29
3. "Black Orchid" - 3:47
4. "Ecclesiastes" - 3:48
5. "Kesse Ye Lolo de Ye" - 2:59
6. "Come Back as a Flower" - 4:58
7. "Seed's a Star/Tree Medley" - 5:54
8. "The Secret Life of Plants" - 4:16
9. "Tree" - 5:47
10. "Finale" - 7:02

Musici

• John Taro Akiyama - zang
• Gordon Bahary - synthesizer
• Shirley Brewer - achtergrondzang
• Ben Bridges - gitaar, sitar
• Alexandra Brown - achtergrondzang
• Ibrahim Camara - percussie, drums
• Kathy Collier - zang
• Dennis Davis - drums
• Earl DeRouen - bongo's, conga, achtergrondzang
• Larry Gittens - trompet
• Susaye Greene - zang
• Marva Holcolm - achtergrondzang
• Masaki Hori - zang

• Kimie Linda Ishibashi - zang
• Josie James - zang
• Joe Johnson - percussie, zang
• Ron Kersey - toetsen
• Lamine Konté - percussie, zang
• Hiroaki Kuwabara - zang
• Takeshi Kuwabara - zang
• Takaya Matsuda - zang
• Kathleen Minagawa - zang
• Takako Nagumo - zang
• Hikaru Nishida - zang
• Hank Redd - saxofoon
• Isaiah Sanders - achtergrondzang

• Michael Sembello - gitaar, zang
• Abdoulaye Soumare - zang
• Clark Spangles - synthesizer
• Satoshi Sugimoto - zang
• Takeshi Sugimoto - zang
• Syreeta Wright - zang
• Tsuyoshi Tanguchi - zang
• Junko Tanguchi - zang
• Tata Vega - zang
• Nathan Watts - basgitaar, zang
• Angela Winbush - zang, achtergrondzang
• Bill Wolf - synthesizer
• Rick Zunigar - gitaar, achtergrondzang

Hitnoteringen

Amerikaanse hitlijst

Wonder bereikte met dit album de vierde plaats in zowel de Amerikaanse hitlijst voor rhythm-and-blues en de Billboard 200.

Britse hitlijst

Hitnotering in de Britse hitlijst:
Week:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	-
Positie:	10	8	16	25	34	43	47	47	58	55	53	64	63	61	74	uit

Nederlandse hitlijst

Hitnotering in de Nederlandse Album Top 100:
Week:	1	2	3	4	5	-
Positie:	22	12	18	18	49	uit

Noorse hitlijst

Hitnotering in de Noorse hitlijst:
Week:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	-
Positie:	16	10	10	8	14	17	18	31	31	31	19	21	uit

Zweedse hitlijst

Hitnotering in de Zweedse hitlijst:
Week:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	-
Positie:	14	13	13	29	30	20	31	uit

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

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Stevie Wonder

Studioalbums:	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) · Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962) · With a Song in My Heart (1963) · Stevie at the Beach (1964) · Up-Tight (1966) · Down to Earth (1966) · I Was Made to Love Her (1967) · Someday at Christmas (1967) · Eivets Rednow (1968) · For Once in My Life (1968) · My Cherie Amour (1969) · Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) · Where I'm Coming From (1971) · Music of My Mind (1972) · Talking Book (1972) · Innervisions (1973) · Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) · Songs in the Key of Life (1976) · Hotter than July (1980) · In Square Circle (1985) · Characters (1987) · Conversation Peace (1995) · A Time to Love (2005)
Livealbums:	The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) · Stevie Wonder Live (1970) · Live at the Talk of Town (1970) · Natural Wonder (1995)
Soundtracks:	Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants (1979) · The Woman in Red (1984) · Jungle Fever (1991)
Compilaties:	Looking Back (1977) · Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (1982) · At the Close of a Century (1999) · The Definitive Collection (2002) · The Complete Stevie Wonder (2005) · Number Ones (2007)
Singles:	"I Call It Pretty Music, but the Old People Call It the Blues" (1962) · "Little Water Boy" (1962) · "Contract on Love" (1962) · "Fingertips" (1963) · "Workout Stevie, Workout" (1963) · "Castles in the Sand" (1964) · "Hey Harmonica Man" (1964) · "Happy Street" (1964) · "Kiss Me Baby" (1965) · "High Heel Sneakers" (1965) · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1965) · "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (1966) · "Blowin' in the Wind" (1966) · "A Place in the Sun" (1966) · "Someday at Christmas" (1966) · "Travelin' Man" (1967) · "I Was Made to Love Her" (1967) · "I'm Wondering" (1967) · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (1968) · "You Met Your Match" (1968) · "Alfie" (1968) · "For Once in My Life" (1968) · "I Don't Know Why" (1969) · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (1969) · "Never Had a Dream Come True" (1970) · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970) · "Heaven Help Us All" (1970) · "We Can Work It Out" (1971) · "If You Really Love Me" (1971) · "What Christmas Means to Me" (1971) · "Superwoman (Where Were You)" (1972) · "Keep On Running" (1972) · "Superstition" (1972) · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973) · "Higher Ground" (1973) · "Living for the City" (1973) · "Don't you worry 'bout a thing" (1974) · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974) · "Boogie on Reggae Woman" (1974) · "I Wish" (1976) · "Sir Duke" (1977) · "Another Star" (1977) · "As" (1977) · "Pops, We Love You" (1978) · "Send One Your Love" (1979) · "Outside My Window" (1980) · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" (1980) · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" (1980) · "Lately" (1981) · "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" (1981) · "That Girl" (1981) · "Ebony and Ivory" (1982) · "Do I Do" (1982) · "Ribbon in the Sky" (1982) · "Used to Be" (1982) · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984) · "Love Light in Flight" (1984) · "Don't Drive Drunk" (1984) · "We Are the World" (1985) · "Part-Time Lover" (1985) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) · "Go Home" (1985) · "Overjoyed" (1986) · "Land of La La" (1986) · "Skeletons" (1987) · "You Will Know" (1987) · "Get It" (1988) · "My Love" (1988) · "My Eyes Don't Cry" (1988) · "With Each Beat of My Heart" (1989) · "Keep Our Love Alive" (1990) · "Gotta Have You" (1991) · "Fun Day" (1991) · "These Three Words" (1991) · "We Didn't Know" (1992) · "For Your Love" (1995) · "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" (1995) · "Treat Myself" (1995) · "Kiss Lonely Goodbye" (1996) · "How Come, How Long" (1996) · "From the Bottom of My Heart" (2005) · "So What the Fuss" (2005) · "Shelter in the Rain" (2005) · "Positivity" (2005)
Zie ook:	Discografie van Stevie Wonder · "My Cherie Amour"