Fulfillingness' First Finale

Fulfillingness' First Finale is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer Stevie Wonder, released on July 22, 1974 by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. It is the fourth of five albums from what is considered Wonder's "classic period".

Fulfillingness' First Finale
Studio album by
Stevie Wonder
ReleasedJuly 22, 1974
Studio
  • Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Westlake, Los Angeles
  • Mediasound, New York City
  • Electric Lady, New York City
GenreProgressive soul
Length42:21
LabelTamla
Producer
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Robert Margouleff (assoc.)
  • Malcolm Cecil (assoc.)
Stevie Wonder chronology
Innervisions
(1973)
Fulfillingness' First Finale
(1974)
Songs in the Key of Life
(1976)
Singles from Fulfillingness' First Finale
  1. "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
    Released: August 1974
  2. "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
    Released: November 1974

The album was Wonder's second to top the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart, where it remained for two weeks, and also reached number one on the Billboard Soul LPs chart, where it spent nine non-consecutive weeks. At the 17th Annual Grammy Awards, it won in three categories: Album of the Year (Wonder's second consecutive win in this category), Best Male Pop Vocal, and Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance (for "Boogie On Reggae Woman") at the ceremony held in 1975. Retrospectively, the album was voted number 413 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Austin Chronicle
Christgau's Record GuideA−
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Great Rock Discography7/10
Los Angeles Times
MusicHound4/5
Q
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Village VoiceB+
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