Release date : Monday, October 17, 2005
A Time To Love
By Stevie Wonder • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 00s”
Last updated on March 8, 2020
Release date : Monday, October 17, 2005
By Stevie Wonder • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 00s”
Last updated on March 8, 2020
Previous album Sep 12, 2005 • "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" by Paul McCartney released in the US
Concert Oct 14, 2005 • USA • Detroit
Concert Oct 15, 2005 • USA • Detroit
Album Oct 17, 2005 • "A Time To Love" by Stevie Wonder released globally
Concert Oct 18, 2005 • USA • Chicago
Concert Oct 19, 2005 • USA • Chicago
Next album Nov 21, 2005 • "Jenny Wren" by Paul McCartney released globally
If Your Love Cannot Be Moved
6:11 • Studio version
Sweetest Somebody I Know
4:31 • Studio version
Moon Blue
6:44 • Studio version
From the Bottom of My Heart
5:11 • Studio version
Please Don't Hurt My Baby
4:40 • Studio version
How Will I Know
3:39 • Studio version
My Love Is on Fire
6:16 • Studio version
Passionate Raindrops
4:50 • Studio version
Tell Your Heart I Love You
4:30 • Studio version
True Love
3:32 • Studio version
Shelter in the Rain
4:19 • Studio version
So What the Fuss
5:04 • Studio version
Can't Imagine Love Without You
3:45 • Studio version
Positivity
5:07 • Studio version
Written by Stevie Wonder
9:17 • Studio version
Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar Stevie Wonder : Bass programmer, Drums, Piano, Producer Femi Jiya : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Sebastian Mego : Vocals James Stone : Assistant recording engineer Scott Moore : Assistant recording engineer Joel Poinsett : Assistant recording engineer Richie Gajate-Garcia : Conga, Percussion Francis Awe : Drums Rob Arbittier : Editor D. Munyungo Jackson : Percussion Aaron Fessell : Recording engineer Rickey Minor : String arranger Andy Weiner : String arranger Swapan Chaudhuri : Tabla
From Wikipedia:
A Time to Love is the twenty-third studio album by Stevie Wonder, his first since 1995’s Conversation Peace. Originally to have been completed in 2004, it was finally released to stores on October 18, 2005, following an exclusive digital release on Apple’s iTunes Music Store on September 27.
The first single, issued in April 2005, was “So What the Fuss”, which featured Prince on guitar and En Vogue on backing vocals. Follow-up singles included “Positivity” with his daughter Aisha Morris, “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Shelter in the Rain”.
The song “Shelter in the Rain” was in tribute to his first wife, singer Syreeta Wright, who died of cancer the year before this album was released. Wonder was quoted as saying he would’ve had Wright singing lead on “Shelter”, had she lived.
Wonder makes a brief reference to singer Minnie Riperton in the song “Positivity”.
His first new studio album in a decade, the album was received with generally positive reviews, despite its having been delayed several times during the year of its release. In 2005, Wonder won the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in the Grammy Awards for “From the Bottom of My Heart”. This was his fourth win in this category. Wonder last won this award twenty-nine years earlier in 1976 for Songs in the Key of Life. His other wins in this category were in 1973 (“You Are the Sunshine of My Life”) and 1974 (Fulfillingness First Finale).
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