Uptight Everything’s Alright – STEVIE WONDER***

Love A Go Go/Hold Me/Blowin’ In The Wind/Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby/Teach Me Tonight/Uptight (Everything’s Alright)/Ain’t That Asking For Trouble/I Want My Baby Back/Pretty Little Angel/Music Talk/Contract On Love/With A Child’s Heart

After nearly three years in the doldrums, a still very young Stevie Wonder made an impressive return to the singles charts with Uptight (Everything’s’ Alright), which reached No. 3 in the US and No. 14 in the UK. The associated album also included the US No. 9 cover of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind. (US:33)

“Uptight (Everything's Alright) is a true classic in every sense of the word, one that simply defines the Motown sound in its full glory - bold, confident and grandiose with that infectious riff and horns propelling the music forward.”

“At this stage Motown were more concerned about the quality of the individual hit songs in their bid for commercial success than creating an album as a coherent artistic statement. Stevie was still very young, and this album was still a better offering than most artists more than twice his age would be able to achieve, and there's much to enjoy, but think how much better it could have been.”

“Last shot at glory or back to college it is for you kid. Significantly it is the Motown production rather than actual killer tracks that resurrects the precocious kid's career. Motown was still intent on commercial gain at this tenuous stage, another five years before artists began to tear away at the restraints old man Gordy placed on them.”

“Motown was ready to throw in the towel with 'Little' Stevie; three full years since his hit Fingertips, and absolutely no chart action in the interim to show for their troubles He was given one last chance: the result was the song Uptight (Everything's Alright). Who knows how history would have been rewritten if Berry had dropped the kid at this stage.”

"Uptight was one of those albums that really didn't have a bad cut at all, and you could listen to both sides, all the way through, without your interest waning."

“A good 60s Motown album. Obviously not a patch on his later work, but shows a good progression from his first albums and is infinitely better than it's predecessor. Particularly interesting is his duet with Levi Stubbs on Teach Me Tonight.”