1995 Stevie Wonder – Conversation Peace
Conversation Peace is the 22nd album released by American musician Stevie Wonder, on the Motown label in 1995. The album was Wonder’s first full-length non-soundtrack studio album since 1987’s Characters. This album yielded the hits “For Your Love” (a Grammy winner for Wonder for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance) and the reggae-flavored “Tomorrow Robins Will Sing”. This album also saw Wonder reuniting with Robert Margouleff, who assisted during Wonder’s “classic period” from 1972 to 1974.
Wonder wrote about 40 songs in 1993 after being invited to stay for six weeks in Ghana by President Jerry John Rawlings. A number of these songs were eventually shaped into album form. Motown announced in August 1993 that Conversation Peace would be released later that year; however, Wonder continued to work on the album through 1994 until its release in March 1995, when Vibe magazine reported that the album had been in development “off and on for at least the past four” years. A circulating outtake from these sessions, “Ms and Mr Little Ones”, was later released on Natural Wonder
Tracks
1 Rain Your Love Down (Stevie Wonder) 06:08
2 Edge Of Eternity (Stevie Wonder) 06:03
3 Taboo To Love (Stevie Wonder) 04:24
4 Take The Time Out (Stevie Wonder) 05:05
5 I’m New (Stevie Wonder) 05:41
6 My Love Is With You (Stevie Wonder) 06:15
7 Treat Myself (Stevie Wonder; Stephanie Andrews) 04:55
8 Tomorrow Robins Will Sing (Stevie Wonder; Edley Shine) 04:45
9 Sensuous Whisper (Stevie Wonder) 05:47
10 For Your Love (Stevie Wonder) 05:00
11 Cold Chill (Stevie Wonder) 06:53
12 Sorry (Stevie Wonder) 06:14
13 Conversation Peace (Stevie Wonder) 06:41
Musicians
1 Rain Your Love Down
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
2 Edge Of Eternity
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Keyboards | Greg Phillinganes |
Sax | Gary Bias |
Sax | John Stephens |
Sax | Ernie Fields Jr |
Sax | Raymond Lee Brown |
Trumpet | Fernando Pullum |
Trumpet | Jorge Arciniega |
Trumpet | Nolan Smith |
Trumpet | Ronald Brown |
Percussion | Bill Summers |
Percussion | Lenny Castro |
Percussion | Munyungo Jackson |
Background Vocals | Kimberly Brewer |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
3 Taboo To Love
All Other Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Percussion | Vinx |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
4 Take The Time Out
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Background Vocals | Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
5 I’m New
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Background Vocals | Deniece Williams |
Background Vocals | Take 6 |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
6 My Love Is With You
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Guitar | Greg Moore |
Background Vocals | Aisha Morris |
Background Vocals | Bobbette Jamerson |
Background Vocals | Daryl Coley |
Background Vocals | Dorian Holley |
Background Vocals | Kenneth Harris |
Background Vocals | Kimberly Brewer |
Background Vocals | Syreeta Wright |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
7 Treat Myself
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Background Vocals | Keith John |
Background Vocals | The Winans |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
8 Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
All Other Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Percussion | Munyungo Jackson |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
9 Sensuous Whisper
All Other Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Sax | Branford Marsalis |
Trumpet | Terence Blanchard |
Background Vocals | Anita Baker |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
10 For Your Love
All Other Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Bass | Nathan Watts |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
11 Cold Chill
All Other Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Guitar (solo) | Ben Bridges |
Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
Background Vocals | Kimberly Brewer |
Background Vocals | Jazzyfatnastees |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
12 Sorry
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Background Vocals | Della Miles |
Background Vocals | Julie Delgado |
Background Vocals | Katrina Harper |
Background Vocals | Katrina Perkins |
Background Vocals | Marva King |
Background Vocals | Melody McCully |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
13 Conversation Peace
All Instruments | Stevie Wonder |
Background Vocals | Sounds Of Blackness |
Vocals | Stevie Wonder |
Liner Notes
Producer – Stevie Wonder
Co-producer – Derrick Perkins, Nathan Watts, Vaughn Halyard
Arranged By – Stevie Wonder
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Stevie Wonder, Marvin Winans (Track 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Stevie Wonder, Henry Panion (Track 3)
Concertmaster – Charles Veal (Track 3)
Conductor – Ollie E Brown (Track 6)
Engineer – Steve Van Arden (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
Mixed By – Steve Van Arden (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
Mixed By – Brant Biles, Robert Margouleff (Tracks 6, 12)
Orchestration – Henry Panion (Track 3)
Design – Shauna Woods
Photography By – Todd Gray
Mixed At Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded At Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At Pearl Sound Studios
Recorded At Paisley Park Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Record Company, L.P.
Copyright (c) Motown Record Company, L.P.