Up‐Tight (Everything’s Alright)
A historic pivot point in soul music, bursting with driving Motown brass, relentless drum beats, and the raw, maturing vocal power of a young genius.
May 4, 1966 · Motown
A historic pivot point in soul music, bursting with driving Motown brass, relentless drum beats, and the raw, maturing vocal power of a young genius.
May 4, 1966 · Motown
A gravelly, teenage rasp tears through the polished brass of the Motown machine, backed by a snare drum that refuses to let up. This is where the polite child prodigy steps aside for a shouting, sweat-drenched soul singer. You can feel the floorboards shaking under the weight of a newfound, ecstatic grit.
How does Up‐Tight (Everything’s Alright) sound next to the rest of Stevie Wonder's catalogue?
Listeners will hear a thrillingly uninhibited vocal presence as he embraces a gritty, passionate belting that pushes his voice to the absolute limit of its youthful power.
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