STEVIE WONDER / STEVIE WONDER’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS / 2LP /

(JPN / MOTOWN / VIP-9563～4 / 1979 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG+ エンボス加工 点字プリント 経年シミ TRI-FOLD 帯に破れ)

未公開となってしまったドキュメンタリー映画『THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS』のサウンドトラックとして発表された1979年作。完全にハウス/ディスコ・ダブしている異端エレクトリック･ディスコ「RACE BABBLING」はFRANCOIS KEVORKIANもプレイ。NOUVELLE CUISINEにカヴァーもされた「POWER FLOWER」に「SEND ONE YOUR LOVE」、オリエンタル・エキゾチカ・フレーヴァーたっぷり＋日本語の子供コーラスが飛び出す「AI NO SONO」はQUASIMOTOや9TH WONDERがネタにしたりとサンプリング・ソースにもなりました。シタール使いの「SAME OLD STORY」、ヴォコーダー入りディスコ「A SEED’S A STAR AND TREE MEDLEY」、SYREETA WRIGHTが作詞を手掛け、ヴォーカルでも参加した「COME BACK AS A FLOWER」など、全20曲を収録。

TRACKLIST

A1 EARTH’S CREATION 4:06

A2 THE FIRST GARDEN 2:33

A3 VOYAGE TO INDIA 6:23

A4 SAME OLD STORY 3:45

A5 VENUS’ FLYTRAP AND THE BUG 2:24

A6 AI NO, SONO 2:05

B1 SEASONS 2:53

B2 POWER FLOWER 5:31

B3 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE (MUSIC) 3:05

B4 RACE BABBLING 8:51

C1 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE 4:02

C2 OUTSIDE MY WINDOW 5:29

C3 BLACK ORCHID 3:48

C4 ECCLESIASTES 3:44

C5 KESSE YE LOLO DE YE 3:00

C6 COME BACK AS A FLOWER 3:23

D1 A SEED’S A STAR AND TREE MEDLEY 5:41

D2 THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS 4:28

D3 TREE 5:55

D4 FINALE 6:47

MADE BY – VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

ART DIRECTION – JOHN CABALKA

COORDINATOR [ALBUM COVER COORDINATION] – KEITH HARRIS

ENGINEER [ADDITIONAL] – JAY MARK

ENGINEER [ADDITIONAL], PROGRAMMED BY [SYNTHESIZER] – JOHN FISCHBACH

ENGINEER [ASSISTANT] – ANN BOLLING, BOB HARLAN, CHARLIE BREWER, JIM DOUGHERTY, LAURA LIVINGSTON, LINDY GRIFFIN

ENGINEER, MIXED BY, PRODUCER [ASSOCIATE], PROGRAMMED BY [SYNTHESIZER] – GARY OLAZABAL

ILLUSTRATION [ALBUM PACKAGE ILLUSTRATION] – MARGO NATHAS

LAYOUT – GINNY LIVINGSTON

LINER NOTES [BAMBARA TRANSLATION] – ABDOULAYE SOUMARE

LINER NOTES [JAPANESE TRANSLATION] – KENJI MIURA, MARY ANN MONKOSKI*, YOSHI J. MAEJIMA

LYRICS BY – STEVIE WONDER (TRACKS: A4 TO A6, B4 TO C2, C5, D1, D2)

MASTERED BY – STAN RICKER

MUSIC BY, INSTRUMENTS, PRODUCER, PROGRAMMED BY [SYNTHESIZER] – STEVIE WONDER

PROGRAMMED BY [SYNTHESIZER, SEQUENCER] – BILL WOLF, CLARK SPANGLER, GORDON BAHARY

TECHNICIAN [COMPUTER MUSIC MELODIAN DESIGN] – HARRY MANDELL