Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July (Tamla)
Tom Vickers, Ampersand, February 1981
THE PAST few years have seen Stevie Wonder bury his soulful fire with overblown pretention (Songs in the Key of Life) or symphonic dross (The Secret Life of Plants). When he did come up with his best tune in years, Wonder handed it over to a younger protege (Jermaine Jackson's only hit in his solo career was Wonder's 'Let's Get Serious').
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