10 Classic Albums That NO ONE CARED ABOUT
7. Music Of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
The '70s period of Stevie Wonder is commonly thought of as the moment when things started to get really good. Aside from being separated from his contract with Motown for the first time in his career, Music of My Mind feels like the launch pad for Wonder's classic period, which would end up coming to a head with albums like Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life a few years later. When this one came out though, it was greeted with...confusion.
For most of the fans of Wonder's earlier Motown classics, it was a bit of an odd switch to see him switch to more complicated works, including songs that would go into jams that would often eclipse 7 or 8 minutes. What happened to the guy who made songs like Signed Sealed Delivered? There was even some trepidation about the effects on Wonder's vocals, which were a lot more divisive than innovative for most fans to stomach.
This was only the start of the greatness though, with Wonder pulling out all the stops and coming through with more pointed material in his arsenal like Evil and Love Having You Around. Compared to what we would see in the coming years, this was just the breeding ground for some of the best R&B the world would ever see.