Up-Tight

Up-Tight is het zesde studioalbum van Stevie Wonder. Het werd op 4 mei 1966 uitgebracht.

Up-Tight
Studioalbum van Stevie Wonder
(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	4 mei 1966
Opgenomen	1965-1966
Genre	Soul
Duur	33:43
Label(s)	Tamla Motown (Motown)
Producent(en)	Henry Cosby William "Mickey" Stevenson Clarence Paul Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
Professionele recensie
Allmusic link
Chronologie
Stevie at the Beach (1964)   1966 Up-Tight   Down to Earth (1966)
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Achtergrond

Up-Tight betekende de doorbraak van Wonder. De nummers op het album markeerden het beginpunt van Wonder's ontwikkeling van een eigen muzikale identiteit. Met de cover van het Bob Dylan-nummer "Blowin' in the Wind" werd hij populair bij het blanke publiek. Op het album staat het door Wonder in samenwerking met Sylvia Moy en Henry Cosby geschreven nummer "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", dat in de Verenigde Staten in de top vijf belandde.

Het album bereikte de 33ste positie in de Billboard 200 en de tweede plaats in de R&B Albums Charts.

Composities

Kant één

Nr.	Titel	Schrijvers/componisten	Duur
1.	Love a Go Go	Beatty/Shelby	2:46
2.	Hold Me	Morris Broadnax/Paul/Wonder	2:36
3.	Blowin' in the Wind	Dylan	3:46
4.	Nothing's Too Good for My Baby	Cosby/William "Mickey" Stevenson	2:40
5.	Teach Me Tonight	Cahn/DePaul	2:42
6.	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	Cosby/Moy/Wonder	2:55

Kant twee

Nr.	Titel	Schrijvers/componisten	Duur
7.	Ain't That Asking for Trouble	Moy/Paul/Wonder	2:50
8.	I Want My Baby Back	Fuqua	2:49
9.	Pretty Little Angel	Paul/Valvano/Wonder	2:11
10.	Music Talk	Hull/Paul/Wonder	2:56
11.	Contract on Love	Bradford/Dozier/Holland	2:22
12.	With a Child's Heart	Basemore/Cosby/Moy	3:10
Totale duur: 33:43

Bezetting

• Benny Benjamin - drums
• James Jamerson - basgitaar
• Stevie Wonder - mondharmonica, keyboard, zang

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

Stevie Wonder

Studioalbums:	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) · Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962) · With a Song in My Heart (1963) · Stevie at the Beach (1964) · Up-Tight (1966) · Down to Earth (1966) · I Was Made to Love Her (1967) · Someday at Christmas (1967) · Eivets Rednow (1968) · For Once in My Life (1968) · My Cherie Amour (1969) · Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) · Where I'm Coming From (1971) · Music of My Mind (1972) · Talking Book (1972) · Innervisions (1973) · Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) · Songs in the Key of Life (1976) · Hotter than July (1980) · In Square Circle (1985) · Characters (1987) · Conversation Peace (1995) · A Time to Love (2005)
Livealbums:	The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) · Stevie Wonder Live (1970) · Live at the Talk of Town (1970) · Natural Wonder (1995)
Soundtracks:	Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants (1979) · The Woman in Red (1984) · Jungle Fever (1991)
Compilaties:	Looking Back (1977) · Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (1982) · At the Close of a Century (1999) · The Definitive Collection (2002) · The Complete Stevie Wonder (2005) · Number Ones (2007)
Singles:	"I Call It Pretty Music, but the Old People Call It the Blues" (1962) · "Little Water Boy" (1962) · "Contract on Love" (1962) · "Fingertips" (1963) · "Workout Stevie, Workout" (1963) · "Castles in the Sand" (1964) · "Hey Harmonica Man" (1964) · "Happy Street" (1964) · "Kiss Me Baby" (1965) · "High Heel Sneakers" (1965) · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1965) · "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (1966) · "Blowin' in the Wind" (1966) · "A Place in the Sun" (1966) · "Someday at Christmas" (1966) · "Travelin' Man" (1967) · "I Was Made to Love Her" (1967) · "I'm Wondering" (1967) · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (1968) · "You Met Your Match" (1968) · "Alfie" (1968) · "For Once in My Life" (1968) · "I Don't Know Why" (1969) · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (1969) · "Never Had a Dream Come True" (1970) · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970) · "Heaven Help Us All" (1970) · "We Can Work It Out" (1971) · "If You Really Love Me" (1971) · "What Christmas Means to Me" (1971) · "Superwoman (Where Were You)" (1972) · "Keep On Running" (1972) · "Superstition" (1972) · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973) · "Higher Ground" (1973) · "Living for the City" (1973) · "Don't you worry 'bout a thing" (1974) · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974) · "Boogie on Reggae Woman" (1974) · "I Wish" (1976) · "Sir Duke" (1977) · "Another Star" (1977) · "As" (1977) · "Pops, We Love You" (1978) · "Send One Your Love" (1979) · "Outside My Window" (1980) · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" (1980) · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" (1980) · "Lately" (1981) · "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" (1981) · "That Girl" (1981) · "Ebony and Ivory" (1982) · "Do I Do" (1982) · "Ribbon in the Sky" (1982) · "Used to Be" (1982) · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984) · "Love Light in Flight" (1984) · "Don't Drive Drunk" (1984) · "We Are the World" (1985) · "Part-Time Lover" (1985) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) · "Go Home" (1985) · "Overjoyed" (1986) · "Land of La La" (1986) · "Skeletons" (1987) · "You Will Know" (1987) · "Get It" (1988) · "My Love" (1988) · "My Eyes Don't Cry" (1988) · "With Each Beat of My Heart" (1989) · "Keep Our Love Alive" (1990) · "Gotta Have You" (1991) · "Fun Day" (1991) · "These Three Words" (1991) · "We Didn't Know" (1992) · "For Your Love" (1995) · "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" (1995) · "Treat Myself" (1995) · "Kiss Lonely Goodbye" (1996) · "How Come, How Long" (1996) · "From the Bottom of My Heart" (2005) · "So What the Fuss" (2005) · "Shelter in the Rain" (2005) · "Positivity" (2005)
Zie ook:	Discografie van Stevie Wonder · "My Cherie Amour"