More pocket-sized knowledge gems for dat azz! If you're a NYC/BK denizen (or resident of any metro area), we know you'll believe when we say how many times these books have saved us during that long wait on the train platform. Neither I nor the author of this book (the astute Zeth Lundy of PopMatters) really need to tell you what a classic album Songs In The Key Of Life is - in fact, you're probably already thinking of ordering this, aren't you? Folks are just drawn to Stevie, and Lundy does a solid job of explaining why here. (The fact that Lundy lists Mr. Wonder's stated objective as squeezing "life itself into vinyl grooves" says something.) There's a reason this record is in your dad's collection AND all your cool friends' collection. 150 pages.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red