“Talking Book” reaffirmed that, and also extended his sonic and technological ambitions, as he used state-of-the-art synthesizers and an arsenal of studio effects to orchestrate his songs with startlingly novel sounds.
Wonder had given signs on earlier albums, particularly his self-produced “Where I’m Coming From” (1971), that he would not just be writing love songs. It demonstrated, with the international smash “Superstition,” that Wonder didn’t need Motown’s “hit factory” methods - songwriters and producers providing material that singers would dutifully execute - to have a No.
“Talking Book” was a breakthrough on multiple fronts.
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