Stranger on The Shore of Love
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| Studio album by Stevie Wonder | ||||
| Released | September 13, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984-1985 | |||
| Studio | Wonderland Studios (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Genre | R&B, soul, electronic, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 43:33 45:56 (CD version) |
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| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
In Square Circle is a 1985 studio album released by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (his twentieth overall). The album features the hits "Part-Time Lover", "Go Home" and "Overjoyed" (which was left off Wonder's 1979 album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants and re-recorded for this album). The album won Wonder the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 28th Grammy Awards (his fourth award in the category, and his 13th Grammy overall).
In Square Circle broke into the Top 5 on the Pop Albums chart and spent 12 weeks at #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart.
All songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder.
Code: US Pop / US R&B / US Dance / UK
"Part-Time Lover" "Go Home" and "Overjoyed" charted well in the UK; however, the two other singles failed to show in the main UK Top 40. All five singles had good runs in the UK's Blues and Soul chart. All the singles appeared as 12" singles although none contained any extended versions or remixes beyond the album versions. "Stranger On The Shore of Love" was backed by "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" from the album Hotter Than July
By the time the "In Square Circle" album was released, Motown decided to bed in catalogue numbers for the singles starting as WOND. In the case of the 12" Singles, a prefix of "T" was added. "Stranger on the Shore of Love" was WONDT7 and was released in 1986 as the final single from the album.
^shipments figures based on certification alone
"Go Home" was performed during the 1986 Grammy Awards ceremony as part of a synthesizer jam with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. It was also performed, along with "Overjoyed," on the May 7, 1983, episode of Saturday Night Live, which Wonder hosted.
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