Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta

Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright, released by Motown on June 19, 1974.

Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta
Studio album by Syreeta
Released	June 19, 1974
Recorded	1973–1974
Studio	The Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B, smooth soul, funk, pop, reggae, psychedelic soul
Length	39:37
Label	Motown M 808
Producer	Stevie Wonder
Syreeta chronology
Syreeta (1972) Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta (1974) One to One (1977)
Singles from Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta
"Your Kiss Is Sweet" Released: 1974

Track listing

1. "I'm Goin' Left" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) (3:36)
2. "Spinnin' and Spinnin'" (Wonder, Wright) (4:21)
3. "Your Kiss Is Sweet" (Wonder, Wright) (4:31)
4. "Come and Get This Stuff" (Wonder) (3:38)
5. "Heavy Day" (Wonder, Wright) (4:00)
6. "Cause We've Ended as Lovers" (Wonder) (4:30)
7. "Just a Little Piece of You" (Wonder, Wright) (4:01)
8. "Waitin' for the Postman" (Wonder) (1:47)
9. "When Your Daddy's Not Around" (Wonder) (1:03)¹
10. "I Wanna Be by Your Side" (Wonder) (with G.C. Cameron) (4:04)
11. "Universal Sound of the World" (Wonder, Wright) (4:06)

Personnel

• Produced by Stevie Wonder for Black Bull Productions
• Lead vocals by Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder, Dennis Morrison and G.C. Cameron
• Background vocals by Wonderlove (Anita Sherman, Lani Groves, Deniece Williams and Shirley Brewer), Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder, G.C. Cameron and Syreeta Wright
• Instrumentation by Stevie Wonder, Reggie McBride, Ollie E. Brown, Marlo Henderson, Michael Sembello, Dennis Morouse and Steve Madaio

Reception

The album has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 on Allmusic[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[2]
		US	US R&B
1974	Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta	116	53

Trivia

Three artists who performed on this album (Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams, Michael Sembello) would all have Billboard number one songs ("I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Let's Hear It for the Boy", and "Maniac", respectively) within a year of each other, a decade after this album's release. Another artist on this album, Ollie Brown of Ollie & Jerry, would have a Billboard top ten single, "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us", in the same one-year period.

The song "Come And Get This Stuff" was originally intended for Rufus, but lead singer Chaka Khan refused to do the song. Instead, Stevie wrote "Tell Me Something Good" for them which appeared on their album Rags to Rufus.

External links

• Syreeta-Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta at Discogs

References

1. Guarisco, Donald A. Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta. AllMusic Review
2. "Syreeta US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.