Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday

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Relative to the brilliant work he would go on to do in the '70s and '80s, Stevie Wonder's early recordings for Motown in the 1960s aren't really worth getting too excited about. A few of his songs from the "Little Stevie" era are undisputed masterpieces -- "Fingertips, Pts. 1-2," "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "I Was Made to Love Her," "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" -- but most are fairly run-of-the-mill Motown pop-soul, and more than any label, Motown knew how to churn out run-of-the-mill pop-soul. Nonetheless, even if most of Wonder's '60s work pales in comparison to his later work, it's still enthralling, particularly if you're a big fan of his early-'70s work that began with "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" and reached its zenith on the Talking Book album. You can hear traces of that early-'70s work in the songs compiled on the Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday collection, which compiles 18 of his best songs from the '60s. And if you're looking for a great one-stop collection of Wonder's best '60s work, this collection will not disappoint you; it's arguably your best option, featuring several more songs than Motown's two 12-track Greatest Hits collections, originally released in 1968 and 1971, respectively. In a way, Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday is a one-disc distillation of those two collections; unfortunately, it's missing a few key songs from the late '60s, most notably "My Cherie Amour," though it'd be nice to have "For Once in My Life" and "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" here as well. Nonetheless, this is a great collection of Wonder's '60s work, even if it is missing a few important songs from the era. If you want just the '60s songs and nothing else on one disc, you'd be hard-pressed to find a collection more satisfying than this. ~ Jason Birchmeier