Listen to Stevie Wonder's first greatest hits collection and then to this second one and you can hear an artist who first recorded as a pre-teen and grew into a mature adult. Volume 2 collects songs from 1967 to 1971 and they are among the finest singles of his career. The songs range from the full out r&b of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" & "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" to lush ballads like "My Cherie Amour" to socially conscious songs like "Heaven Help Us" to mid-tempo fare like "If You Really Love Me", "Travelin' Man" and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday". The songs show an artists becoming more and more sure of himself and confident in his abilities. These songs lay the blueprints for his groundbreaking 70's albums.

the period from 1967-1971 was stevie wonder's final period of musical growth from the motown hit machine.on this greatest hits collection(volume 2),it has material from his late 1960s and early 1970s period extracted from the albums:"for once in my life"(1968)"my cherie amour"(1969)/"signed,sealed,&delivered"(1970)and his final motown breakaway album the personal,social-political album his first full length album statement"where i'm coming from"(1971).
the songs on this second collection of his greatest hits are not in chronological order,but it provides a great reflection of his growth as a prolific songwriter from this four year period.the only song on this collection that is not available on his regular motown albums is 'travelin'man'(1967)which is another classic wonder recording.for some strange reason, it was omitted (along with other more original superior songs that were held in the vaults from this same 1967 period) by motown from being included on his 1967 album "i was made to love her"what a terrible mistake of omission by motown!and it(along with the other more superior songs)were replaced with filler remakes of other songs! it was written by ron miller and bryan wells and was produced by wonder's older mentor,clarence paul.'travelin'man'was originally released on wonder's triple record album "looking back" which was released by motown in 1977,and is also available on a double disc set entitled "essential stevie wonder" which includes rarities such as 'kiss me baby'(1965)which was written by stevie and his older mentor clarence paul/and a live firecracker remake of 'high heel sneakers'(1965)/'happy street'(1964)from the album,"stevie at the beach"/'don't you feel it'(1964)/and the rare original single 'i call it pretty music,but the old people call it the blues'(1962)which was written by berry gordy and clarence paul.

when i think about the south side of chicago
and being 10 or 11 years old the first song that comes
to my mind is track# 10,it was perfect for
that time and that place, after the riots and
everything else it was on time.i'm buying
the disc just for that song.

i really enjoy listening to the album especially songs 2,3, and 4! as for the rest of the album, you'll know and enjoy every song! Buy this c.d.! :)

....put it on and let it ride. There's not a bad tune in this Vol 2. collection of hits. See, all of them are tunes the rad-i-dio played when evvybody wasn't so stereo/CD/DAT savvy and the artist had to get the listener patting his feet or humming the tune in preferably 3 minutes or less. I loved the lounge music style tempo change of "If You Really Love Me" from the first time I heard it. (Where is Syretta Wright nowadays?) "Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer", "Travelin Man", "You Met Your Match"--all are great Stevie Wonder tunes that lovers of music
should not miss! And the CD is priced right for the budget impaired. In relative terms, a big bargain for all the pricelessness presented on the CD...