My Cherie Amour is an album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder released on the Tamla (Motown) label on August 29, 1969, his eleventh studio album. The album yielded a pair of top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track (No. 4) and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (No. 7), as well as Wonder's takes on the 1967 hit "Light My Fire" by The Doors, "Hello, Young Lovers" from The King and I and "The Shadow of Your Smile" from the 1965 film The Sandpiper. It reached No. 12 in the UK albums chart and No. 34 in the US pop albums chart.
My Cherie Amour | ||||
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Released | August 29, 1969 | |||
Recorded | 1969 ("My Cherie Amour" recorded in 1967–68) | |||
Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan | |||
Genre | Pop soul, R&B | |||
Length | 35:00 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Henry Cosby | |||
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Singles from My Cherie Amour | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | favorable[2] |
Track listing
edit- Side one
- "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 3:09
- "At Last" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:44
- "Light My Fire" (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 3:34
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:38
- "You and Me" (Beatrice Verdi, Deke Richards) – 2:41
- Side two
- "Pearl" (Richard Morris) – 2:42
- "Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares" (Cosby, Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Wonder) – 2:30
- "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) – 3:01
- "Angie Girl" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) – 2:57
- "Give Your Love" (Cosby, Don Hunter, Wonder) – 3:42
- "I've Got You" (Moy, Wonder) – 2:33
Personnel
edit- Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, vocals
- James Jamerson – bass
- Benny Benjamin – drums
- Henry Cosby – producer
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Stevie Wonder: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-09-26.