Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I

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Stevie Marvel’s Authentic Musiquarium I is a compilation album by R&B/soul musician Stevie Marvel that was launched in 1982 by Tamla Information. It collects eleven Prime 40 hit singles and 5 album tracks, together with 4 beforehand unreleased tracks, from 1972 to 1982. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, at No. 1 on the Prime R&B Albums chart within the U.S., and went to No. 8 within the UK. It has been licensed gold by the RIAA. The 4 new songs have been issued as singles to advertise the album, with “That Woman” and “Do I Do” reaching the highest 10 and high 20 of the US pop chart and primary and two on the R&B chart, respectively.

Content material

Eleven beforehand launched tracks have been taken as singles from their respective albums, with “Larger Floor” and “Grasp Blaster (Jammin’)” launched earlier than the LP. “Is not She Pretty” was not launched as a single from Songs within the Key of Life, whereas “Superstition”, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, “You Have not Finished Nothin'”, “I Want”, and “Sir Duke” all topped the Billboard Scorching 100. “Dwelling for the Metropolis” and “Boogie On Reggae Girl” seem in barely totally different variations to these on their albums, and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” is the one combine with the horns added.

The double album covers Marvel’s “basic interval” operating from 1972 to 1980, compiling tracks that appeared on each album from Music of My Thoughts by Hotter Than July. It additionally included 4 new songs, every tagged on because the final observe on every album aspect: “Entrance Line”; “Ribbon within the Sky”; “That Woman”; and “Do I Do”. The latter observe incorporates a solo by bebop innovator Dizzy Gillespie.

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All songs written by Stevie Marvel besides “Entrance Line” by Marvel and Gary Byrd.

Facet one
No.	Title	Album	Size
1.	“Superstition”	Speaking E-book (1972)	4:25
2.	“You Have not Finished Nothin'”	Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974)	3:29
3.	“Dwelling for the Metropolis”	Innervisions (1973)	7:26
4.	“Entrance Line”	Beforehand unreleased	5:55
Complete size:			21:15

Facet two
No.	Title	Album	Size
1.	“Superwoman (The place Have been You After I Wanted You)”	Music of My Thoughts (1972)	7:57
2.	“Ship One Your Love”	Stevie Marvel’s Journey by The Secret Lifetime of Vegetation (1979)	4:02
3.	“You Are the Sunshine of My Life”	Speaking E-book (1972)	2:51
4.	“Ribbon within the Sky”	Beforehand unreleased	5:35
Complete size:			20:25

Facet three
No.	Title	Album	Size
1.	“Larger Floor”	Innervisions (1973)	3:46
2.	“Sir Duke”	Songs within the Key of Life (1976)	3:52
3.	“Grasp Blaster (Jammin’)”	Hotter than July (1980)	5:08
4.	“Boogie On Reggae Girl”	Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974)	4:55
5.	“That Woman”	Beforehand unreleased	5:15
Complete size:			22:56

Facet 4
No.	Title	Album	Size
1.	“I Want”	Songs within the Key of Life (1976)	4:12
2.	“Is not She Pretty”	Songs within the Key of Life (1976)	6:32
3.	“Do I Do”	Beforehand unreleased	10:27
Complete size:			21:11

Charting historical past

Weekly charts

Chart (1982–83)	Peak place
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	15
Canada Prime Albums/CDs (RPM)^[3]	18
Dutch Albums (Album Prime 100)^[4]	15
German Albums (Offizielle Prime 100)^[5]	33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[6]	5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	19
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	8
US Billboard 200^[9]	4
US Prime R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1

12 months-end charts

Chart (1982)	Place
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[11]	26
US Billboard 200^[12]	86
US Prime R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	14

“That Woman” (0:27)

Stevie Marvel’s “That Woman” from Stevie Marvel’s Authentic Musiquarium I

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Certifications


Area	Certification	Licensed items/gross sales
Australia (ARIA)^[14]	Gold	35,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[15]	Gold	7,500^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[16]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[17]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures primarily based on certification alone.

See additionally

Record of number-one R&B albums of 1982 (U.S.)