Английская Википедия:In Square Circle

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In Square Circle is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released in 1985. The album features the hit singles "Part-Time Lover" (No. 1), "Go Home" (No. 10), "Overjoyed" (No. 24), and "Land of La La" (No. 86). The album earned Wonder a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 1986 Grammy Awards.

In Square Circle made the top five on the Pop Albums chart, and spent 12 weeks at number one on the Top R&B Albums chart. On the UK Albums Chart, it peaked at number five.

Reception

Spin called the album, "a pleasant muttering packaged as a Major Statement. Where's the energy and comedy of the man who turns into a mercurial mimic on stage? The lights are on, but nobody's home."

Track listing

All songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder.

Side one

1. "Part-Time Lover" – 4:09
2. "I Love You Too Much" – 5:30
3. "Whereabouts" – 4:17
4. "Stranger on the Shore of Love" – 5:01
5. "Never in Your Sun" – 4:07

Side two

1. "Spiritual Walkers" – 5:12
2. "Land of La La" – 5:14
3. "Go Home" – 5:18
4. "Overjoyed" – 3:43
5. "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" – 3:29

Notes

• On CD and Streaming editions of the album, "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" runs for 6:52

Personnel

Musicians

"Part-Time Lover"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums
• Luther Vandross – lead vocal, background vocal
• Syreeta Wright – background vocal
• Philip Bailey – background vocal
• Keith John – background vocal
• Melody McCully, Billy Durham, Peter Byrne, Renee Hardaway, Darryl Phinnessee – background vocal

"I Love You Too Much"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion

"Whereabouts"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion
• Keith John – background vocal
• Darryl Phinnessee – background vocal
• Deniece Williams – background vocal
• Howard Smith – background vocal

"Stranger on the Shore of Love"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, harpsichord, accordion

"Never in Your Sun"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, harmonica

"Spiritual Walkers"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, drums, percussion
• Edwin Birdsong – Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
• Larry Gittens – trumpet
• Bob Malach – saxophone
• Janice Moore, Cheta Akins, Carolyn Garrett, Ruthell Holmes, Kay Gibbs, Valencia Cox – background vocal

"Land of La La"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, electric piano, percussion, drums
• Ben Bridges – guitar
• Rick Zunigar – guitar
• Renee Hardaway – background vocal

"Go Home"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums, vocoder
• Bob Malach – saxophone
• Larry Gittens – trumpet

"Overjoyed"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, acoustic piano, environmental percussion (incl.: crickets, bird sounds, ocean, pebbles in pond, stone dropped, crushing leaves), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Paul Riser – string arrangement

"It's Wrong (Apartheid)"

• Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, synthesizers, drums, percussion, kora
• Musa Dludla, Thandeka Ngono-Raasch, Linda Bottoman-Tshabalala, Muntu Myuyana, Lorraine Mahlangu-Richards, Fana Kekana, Tsepo Mokone – background vocal

Technical personnel

• Stevie Wonder – producer, performer, writer, composer
• Bob Bralove, Brad Buxer, Abdoulaye Soumare – synthesizer programming
• Gary Olazabal – synthesizer programming, recording engineer, associate producer, audio mixing
• Bobby Holland – photography (album cover/booklet), concept designer (album cover)
• Renee Hardaway – concept designer (album cover)
• Johnny Lee – art direction (album cover)

Notable performances

"Go Home" was performed during the 1986 Grammy Awards ceremony as part of a synthesizer jam with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. It was also performed, along with "Overjoyed," on the May 7, 1983, episode of Saturday Night Live, which Wonder hosted.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for In Square Circle

Chart (1985–1986)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report	8
Austrian Albums Chart	12
Canadian RPM Albums Chart	7
Dutch Albums Chart	16
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	3
New Zealand Albums Chart	7
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart	3
Swedish Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	4
West German Media Control Albums Chart	8

Year-end charts

1985 year-end chart performance for In Square Circle

Chart (1985)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart	29
French Albums Chart	21

1986 year-end chart performance for In Square Circle

Chart (1986)	Position
Canadian Albums Chart	91
Japanese Albums Chart	19
US Billboard 200	18

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1985
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1986