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Stevie Wonder

(Journey Through) The Secret Life Of Plants

Motown (7C 156-62492/3)
Tamla (7C 156-62492/3)

2x Vinyl LP Album

Release date: Dec 31, 1978, Scandinavia

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™งโ€™๐™จ โ€œ๐™…๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™) ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™Š๐™› ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จโ€ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฎ โ€” ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š, ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค-๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง.


Conceived as the soundtrack to a documentary exploring plant sentience, the album stands apart in Stevieโ€™s catalogue โ€” an experimental, meditative world where electronic textures coexist with pastoral melodies. He steps away from the bulletproof funk and chart-ready soul of his golden period, instead crafting impressionistic pieces that feel like field notes from another realm.


Tracks drift with quiet purpose: cyclical synth phrases echo natural patterns, gentle vocal themes rise like morning light, and orchestral arrangements stretch outward with a sense of breath and elemental calm. The music often leans instrumental, yet it carries Stevieโ€™s unmistakable emotional clarity โ€” intimate, curious, and spiritually attuned.


Far from a conventional pop or R&B record, โ€œThe Secret Life of Plantsโ€ has grown into one of his most singular statements: a bold departure that embraced ecology, technology and mysticism long before such intersections became common. It remains a cult favourite for listeners drawn to the tender, exploratory edges of Stevie Wonderโ€™s universe โ€” a quiet, radiant outlier that reveals new detail with every return.

A1

Earth's Creation

A2

The First Garden

A3

Voyage To India

A4

Same Old Story

A5

Venus' Flytrap And The Bug

A6

Ai No Sono

B1

Seasons

B2

Power Flower

B3

Send One Your Love (Music)

B4

Race Babbling

C1

Send One Your Love

C2

Outside My Window

C3

Black Orchid

C4

Ecclesiastes

C5

Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye

C6

Come Back As A Flower

D1

A Seed's A Star And Tree Medley

D2

The Secret Life Of Plants

D3

Tree

D4

Finale

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