Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)

I was never really into Stevie Wonder's soppier '80s ballads, but I didn't mind the grittier romantic stuff he turned out in the early '70s.

However, it's his innovative funk and soul that really brought a rush of blood to the head for me, like this amazing set. This is Wonder at his most galvanising, archly using synthesizers and other instruments to create a rich and organic bed of rhythmic and harmonic textures for a rip-roaring ride from start to end.