A Time to Love

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A Time to Love
Studio album by Stevie Wonder
Released	October 18, 2005
Recorded	2003-2004
Genre	R&B/soul
Length	77:41
Label	Motown
Producer(s)	Stevie Wonder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Amazon link Rolling Stone link
Stevie Wonder chronology
Natural Wonder (1995)	A Time to Love (2005)

A Time to Love is a 2005 studio album by Stevie Wonder, his first since 1995's Conversation Peace. Originally to have been completed in 2004, it was finally released to stores on October 18, 2005, following an exclusive electronic release on Apple's iTunes Music Store on September 27. All release dates set in the first three quarters of 2005 were missed.

The first single, issued in April 2005, was "So What the Fuss", which featured Prince on guitar and En Vogue on backing vocals. Follow-up singles included "Positivity" with his daughter Aisha Morris, "From the Bottom of My Heart", and "Shelter in the Rain".

The three main songs on the album ("If Your Love Cannot Be Moved", "So What the Fuss" and the title song, "A Time To Love") appear to focus primarily on the importance of taking responsibility for our actions, rather than blaming others. For example, "So What The Fuss" states: "If you got to get up early in the morning for a job interview and you forget to set the stupid alarm, shame on you".

[edit] Track listing

1. "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved" (featuring Kim Burrell)
2. "Sweetest Somebody I Know"
3. "Moon Blue"
4. "From the Bottom of My Heart"
5. "Please Don't Hurt My Baby"
6. "How Will I Know" (featuring Aisha Morris)
7. "My Love Is on Fire" (featuring Hubert Laws on Flute)
8. "Passionate Raindrops"
9. "Tell Your Heart I Love You" (featuring Bonnie Raitt on slide guitar)
10. "True Love"
11. "Shelter in the Rain" (featuring Kirk Franklin)
12. "So What the Fuss" (featuring En Vogue on backing vocals and Prince (musician) on guitar)
13. "Can't Imagine Love Without You"
14. "Positivity" (featuring Aisha Morris)
15. "A Time to Love" (featuring India.Arie and Paul McCartney on guitar)

[edit] Original proposed tracklisting

The track listing changed dramatically in the months leading up to the album's release. Wonder reportedly recorded "scores" of songs between Conversation Peace and A Time to Love. A track listing posted in spring 2005 on the artist's website only had 6 songs in common with the final listing above. The old list was as follows:

1. "If The Creek Don't Rise"
2. "A Time to Love"
3. "Forever Is How Long"
4. "What the Fuss"
5. "I Can't Imagine Love Without You"
6. "How Will I Know" [duet with Aisha]
7. "If Your Love Cannot Be Moved"
8. "Moon Blue"
9. "The Future"
10. "Giant Steps"
11. "Sunshine"
12. "Tears"
13. "The Well"
14. "Songs of My Father"

[edit] External links

• Stevie Wonder interview with Newsweek, in which he discusses the album
• More information at StevieWonder-Unofficial.com