<Li> "Another Star" Released: August 1977 </Li> <Li> "As" Released: October 1977 </Li> <P> Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, released on September 28, 1976, by Motown Records, through its division Tamla Records . It was the culmination of his "classic period" albums . The album was recorded primarily at Crystal Sound studio in Hollywood, with some sessions recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood, the Record Plant in Sausalito, and The Hit Factory in New York City . Final mixing was performed at Crystal Sound . </P> <P> An ambitious double LP with a four - song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became the best - selling and most critically acclaimed album of Wonder's career . In 2003, it was ranked number 57 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . In the same year it was preserved into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, which called it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ." </P>

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