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List Price: $10.98 | | Label: Motown
Salesrank: 856901
Released: May 28, 1991 |
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| Used Price: $28.99 |
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| Media: LP Record |
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Jungle Fever Track Listing:
1. Fun Day
2. Queen in the Black
3. These Three Words
4. Each Other's Throat
5. If She Breaks Your Heart
6. Gotta Have You
7. Make Sure You're Sure
8. Jungle Fever
9. I Go Sailing
10. Chemical Love
11. Lighting up the Candles
Jungle Fever Reviews:
THE GREATEST 
2008-07-18 - I AM A BIG FAN OF ALL OF STEVIE'S WORK, JUST RECENTLY MET HIM, SO COOL. HIS MUSIC HAS MEANING AND MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD YOU CAN SAY ITS FEEL GOOD MUSIC.
Still amazing 
2008-05-07 - I have owned this CD for years and it is still a fun yet poignant listening experience. Like all Stevie, it is timeless
A Soundtrack On Wonder's Brilliant Creativity
2007-03-11 - The soundtrack - released in May 1991 by Motown Records - is a great Stevie Wonder album. From the sprightly pop of Fun Day & Jungle Fever, to ballads like I Go Sailing and that classic R&W (Rhythm & Wonder), there is a lot of musical territory covered in the 11 tracks.
Wonder as torch singer on Make Sure You're Sure is my favorite, with the strings and his subtle piano solo to end the piece so impressive. The real spirituality found within the soul is explored in Chemical Love and - as with many of Wonder's songs - Lighting Up The Candles covers the emotional gamut surrounding shattered love.
Each Other's Throats is a classic expose on societal hatred from many angles, but the prior track - These Three Words - implores the listener to reach out to family & friends while you are still able to do so. Fun Day is a nice summertime song and full of optimism, while Gotta Have You has a wicked beat that really brings out the lyrics.
The compositions are solid, which makes Jungle Fever: Music From The Movie a soundtrack on Wonder's brilliant creativity.
'Gets stronger as the album progresses
2005-03-05 - There is no denying that Stevie Wonder is a musical genius: he's a singer, a profound lyricist, and an accomplished master of several musical instruments, all made more remarkable because of his blindness. He has never let his "disability" keep him from "seeing" the good and bad of the world.
This album, though not in the same league as his 70's triumphant quintet ("Music of the Mind," "Talking Book," "Innervisions," "Fulfillingness First Finale," and the Grammy-winning "Songs in the Key of Life"), is a mixed bag.
It begins with three forgettable tunes, including the popular-but-so-sweet-it's-sickening "These Three Words." Wonder's gift is his complexity as an artist; unfortunately, the song in question is too simplistic in both words and music, reminiscent of the artist's Oscar-winning "I Just Called to Say I Love You."
Glimpses of vintage Stevie can be found on "Each Other's Throats," a condemnation of domestic violence; "If She Breaks Your Heart," a duet with Kimberly Brewer; "Gotta Have You" and the title cut, the two songs obviously geared for the dance floor; and "Make Sure You're Sure," a lush string-laden track concerning commitment in a relationship.
My favorite among the remaining songs is "I Go Sailing". On that song Wonder's lyrics tell the listener that personal reflections or "sailing" will result in a discovery and growth. The accompanying music symbolizes the movement on the ocean, with its ebbs and flows, adding "buoyancy" to the singer's words.
Fun Day !
2005-01-28 - Jungle Fever is Stevie's return to form after the boring "Characters"
First of all, his vocals, save one song is back in form, strong, vibrant, the Stevie we all know from the seventies. He doesnt do anything quite new, but great music it is.
Fun Day is well, fun! From the piano work, which feels jazzy, and the cool sounding intro, and drumming with Nathan's base kickin to underpin the song, its fresh, vibrant, and embodies the lyrics completely. Its what a Stevie Wonder song should be; lyric and insturmental working together to achieve emotion. Its a joy to wake up to that song
Queen in the Black has great lyrics. Just as vibrant and lively, it tells of Stevie worshipping the lady of his life a Queen in the Black. Dig the drumming and love the synth work in the background which fit perfectly.
These Three Words are a tender reminder of things that matter- family which makes sense to sing about, because they're supposed to be our rock. The electric piano is followed by guitar and the awesome synths that move us from our questioning to why we should say "I love you". His singing at the end is excellent, hitting highest registers, with the clever lyrics of "These There Words" Sound corny from anyone else, but from Stevie we can feel his love.
Each Other Throat feels like it would have worked on an album say Conversation Peace because of its socially conscious lyrics. Going for the sound of the early ninties, it filled with blaring base, keyboards and guitar.
"We are supposed to spread, love and not evil
But we've been acting more like heathens than people
Treating our fellow man, far worse than illegal
cause we keep at each others throats"
Awesome lyrics. Stevie attempt at rapping seems a bit arkward, because the lyrics doesnt balance out on each line, but the words are relevant and the singing carry them out perfectly.
If She Breaks Your Heart breaks the streak of excellent songs on the album- not that it isnt great, or Kimberley's singing isnt awesome, but it just isnt Stevie. It actually songs as if it should be written for her on her own album, which would be great. Other than that its great, wonderful exuberent, espically the insturmentals.
Gotta Have You is reminisenct of Micheal Jackson pop, and it will keep you interested for a while, its really bouncy. which would be cool if the lyrics were substanial- sure, hes gotta have you but thats all its basically saying. Above average.
Make Sure You're Sure
This is the kind of song that you romance to. Its got this candlelight dinner music playing in the background feel. Its jazzy feel reminds us that Stevie can do slow numbers like this- its probably his best slower songs. And the lyrics are just to die for, a subject approached from a vunerable couple who needs to be sure where they are. The violins are espically moving, and the singing is top notch strong.
Jungle Fever. Its got the Fun Day bounciness and strength, but the lyrics are kind of uninspired. Nevetheless, the music itself is good title foddler for the movie this album soundtrack is from. Good, but not essensital listening, despite its social inspired lyrics.
I Go Sailing has a great sound, and you gotta love that he uses the wind blowing to start off the song, which is really just genious. The lyrics while not very substanial work here; you are kind of just floating here, where the words dont even matter, thanks to Stevie lovely singing. Love the adlib at the end
Chemical Love is underrated, and at first it wont grab you like the other songs did, but its really great, with Stevie's synth voice, but the sound is just really funky. Its remininsent of "Bird of Beauty" in subject but I think the lyrics are less convulted here.
Lighting Up the Candles relies on imagery, to assume that seeing lighted up candles gives up memories we see loves past, and hoping the spark the future. Though again the lyrics are somewhat short, it has an urgency like "Please Dont Go" just not in a Ray Charles country sense. This is more R and B, espically with the way the verse is sung. Great way to end this album.
I wasn't looking at this if its an appropiate soundtrack for the movie Jungle Fever; rather is it a good Stevie Wonder album, since he wrote every song save one lyric and sung almost every song. Not all the songs are essential like Stevie's 70 albums, but throughly enjoyable from beginining to end.
