http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:52:35 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/21/080606.php#comment-713066 It's a sad commentary on where pop music has ended up when Stevie Wonder is out of fashion ... 713066@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:52:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/21/080606.php#comment-713021 Unfortunately, the fate of "A Time For Love" is pretty typical of new albums by senior/heritage artists, as hard as it is to think of Stevie Wonder as an older artist. The kind of terrestrial radio stations that might play this would rather just play Stevie's old hits and, as Kit mentioned, when Stevie did the traditional radio promotion tour, the deejays barely gave this album lip service while clearly preferring to talk about Stevie's past glories. Next time, he might well want to use the non-traditional venues Paul McCartney used last year to market his "Memory Almost Full" album. Quality-wise, that album was comparable to "A Time For Love" but was a much bigger seller. 713021@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:25:07 EDT