Even within the context of the adventurous albums that preceded it, Innervisions is an audacious and challenging display of Wonder’s stunning talent- a forty-five minute tour de force encapsulating his mastery of soul balladry, funk attack and social conscience. Like Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, this is a hard and compelling record so unique it inspires awe and anxiety in equal measures. From the half in-half-out anti-drug anthem “Too High” to the astounding noir of “Living In The City” to the devastating Nixon broadside “He’s Misstra Know It All,” Innervisions is a master class combining Motown influences with a percolating new consciousness. By the time the existential eruption “Higher Ground” gives way to the tense and ponderous title track, it is clear we are being swept away in the wake of a driven genius. Perhaps the strongest argument for Innervisions lays in its influential legacy: without Innervisons it is nearly impossible to imagine Sign O’ The Times, The Love Below, Midnite Vultures, 808s & Heartbreaks and countless other classics. Wonder’s Innervisions were future visions as well.