Conversation Peace is the twenty-second album released by American

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 musician Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder

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, released on the Motown

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 label in 1995. The album was Wonder's first full-length non-soundtrack studio album since 1987's Characters. This album yielded the hits "For Your Love" (a Grammy winner for Wonder for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance) and the reggae

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-flavored "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Stevie Wonder, except as where noted.

1. "Rain Your Love Down" – 6:08
2. "The Edge of Eternity" – 6:01
3. "Taboo to Love" – 4:25
4. "Take The Time Out" – 5:05
5. "I'm New" – 5:41
6. "My Love Is With You" – 5:54
7. "Treat Myself" (Wonder, Stephanie Andrews) – 4:55
8. "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" – 4:46
9. "Sensuous Whisper" – 5:47
10. "For Your Love
    For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)
    "For Your Love" is a song written and performed by Stevie Wonder that appears on his 1995 soul album Conversation Peace. It won 2 Grammy awards for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.-Chart performance:...
    
    " – 5:00
11. "Cold Chill" – 6:53
12. "Sorry" – 6:45
13. "Conversation Peace" – 6:39

Personnel

• Stephanie Andrews – Background Vocals
• Jorge Arciniega – Trumpet
• Charlene Atsumo – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Anita Baker
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   – Background Vocals
• Paul Baker – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Gary Bias – Alto Saxophone
• Brant Biles – Mixing
• Terence Blanchard – Trumpet
• Ida Bodin – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Kevin Brandon – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Kimberly Brewer – Background Vocals
• Ben Bridges – Guitar
• Ollie Brown
  Ollie E. Brown
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   – Conductor
• Ron Brown – Tenor Saxophone
• Ray Brown – Trumpet
• Mark Cargill – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Lenny Castro
  Lenny Castro
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   – Percussion
• Jim Champagne – Assistant Engineer
• Susan Chatman – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Elenore Choate – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Jonathan Clark – Artwork, Illustrations
• Richard Clark – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Daryl Coley – Background Vocals
• Buddy Collette – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Wally de Almeida – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Julie Delgado – Background Vocals
• Steve Durkee – Engineer
• Ernie Fields, Jr.
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   – Tenor Saxophone
• Audrey Fischer – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Ryan Foster – Assistant Engineer
• James Getzoff – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Galina Glek-Shlimovich – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Harris Goldman – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Glenn Grab Strings – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Todd Gray – Photography
• Gordon Halligan – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• R.R. Harlan – Engineer
• Katrina Harper – Background Vocals
• Kenneth Harris – Background Vocals
• Bobette Harrison-Jamison – Background Vocals
• Gary Hines – Arranger
• Dorian Holley – Background Vocals
• Tim Hoogenakker – Assistant Engineer
• Kimm James – Engineer
• Bobette Jamison-Harrison – Background Vocals
• Jazzyfatnastees – Background Vocals
• Keith John – Background Vocals
• Zain Kahn – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Lila Kazakova – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Felix Khomutob – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Marva King – Background Vocals
• Gary Kno – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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   – Background Vocals
• Robert Margouleff
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   – Mixing
• Branford Marsalis
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   – Saxophone
• Melody McCully – Background Vocals
• Della Miles – Background Vocals
• Greg Moore – Guitar
• Aisha Morris – Background Vocals
• Munyungo – Percussion
• Henry Panion III – Arranger, Orchestration, Mixing
• Derrick Perkins – Programming, Loops
• Katrina Perkins – Background Vocals
• Neil Perry – Assistant Engineer
• Greg Phillinganes
  Greg Phillinganes
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   – Keyboards
• Debra Price – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Fernando Pullum – Trumpet
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – Guitar
• Robert Shulgold – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Jim Sitterly – Flute, Strings, Harp
• Marston Smith – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Nolan Andrew Smith – Trumpet
• John Stephens – Alto Saxophone
• Bill Summers – Percussion
• Thomas Tally – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Kevan Torfeh – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Charles Veal – Concert Master
• Nathan Watts
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   – Bass,Background Vocals
• Jerome Webster – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp
• Deniece Williams
  Deniece Williams
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   – Background Vocals
• Marvin Winans – Arranger, Background Vocals
• The Winans – Background Vocals
• Stevie Wonder – Guitar, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Multi Instruments, Mixing
• Syreeta Wright
  Syreeta Wright
  Syreeta Wright , who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter most notably known for her work with Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston.-Early life and career:...
  
   – Background Vocals
• Take 6
  Take 6
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  - Background Vocals
• Tibor Zelig – Flute, Percussion, Strings, Harp

External links

• Stevie Wonder interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' March 1995