a definitive collection is when one collects ALL of stevie's albums plus the hundreds and hundreds of songs that he has written 4 other artists of which i have amassed over the years including jazz pieces that he has written 4 ramsey lewis: 'love notes'and 'spring high'(1977)/songs that stevie has written 4 sergio mendes:'love city'and 'the real thing'(1977)/'never said' with herbie hancock(1986)/'you're the one for me'(1966)and'try my true love'(1969)written for marvin gaye/'this town'written for minnie riperton and the rotary connection(1969)/the original version of 'all i do'written for the beautiful tammi terrell in (1966)/'bad weather'for the supremes(1973)/'sleeping alone'for the pointer sisters(1974)/'take a little trip'(1974),'perfect angel'(1974)and'stick together'(1977)written for the beautiful minnie riperton/and including stevie's nearly all instrumentation on minnie riperton's 'lover and friend'(1979)on which he plays the drums,synthesized bass,acoustic piano,clavinet and celeste.'i can't help it'for michael jackson(1979)/'i can see the sun in late december'(1975)and 'don't make me wait too long'(1979)-as written 4 roberta flack/stevie also wrote and performed the music 4 a song called 'you are my heaven'(1979)4 roberta flack&donny hathaway/'melody man'(1980)written for smokey robinson/'where are you now'(1980)written for jermaine jackson/'with a touch'(1982)written for dionne warwick/'buttercup'(1982)written for carl anderson/'try jah love'and'you're playing us too close'written for third world(1982)/the rapfunk black history lesson of the crystal shining 'the crown'(1983)which features wonder's co-writer gary byrd on rap vocals./'i betcha wouldn't hurt me'written for quincy jones(1981)/'what's that you're doing'written for paul mccartney(1982)/'strong is our love'(1991)written for marva hicks/'we didn't know'(1990)written for whitney houston/'the force behind the power'which was written for diana ross(1991)/'thelonius'-written for jeff beck(1975)... i would list more songs that stevie has written 4 other people, but i don't wanna overload the socket.i have almost the complete encyclopedia of stevie's music written 4 other artists. now,is that enough??? (IN RESPONSE 2THOSE OF U WHO FOUND MY REVIEW OF THIS COLLECTION AS NOT BEING HELPFUL 2 U ALL, SINCE ALL OF U ALL JUST WANT 2 HEAR STEVIE'S HITS-WELL THAT'S ALL U KNOW. BUT IF U ALL DON'T WANNA RESEARCH STEVIE'S UNKNOWN ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL 2 GET A MORE EXPANSIVE VIEW OF THE MAN'S RICH ENDURING TALENT WELL THAT'S YOUR LOSS.IF U ALL JUST WANT ME 2 JUST WRITE ABOUT HIS HITS-WELL THEN U R N THE WRONG PLACE.I'D RATHER MUCH WRITE ABOUT HIS LEGENDARY ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL.HIS HITS BEING REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THE RADIO JUST DOESN'T CUT IT 4 ME.AND THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.PEOPLE JUST WANT HITS,HITS,HITS AND NOTHING MORE.WELL,I'M NOT ON THAT VIBE.(I LIKE THE HITS TOO,BUT THERE IS MORE LEGENDARY ALTERNATIVE MUSIC FROM STEVIE THAT DESERVES TO BE HEARD)AN ARTIST MUST GROW ARTISTICALLY AND DO OTHER THINGS.AND WHEN ARTISTS DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT IS NOT OF THE NORM,THEN U THE MAINSTREAM LISTENING PUBLIC HAVE NO LISTENING PATIENCE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT(A GOOD CASE IN POINT WAS WHEN STEVIE RECORDED "JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS"(1979)WHICH WAS TRASHED AND ATTACKED BY CRITICS,MOTOWN AND SOME OF STEVIE'S FOLLOWING)BUT TO ME TO THIS VERY DAY IT IS A PIECE OF MUSICAL ART.WONDER BASICALLY CHALLENGED HIS FOLLOWING TO GROW WITH HIM AS AN ARTIST AND TO CHALLENGE THEIR MUSICAL TASTES.HIS FANS EITHER GROW WITH HIM AS AN ARTIST OR THEY DON'T.PRINCE IS VERY MUCH IN THE SAME VEIN AS STEVIE.(STEVIE'S LITTLE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN MATERIAL IS JUST AS GOOD OR EVEN FAR BETTER THAN HIS FAMOUS SONGS THAT HE IS KNOWN 4. VOTE HOWEVER U WANT 2 VOTE ON MY REVIEW OF THIS COLLECTION-BUT IF U CAN'T EXPAND YOUR MIND 2 STEVIE'S LITTLE KNOWN OR SONGS THAT R NOT FAMILIAR 2 U I SAY AGAIN THAT'S YOUR LOSS.EVERYONE KNOWS THE HITS,BUT WHEN A TRUE ARTIST SUCH AS STEVIE EXPANDS HIS MUSICAL PALLETE WITH SONGSTHAT R NOT 3 MINUTE POP RADIO HITS THEN U THE RADIO LISTENING PUBLIC HAVE NO PATIENCE 4 HIS TRUE MASTERY (AND THE MAJORITY OF U ALL HAVE SHORT MUSIC ATTENTION SPANS)AND A NARROW MINDED VIEW OF HIS MUSIC THAT U R ONLY FAMILIAR WITH THRU RADIO.BUT IN ALL HONESTY U ALL R BEING DEPRIVED IF U ONLY LISTEN 2 WHAT THEY PLAY ON THE RADIO.THIS MUSIC LEGEND HAS RECOREDED MUSIC FROM ALL DIFFERENT SCOPES AND ANGLES.HE IS A TRUE MASTER MUSICIAN THAT HAS DONE IT ALL BESIDES THE HITS THAT U R ONLY FAMILIAR WITH.STEVIE WONDER'S LEGENDARY MUSIC IS MORE THAN JUST HITS.DO YOUR RESEARCH-APPRECIATE AND ADMIRE HIS UNKNOWN ALTERNATIVE CLASSICS AS WELL AND STOP LETTING RADIO DICTATE 2 U ON WHAT U SHOULD BE LISTENING 2.IF U ALL DON'T WANNA LISTEN 2 THE ABOVE SONGS THAT STEVIE HAS WRITTEN 4 OTHER ARTISTS-THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.IF NOT,WELL THEN I DON'T CONSIDER U ALL 2 BE TRUE STEVIE WONDER FANS.AND SOME OF U ALL R NOTHING BUT FAKES.A TRUE STEVIE WONDER CONNOISSEUR IS ONE WHO APPRECIATES HIS COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF SONGS NOT JUST THE HITS,BUT ALSO HIS SELDOM HEARD BUT IGNORED ALTERNATIVE SOUL CLASSICS AND HIS MOST RECENT UNDERAPPRECIATED SONGS. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE FROM STEVIE.APPRECIATE HIS ALTERNATIVE SOUL AS WELL...)