 In 1979, Wonder made use of the early music sampler Computer Music Melodian through his composition of the soundtrack album "Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"".It was also his first digital recording, and one of the earliest popular albums to use the technology, which Wonder used for all subsequent recordings.Wonder's 1970s albums are regarded as very influential; the "Rolling Stone Record Guide" (1983) wrote they "pioneered stylistic approaches that helped to determine the shape of pop music for the next decade".