(via HollywoodReporter)

Singer Macy Gray has taken the plunge into uncharted territory: remaking an entire album, top to bottom.

Working with producer Hal Wilner, Gray re-recorded Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ 40 years after its original release. Everything from the songs “Superstition” to “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” to “I Believe” are all included.

 “We were talking about ideas for cover songs and [Wilner] goes, ‘You know what you should do is a whole album. Everyone remakes movies, but no one remakes albums,’” Gray tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I thought that was a wild idea so I was like, ‘Yes!’ I picked Talking Book ‘cause that’s one of my favorite records and I know it inside out.”

The fact that 2012 marks the album's 40th anniversary was just “the craziest coincidence,” she says.

Gray also admits being nervous about Stevie Wonder’s thoughts on her version of his album, admitting that was quite intimidating.

 “I was just really nervous [about] if he was going to like it or not,” she confesses. “I don’t know how he feels about it yet. I’m scared to ask him.”

The new ‘Talking Book’ release from Macy Gray became available yesterday.