Since Pure Disco was a success, Mercury decided to assemble a sequel, Pure Funk. Like its predecessor, Pure Funk is a terrific 20-track collection of funk classics, from Rick James"Super Freak" to Parliament's "Flashlight." A couple of songs are marginally funk -- it's hard to call the kitsch-fest "Kung Fu Fighting" or Earth, Wind & Fire's sultry ...
When it was originally released in 1978, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 was a succinct, ten-track collection of the group's best and biggest singles up to that point. There was one brand-new song, the excellent "September," which soon became a hit in its own right, plus the non-LP Beatles cover "Got to Get You Into My Life," which was ...
With That's the Way of the World having enjoyed multi-platinum success, Earth, Wind & Fire had a lot to live up to when the time came for another studio project. And the soul powerhouse didn't let anyone down (either commercially or creatively) on the outstanding Spirit, which boasted hits ranging from the optimistic "On Your Face" and the ...
After offering comprehensive overviews of funk with the multi-volume series In Yo' Face and Phat Trax, Rhino wisely distilled those two sets into one indispensable single disc, Millennium Party: Funk. Boasting 20 songs, all of which are indisputable classics, Millennium Party is the best single-disc sampler of '70s and early-'80s funk available. ...
With That's the Way of the World having made Earth, Wind & Fire one of the best-selling soul bands of the 1970s, Maurice White and co. had no problem filling large arenas. As dynamic as EWF was on-stage, it's a shame that there isn't more documentation of the band's live show. Only one live EWF album was released by a major label in America, the ...
The second collection covering hit singles from the '70s top funk and soul band, Earth, Wind & Fire. This anthology has recently been supplanted by a box set covering virtually all of their big Columbia singles and some early Warners material. If you enjoyed their disco and late '70s cuts more than the early tracks, this anthology is worth getting ...
Give them credit for sticking to their guns and delivering, as their return to Warner/Reprise, an EW&F album that sounds like something from the late '70s. The horns are in place, the songs are melodic, Philip Bailey is in good voice, and all of it seems irrelevant to the Black pop scene of 1993, which may be why (along with the band's failure to ...
The end was near for Earth, Wind And Fire. This wasn't quite the disaster it was made out to be at the time, but it was their least distinguished overall album since the early days on Warner Bros., with the exception of the disastrous Sgt. Pepper episode. "Let's Groove" was just a recycled mid-tempo tune from the mid-'70s, and everything else ...
A certain reverence needs to be paid toward a group that can manage to still produce interesting, soulful music well into a third decade. Earth, Wind & Fire has endured practically everything a music group can experience and still remain true to the very essence of what made it popular. However, those expecting a knockout traditional Earth, Wind & ...
Easy Rock gathers up 17 lite rock and easy listening pop classics from the 1970s by some of the biggest artists of the decade. One of the defining voices of the era, Michael McDonald, turns up no less than four times, singing background for Kenny Loggins on "This Is It" and Christopher Cross on "Ride Like the Wind," performing solo on "I Keep ...
Earth, Wind & Fire were nothing if not ambitious, and by the time of their third album they had forged an individual sound by absorbing nearly everything that had gone before them in the previous ten years. It was as if they were trying to encapsulate every eclectic foray pursued by Motown, from catchy, rhythmic pop to churning funk, and even from ...
Time-Life Music's Body and Soul: Love Serenade features two discs of soul hits: "Three Times a Lady" by the Commodores, "How 'Bout Us" by Champaign, "Betcha by Golly, Wow" by the Stylistics, "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott, "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye, "Love You Down" by Ready for the World, "Shower Me With Your Love" by Surface, "Cruisin' ...
Michael Jordan to the Max is the soundtrack to the documentary of the same name, a look at Jordan's background, career, and final championship shot in the IMAX format. As can be expected, there are a few jock-jam staples here, but there are also some specifically Jordan/Chicago-oriented anthems (e.g., Freddie King's take on "Sweet Home Chicago"), ...
By the late '90s Sony had begun to introduce budget sets that raided their vaults and often arbitrarily grouped songs together for mass consumption. Hits of the 80s, Vol. 1 and Forever Soul were two of the worst offenders. By 2001, the label decided to make better use of the CD time constraints by extending the running time of each disc. Make no ...
Greatest Hits Live captures Earth, Wind & Fire in concert in Tokyo during 1995, running through a number of the group's best-known songs and biggest hits. It's a fun performance for dedicated fans. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide
Earth, Wind & Fire's artistic and commercial winning streak continued with its ninth album, All 'N All, the diverse jewel that spawned major hits like "Serpentine Fire" and the dreamy "Fantasy." Whether the visionary soul men are tearing into the hardest of funk on "Jupiter" or the most sentimental of ballads on "I'll Write a Song for You" (which ...
Old School Love Songs, Volume 4 is an entertaining but haphazardly compiled selection of love songs from the late '70s and early '80s that makes for a good budget-line collection. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide
Columbia/Legacy's double-disc set The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire lives up to its title by offering 34 tracks of the groundbreaking funk band at its peak. All of the hits, whether they're R&B or tunes that crossed over to the pop charts, are here, along with important album tracks that capture the range and depth of EWF. Since this focuses on ...
So many of these compilation albums have been released that it's hard to distinguish one from another, or the merits of one over a similar collection. Every so often, however, an assembly like Old School, Vol. 2: Love Songs comes along and makes you realize how good an album of old hits by different artists can be. Covering a period between 1973 ...
In the early '00s, Earth, Wind & Fire's hardcore followers were given a few more reasons to smile when various labels put out some previously unreleased live recordings from the soul/funk innovators' '70s/early-'80s heyday. One was Legacy/Columbia's That's the Way of the World: Alive in '75; another was Live in Rio, which came out on EWF's own ...
WDAS FM Classic Soul Hits, Vol. 2 is the second volume of smooth soul and quiet storm hits that are favorites among listeners of Philadelphia's WDAS radio station. Among the featured songs on the collection are the Whispers' "Chocolate Girl," the O'Jays' "Let Me Make Love to You," Enchantment's "Silly Love Song," L.T.D.'s "We Both Deserve Each ...
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia ...
Time-Life Music's Sounds of the Seventies: Classic '70s features some of the decade's biggest hits: "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire, "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO, "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My ...
This 14-cut ballads collection from Legacy is culled from Earth, Wind & Fire's glory years with the label between 1973 and 1979. There are many classic cuts here; well, all of them actually, that rate in the slow burner hall of fame. Cuts like 1974's "Devotion," and "Keep Your Head to the Sky," from the 1973 album of the same name are here, along ...
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