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    The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (CD/DVD)

    09/27/2005 | Sony 

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    All Music Guide Review

    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 their peak of the '70s and early '80s, there's very little here that doesn't qualify as "essential," which makes it a better bet than their box set. The single-disc Greatest Hits remains the choice for the casual and the curious listener due to its concise concentration of classics, but anybody who wants a thorough retrospective should choose this. [Columbia/Legacy released a limited-edition collector's set in 2005. It adds a DVD with 17 video clips, a few of them of live performances. The vintage varies, yet they all are fairly old-school and will no doubt seem campy to modern-day viewers. Still, it's nice to have them available, given their rarity and campiness. Some of the mid-'80s videos are for songs not compiled on the CDs, which is another bonus.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Mighty Mighty
  • 3:02

  • 2
  • Evil
  • 4:56

  • 3
  • Devotion
  • 4:49

  • 4
  • Keep Your Head to the Sky
  • 5:09

  • 5
  • Kalimba Story
  • 4:01

  • 6
  • Shining Star
  • 2:50

  • 7
  • That's the Way of the World
  • 5:45

  • 8
  • Yearnin' Learnin'
  • 3:39

  • 9
  • All About Love
  • 5:30

  • 10
  • Reasons
  • 4:58

  • 11
  • Sing a Song
  • 3:23

  • 12
  • Can't Hide Love
  • 4:09

  • 13
  • Getaway
  • 3:45

  • 14
  • Saturday Nite
  • 4:02

  • 15
  • Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme)/Be Ever Wonderful
  • 6:00

  • 16
  • Open Our Eyes
  • 5:03

  • 17
  • Got to Get You into My Life
  • 4:03

  • 18 (2)
  • September
  • 3:35

  • 19 (2)
  • Serpentine Fire
  • 3:50

  • 20 (2)
  • Fantasy
  • 4:36

  • 21 (2)
  • I'll Write a Song for You
  • 5:22

  • 22 (2)
  • Drum Song
  • 5:09

  • 23 (2)
  • In the Stone
  • 4:25

  • 24 (2)
  • Can't Let Go
  • 3:28

  • 25 (2)
  • After the Love Has Gone
  • 4:25

  • 26 (2)
  • Wait
  • 3:39

  • 27 (2)
  • You and I
  • 3:31

  • 28 (2)
  • Let Me Talk
  • 4:08

  • 29 (2)
  • And Love Goes On
  • 4:04

  • 30 (2)
  • You
  • 5:30

  • 31 (2)
  • Let's Groove
  • 5:32

  • 32 (2)
  • Fall in Love with Me
  • 5:49

  • 33 (2)
  • Side by Side
  • 5:31

  • 34 (2)
  • Boogie Wonderland
  • 4:48

  • 35 (3)
  • Serpentine Fire (DVD)
  • 36 (3)
  • Boogie Wonderland (DVD)
  • 37 (3)
  • September (DVD)
  • 38 (3)
  • Let Me Talk (DVD)
  • 39 (3)
  • Let's Groove (DVD)
  • 40 (3)
  • Magnetic (DVD)
  • 41 (3)
  • Fall in Love with Me (DVD)
  • 42 (3)
  • System of Survival (DVD)
  • 43 (3)
  • Thinking of You (DVD)
  • 44 (3)
  • Evil Roy (DVD)
  • 45 (3)
  • Heritage (DVD)
  • 46 (3)
  • September '99 (DVD)(Mix)
  • 47 (3)
  • Fantasy (DVD)(Live)
  • 48 (3)
  • Reasons (DVD)(Live)
  • 49 (3)
  • Sing a Song (DVD)(Live)
  • 50 (3)
  • I've Had Enough (DVD)(Live)
  • 51 (3)
  • After the Love Has Gone (DVD)(Live)

  • Credits

    • Al McKay
    • Guitar, Percussion, Group Member, Producer, Vocals
    • Charles Stepney
    • Synthesizer, Associate Producer, Producer, Keyboards, Arranger, Piano
    • Tom Tom 84
    • Arranger, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
    • Verdine White
    • Bass, Percussion, Group Member, Production Assistant, Vocals
    • Andrew Woolfolk
    • Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Percussion, Group Member
    • Leo Sacks
    • Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer
    • Ben Wright
    • Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
    • David Foster
    • Synthesizer, Piano, String Arrangements, Keyboards
    • Eumir Deodato
    • Arranger, Conductor, String Arrangements, Horn Arrangements
    • Larry Dunn
    • Organ, Group Member, Synthesizer Programming, Production Assistant, Piano, Synthesizer
    • Maurice White
    • Drums, Producer, Compilation Producer, Group Member, Reissue Producer, Kalimba, Timbales, Vocals

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