Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude (1975) [Remastered - Japanese Edition 2004]

Posted By: Justin

Date: July 29, 2011

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American R&B and funk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. Gratitude is an double LP, 3/4th's of the album is live and the other 1/4th is recorded in the studio. The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and has been certified triple platinum. Gratitude was also the 2nd bestselling R&B album of 1976. The album was Grammy nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group or Chorus and "Can't Hide Love" was also Grammy nominated for Best Arrangement For Voices.

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 superb Gratitude. First a two-LP set and later reissued on CD, Gratitude brilliantly captures the excitement EWF generated on-stage at its creative peak. Neither hardcore EWF devotees nor more casual listeners should deprive themselves of the joys of the live versions of "Shining Star" and "Yearnin' Learnin'." Maurice White is magnificent throughout, and Philip Bailey truly soars on extended versions of "Reasons" (which boasts a memorable alto sax solo by guest Don Myrick) and "Devotion." The album also introduced some excellent new studio songs, including the haunting "Can't Hide Love" and the uplifting "Sing a Song." One could nitpick and wish for live versions of "Evil," "Keep Your Head to the Sky," and "Kalimba Song," but the bottom line is that Gratitude is one of EWF's finest accomplishments.

– Alex Henderson, allmusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Introduction By MC Perry Jones
02. Africano/Power
03. Yearnin' Learnin'
04. Devotion
05. Sun Goddess
06. Reasons
07. Sing A Message To You
08. Shining Star
09. New World Symphony
10. Interlude #1
11. Sunshine
12. Sing A Song
13. Gratitude
14. Celebrate
15. Interlude #2
16. Can't Hide Love
17. Live Medley: Serpentine Fire/Saturday Nite/Can't Hide Love/Reasons [Bonus Track]

Originally Produced by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert.
Produced for Reissue by Leo Sacks.

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