Electric Universe (album)

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Robert Christgau	B

Electric Universe is the thirteenth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released on Columbia Records in November 1983. It was produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and went to number 40 and number 8 on the Pop and R&B album charts.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Magnetic"	Martin Page	4:19
2.	"Touch"	Jon Lind, Martin Page	4:54
3.	"Moonwalk"	David Porter, Desmond O'Connor	4:08
4.	"Could It Be Right"	Allee Willis, David Foster, Maurice White	5:15

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Spirit Of A New World"	Brian Fairweather, David Foster, Martin Page, Maurice White	4:29
6.	"Sweet Sassy Lady"	Lisa Vaughn, Maurice White, Wanda Vaughn, Wayne Vaughn	4:08
7.	"We're Living In Our Own Time"	Allee Willis, Maurice White, Michel Colombier	5:18
8.	"Electricnation"	Brian Fairweather, Martin Page, Maurice White	4:30

2015 Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Magnetic" (Extended Dance Remix)	Martin Page	6:24
10.	"Magnetic" (Instrumental)	Martin Page	5:49
11.	"Magnetic" (7" Version)	Martin Page	3:52
12.	"Spirit Of A New World" (Demo Version)	Maurice White, Martin Page, David Foster, Brian Fairweather	4:35
13.	"El Solitario (We're Living In Our Own Time)" (Demo Version)	Maurice White, Michel Colombier, Allee Willis	5:14
14.	"Here's To Love" (Instrumental)	Maurice White	4:22
15.	"Club Foot"	Maurice White	3:59
16.	"Milky Way"	Maurice White	5:23

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Black Albums	8
	Pop Albums	40

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Magnetic"	Black Singles	10
		Club Play Singles	36
		Pop Singles	57
	"Touch"	Pop Singles	103

Personnel

• Assistant Engineers- Barbara Rooney & Murray Dvorkin
• Backing vocals - Beloyd Taylor, Pamela Hutchinson & Wanda Vaughn
• Bass - Verdine White
• Co-producer - Wayne Vaughn (tracks: A3, B2)
• Drums, percussion - Fred White
• Executive Representation - Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli Management
• Guitar - Roland Bautista
• Keyboards - David Foster, Michel Colombier & Wayne Vaughn
• Lead & backing vocals - Philip Bailey
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Mixed by George Massenburg
• Percussion - Ralph Johnson
• Piano - Larry Dunn
• Producer, lead & backing vocals, drums, kalimba - Maurice White
• Production Staff - Bruce Wildstein, Chip Croop, Fred Tucker, Geri White, Leonard Smith & Ron Ellison
• Recorded & Mixed by Mick Guzauski
• Saxophone - Andrew Woolfolk
• Simmons drums - John Gilston
• Synthesizers & synthesizer programming - Larry Dunn, Brian Fairweather, Robbie Buchanan & Martin Page
• Synthesizer arrangements - Jerry Hey