Faces (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

Faces
File:Earth Wind & Fire - Faces.jpg
Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released	October 14, 1980
Recorded	September 1980, ARC Studios, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies Davlen Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA George Massenburg Studios, Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Filmways, Hollywood, CA
Genre	R&B, Pop
Length	60:34
Label	Columbia, ARC
Producer	Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
I Am (1979) Faces (1980) Raise! (1981)
Singles from Faces
"Let Me Talk" Released: September 5, 1980 "You" Released: November 14, 1980 "Back on the Road" / "Take It to the Sky" Released: 1980 "And Love Goes On" / "Win or Lose" Released: January 12, 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Warr.org
Los Angeles Times	(favourable)
Cashbox	(favourable)
Stereo Review	(favourable)

Faces is the tenth studio album, a double-album by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on October 14, 1980 on ARC/Columbia Records. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, number 10 on the Billboard R&B albums chart and number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.

Faces was certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.

Overview

Faces was partly recorded in the Caribbean island of Montserrat and produced by EWF leader Maurice White.

When asked in a 2007 interview which Earth, Wind & Fire album is his favorite, Maurice White replied "Probably Faces because we were really in tune". White also went on to proclaim that on the LP EWF were "playing together and it gave us the opportunity to explore new areas".

Singles

Off the album the track "Let Me Talk" reached No. 8 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart. The album cut "You" also got to Nos. 10 and 30 on the Billboard R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary charts, respectively. As well the track, "And Love Goes On" peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let Me Talk"	Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Maurice White, Verdine White	4:09
2.	"Turn It Into Something Good"	Valerie Carter, James Newton Howard, Maurice White	4:10
3.	"Pride"	Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Freddie White, Maurice White, Verdine White	4:11
4.	"You"	David Foster, Brenda Russell, Maurice White	5:10

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Sparkle"	Philip Bailey, Eduardo del Barrio, Maurice White	3:50
6.	"Back on the Road"	Al McKay, Maurice White	3:33
7.	"Song in My Heart"	Garry Glenn, Brenda Russell, Maurice White	4:17
8.	"You Went Away"	Philip Bailey, Ross Vannelli	4:24

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"And Love Goes On"	Larry Dunn, David Foster, Brenda Russell, Maurice White, Verdine White	4:05
10.	"Sailaway"	Philip Bailey, Eduardo del Barrio, Roxanne Seeman, Maurice White	4:37
11.	"Take It to the Sky"	Larry Dunn, Garry Glenn, Maurice White	3:50
12.	"Win or Lose"	Jean Hancock, Jerry Peters	3:53

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Share Your Love"	Garry Glenn, Maurice White	3:17
14.	"In Time"	Arlene Matza, Howard McCrary, Maurice White	4:13
15.	"Faces"	Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Maurice White, Verdine White	8:02

For the Columbia Masters box set in 2011 and subsequent reissues, the short interludes that follow "In Time" and "Faces" were indexed as their own tracks, titled "Oriental (interlude)" and "Pipe Organ (interlude)", respectively.

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Top Soul Albums	2
	Billboard 200	10

Year	Chart	Position
1980	United Kingdom	10
1980	Germany	46

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Let Me Talk"	Hot R&B Singles	8
		Club Play Singles	85
		Hot 100	44
		UK Singles	29
	"You"	Hot 100	48
		Hot R&B Singles	10
		Adult Contemporary	30
1981	"And Love Goes On"	Hot R&B Singles	15
		Club Play Singles	57
		Hot 100	59

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to Faces is adapted from SoulTracks.com.

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Soultracks	U.S.	The 75 Best Soul Albums of the 80s	2009	29