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The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire is a compilation album of American R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire . It contains several songs recorded between 1973 and 1983, and all the tracks were digitally remastered. It was released on July 30, 2002 by Columbia/Legacy as a double-disc set, part of The Essential series. On September 27, 2005, it was re-released with a DVD . The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire has been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA .[4]
In 2014, the compilation was re-released with a different track listing.
Track listing
Disc One Title Writer(s) 1. "Mighty Mighty " Maurice White , Verdine White 3:02 2. "Evil " M. White 4:56 3. "Devotion " Philip Bailey , M. White4:49 4. "Keep Your Head to the Sky " M. White 5:09 5. "Kalimba Story" M. White, V. White 4:01 6. "Shining Star " Bailey, Larry Dunn , M. White 2:50 7. "That's the Way of the World " Charles Stepney , M. White, V. White5:45 8. "Yearnin' Learnin'" Bailey, Stepney, M. White 3:39 9. "All About Love" Dunn, M. White 5:30 10. "Reasons " Bailey, Stepney, M. White 4:58 11. "Sing a Song " Al McKay , M. White3:23 12. "Can't Hide Love " Skip Scarborough 4:09 13. "Getaway " Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor 3:45 14. "Saturday Nite " Bailey, McKay, M. White 4:02 15. "Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme)/Be Ever Wonderful" Dunn, Milton Nascimento , M. White 6:00 16. "Open Our Eyes" Leon Lumkins 5:03 17. "Got to Get You into My Life " John Lennon , Paul McCartney 4:03
Disc Two Title Writer(s) 1. "September " McKay, M. White, Allee Willis 3:35 2. "Serpentine Fire " Sonny Burke, M. White, V. White 3:50 3. "Fantasy " Eduardo DelBarrio, M. White, V. White 4:36 4. "I'll Write a Song for You" Bailey, Steve Beckmeier, McKay 5:22 5. "Drum Song" M. White 5:09 6. "In the Stone" M. White, David Foster, Willis 4:25 7. "Can't Let Go" Bill Myers, M. White, Willis 3:28 8. "After the Love Has Gone " Bill Champlin , David Foster , Jay Graydon 4:25 9. "Wait" Foster, M. White, Willis 3:39 10. "You and I" Foster, M. White, Willis 3:31 11. "Let Me Talk " Bailey, Dunn, Ralph Johnson, McKay, M. White, V. White 4:08 12. "And Love Goes On " Dunn, Foster, Brenda Russell , M. White, V. White 4:04 13. "You" Foster, Russell, M. White 5:30 14. "Let's Groove " Wayne Vaughn, M. White 5:32 15. "Fall In Love With Me " Wanda Vaughn, Wayne Vaughn, M. White 5:49 16. "Side by Side" Wayne Vaughn, M. White 5:31 17. "Boogie Wonderland " Jon Lind , Willis4:48
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2014 re-release
Disc One Title Writer(s) 1. "Mighty Mighty " Maurice White , Verdine White 3:03 2. "Devotion " Philip Bailey , M. White4:50 3. "Keep Your Head to the Sky " M. White 5:10 4. "Kalimba Story" M. White, V. White 4:02 5. "Shining Star " Bailey, Larry Dunn , M. White 2:50 6. "That's the Way of the World " Charles Stepney , M. White, V. White5:47 7. "Reasons " Bailey, Stepney, M. White 4:59 8. "Sing a Song " Al McKay , M. White3:24 9. "Can't Hide Love " Skip Scarborough 4:11 10. "Getaway " Peter Cor, Beloyd Taylor 3:45 11. "On Your Face" Bailey, Stepney, M. White 4:34 12. "Saturday Nite " Bailey, McKay, M. White 4:01 13. "Got to Get You into My Life " John Lennon , Paul McCartney 4:03 14. "September " McKay, M. White, Allee Willis 3:35 15. "Serpentine Fire " Sonny Burke, M. White, V. White 3:51 16. "Fantasy " Eduardo del Barrio, M. White, V. White 4:38 17. "I'll Write a Song for You" Bailey, Steve Beckmeier, McKay 5:24 18. "Drum Song" M. White 5:09
Disc Two Title Writer(s) 1. "Boogie Wonderland " Jon Lind , Willis4:49 2. "In the Stone" M. White, David Foster, Willis 4:25 3. "Can't Let Go" Billy Myers, M. White, Willis 3:29 4. "After the Love Has Gone " Bill Champlin , David Foster , Jay Graydon 4:39 5. "You and I" Foster, M. White, Willis 3:33 6. "Let Me Talk " Bailey, Dunn, Ralph Johnson, McKay, M. White, V. White 4:08 7. "And Love Goes On " Dunn, Foster, Brenda Russell , M. White, V. White 4:05 8. "You" Foster, Russell, M. White 5:31 9. "Let's Groove " Wayne Vaughn, M. White 5:39 10. "Fall In Love With Me " Wanda Vaughn, Wayne Vaughn, M. White 5:52 11. "Magnetic" Martin Page 4:22 12. "Dance Dance Dance" Taylor, M. White 3:13 13. "System of Survival" “Skylark” 5:00 14. "Sunday Morning (Radio Mix)" Sheldon Reynolds, M. White, Willis 4:12 15. "Pure Gold" Bobby Avila, Issiah Avila, Tony Tolbert , James Harris Ⅲ, Terry Lewis 4:41 16. "The Way You Move" Patrick Brown, Carlton Mahone, Antwan Patton 4:17 17. "My Promise" Siedah Garrett, Austin Jacobs, Darrin Simpson 3:22
Personnel
Maurice White – vocals , kalimba , timbales , drums , producer , compilation producer
Verdine White – vocals, bass , percussion
Philip Bailey – vocals, congas , percussion
Larry Dunn – piano , organ , synthesizer , programming
Ken Yerke – violin
Harris Goldman – violin
Rollice Dale – viola
Dennis Karmazyn – cello
Harry Schultz – cello
Fred Jackson, Jr. – saxophone
Herman Riley – saxophone
Jerome Richardson – saxophone
Tommy Johnson – tuba
Harvey Mason – percussion
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Beloyd Taylor – background vocals
Joe Wissert – producer
Charles Stepney – producer
Al McKay – producer
Leo Sacks – compilation producer[1]
Accolades
The following accolades attributed to The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire is adapted from Blender.com.[5]
Publication
Country
Accolade
Year
Rank
Blender
U.S.
500 CDs You Must Own: Rhythm & Blues
2003
Alphabetical order
References
Notable members
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