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R&B
Release Date: 09/06/2005
Run Time: 38:23
Earth, Wind & Fire has delivered more than its share of excellent albums, but if a person could own only one
EWF release, the logical choice would be
That's the Way of the World, which was the band's best album as well as its best-selling.
Open Our Eyes had been a major hit and sold over half a million units, but it was
World that established
EWF as major-league, multi-platinum superstars. Fueled by gems ranging from the sweaty funk of
"Shining Star" and
"Yearnin' Learnin'" to the gorgeous
ballad "Reasons" and the unforgettable title song,
EWF's sixth album sold at least five million units. And some of the tracks that weren't major hits, such as the exuberant
"Happy Feelin'" and the
gospel-influenced
"See the Light," are equally powerful. There are no dull moments on
World, one of the strongest albums of the 1970s and
EWF's crowning achievement. [The 1999 CD reissue has five previously unreleased "sketches" from late 1974, including much briefer instrumental run-throughs of
"Shining Star" and
"That's the Way of the World," the first take alternate vocal of
"All About Love," an alternate of
"Happy Feelin'," and the
jazz-oriented jam
"Caribou Chaser" (the only one of the five not to be represented in a different version on the proper album).]
~Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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