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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.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc 1
- "Mighty Mighty" – 3:03
- "Evil" – 4:56
- "Devotion" – 4:49
- "Keep Your Head to the Sky" – 5:09
- "Kalimba Story" – 4:01
- "Shining Star" – 2:50
- "That's The Way" Of The World – 5:45
- "Yearnin' Learnin'" – 3:39
- "All About Love" – 5:30
- "Reasons" – 4:58
- "Sing A Song" – 3:23
- "Can't Hide Love" – 4:09
- "Getaway" – 3:45
- "Saturday Nite" – 4:02
- "Ponta De Areia / Be Ever Wonderful – 'Brazilian Rhyme'"– 6:00
- "Open Your Eyes" – 5:03
- "Got To Get You Into My Life" – 4:03
[edit] Disc 2
- "September" – 3:35
- "Serpentine Fire" – 3:50
- "Fantasy" – 4:36
- "I'll Write A Song For You" – 5:22
- "Drum Song" – 5:09
- "In The Stone" – 4:25
- "Can't Let Go" – 3:28
- "After The Love Has Gone" – 4:25
- "Wait" – 3:39
- "You and I" – 3:31
- "Let Me Talk" – 4:08
- "And Love Goes On" – 4:04
- "You" – 5:30
- "Let's Groove" – 5:32
- "Fall In Love With Me" – 5:49
- "Side By Side" – 5:31
- "Boogie Wonderland [with the Emotions]" – 4:48
[edit] Credits
- 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