Last Days and Time

Last Days and Time

Album cover from a painting by Mati Klarwein
Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released November 1972
Recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California, April 1972
Genre R&B, funk
Length 39:54
Label Columbia
Producer Joe Wissert
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology

The Need of Love
(1971)		 Last Days and Time
(1972)		 Head to the Sky
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Warr.org [2]

Last Days and Time is the third studio album by American R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1972, their first on Columbia Records. It was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.

Reception

Mom was sampled by DJ Quik on the track speed featured on his 1999 album Rhythm-al-ism and by Three 6 Mafia on their track I'm So High on their 2000 album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1. DJ Quik also sampled 'Remember the Children' on his song 'America'z Most Complete Artist' from his album Way 2 Fonky They Don't See was sampled by Digable Planets on their track Swoon Units on their 1993 album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space).[3]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Time Is on Your Side"  Roland Bautista, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Verdine White 3:41
2. "Interlude"  Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White 0:23
3. "They Don't See"  M. Davis, Earth, Wind & Fire 3:31
4. "Interlude"  Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White 0:23
5. "Make It with You"  David Gates 3:26
6. "Power"  Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White 8:14
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
7. "Remember the Children"  Roland Bautista, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Verdine White 4:03
8. "Interlude"  Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White 0:52
9. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone"  Pete Seeger 4:52
10. "I'd Rather Have You"  Skip Scarborough 4:40
11. "Mom"  Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White, Verdine White 5:49

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Personnel

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Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1973 Black Albums 15
Pop Albums 87

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Singles – Billboard
Year Single Chart Position
1973 "Mom" Pop Singles 104

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Last Days and Time - Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Last Days and Time (1972)". warr.org. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  3. ↑ Earth, Wind & Fire music sampled by others