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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:26 | 286,02 Mb
Label: CBS/Sony Group Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# 25DP 5122 | Released: 1988-06-01 (1979-06-09)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:26 | 286,02 Mb
Label: CBS/Sony Group Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# 25DP 5122 | Released: 1988-06-01 (1979-06-09)
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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
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"I Am" is the 9th studio album by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released on June 1979 on ARC/Columbia Records. The LP rose to #1 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 chart. "I Am" has been certified Double Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA, Platinum in the UK by the BPI and Platinum in Canada by Music Canada. "I Am" was produced by Maurice White. Artists such as The Emotions and Toto's Steve Lukather also made guest appearances on the album. The song, "After the Love Has Gone", reached #2 on both theBillboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Songs charts. After The Love Has Gone also reached #3 on both the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs and UK Pop Singles charts. The ballad was Grammy nominated in the category of Record of the Year. After the Love Has Gone also won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Another single, "Boogie Wonderland" featuring The Emotions, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Boogie Wonderland was also Grammy nominated in the categories of Best Disco Recording and Best R&B Instrumental Performance.
~Wikipedia~
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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
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Disco was at the height of its popularity in 1979, when Earth, Wind & Fire responded with its most disco-influenced single ever, the glossy and infectious "Boogie Wonderland." Up to that point, EWF had pretty much ignored disco, and when the band finally acknowledged the style, the soulsters weren't about to inundate listeners with it. "Boogie Wonderland" (which features the Emotions, a female group for whom Maurice White had been producing major hits) isn't representative of I Am on the whole. From the hit ballad "After the Love Has Gone" to the exuberant "Let My Feelings Flow," I Am isn't a radical departure from its predecessor, All 'n All. Though not in a class with That's the Way of the World, Spirit, or All 'n All, I Am is a rewarding album that has a lot going for it.
~Review by Alex Henderson
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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am (1979) [1988, Japan]
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Release of the album: 1979, June, 9 [LP Columbia, Cat.# FC 35730, USA]
Release of this CD: 1988 [CD CBS/Sony Inc. (Japan), Cat.# 25DP 5122 / EAN: 4988009607559]
℗&©1979 CBS, Inc.
Manufactured by CBS/Sony Group Inc. (Tokyo Japan).
Made in Japan
Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Don Myrick
Bass – Verdine White
Cello – Daniel Smith, Delores Bing, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Jan Kelley, John Walz, Kevan Torfeh, Larry Corbett, Miguel Martinez
Concertmaster – Janice Gower
Design – Roger Carpenter
Drums – Fred White
Engineer – Tom Perry
Engineer [Assistant] – Craig Widby, Ross Pallone
Engineer, Mixed By – George Massenburg
French Horn – Barbara Korn, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow
Guitar – Al McKay, Johnny Graham, Marlo Henderson, Steven Lukather
Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
Illustration – Shusei Nagaoka
Keyboards – Billy Myers, David Foster, Eddie Del Barrio
Management [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
Mastered By – Michael Reese
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa, Ralph Johnson
Piano, Synthesizer [Oberheim, Moog] – Larry Dunn
Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Steven Porcaro
Reissue Producer – Leo Sacks
Saxophone – Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson
Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
Timpani – Richard Lepore
Trombone – Benjamin Powell, William Reichenbach, Garnett Brown, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears
Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Jerry Hey, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Steve Madaio
Viola – James Ross, Laurie Woods, Linda Lipsett, Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski
Violin – Anton Sen, Sherman Bryana, Carl LaMagna, Cynthia Kovaks, Gina Kronstadt, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Ilkka Talvi, Jack Gootkin, Jerome Reisler, Jerome Webster, Joseph Goodman, Joseph Livoti, Judith Talvi, Leeana Sherman, Marcy Dicterow, Pamela Gates, Pavel Farkas, Ronald Clarck, Rosmen Torfeh, Sheldon Sanov, William Henderson
Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Philip Bailey
Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
Tracklist:
01. In the Stone (04:49)
02. Can't Let Go (03:29)
03. After the Love Has Gone (04:31)
04. Let Your Feelings Show (05:23)
05. Boogie Wonderland (04:50)
06. Star (04:26)
07. Wait (03:40)
08. Rock That! (03:08)
09. You and I (03:10)
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Earth, Wind & Fire / I Am
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Thanks to pazanenok
See also:
Spirit (1976) [2014, Remastered & Expanded Edition]
In The Name Of Love (1997)
Beautiful Ballads (2006)
The Columbia Masters [16CD Box Set] (2011)