Album Details
Title: The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Volume 1 Artist: Earth, Wind & Fire Release Date: 11/1978 Re-Released On: 12/15/2007 Label: Sony Music Distribution, Columbia, Legacy Recordings Duration: 40:14 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 074643564724, 074646573525, 4562109405033, 5099703253627, 5099747750823, 074643564786 Genre: Rhythm & Blues Styles: Soul, Funk, Disco, Urban, Quiet Storm, Smooth Soul Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Sensual, Theatrical, Confident, Party/Celebratory, Sophisticated, Stylish, Cheerful, Energetic, Exuberant, Joyous, Laid-Back/Mellow, Passionate, Playful, Romantic, Sexual, Sexy, Fun Total Copies: 19 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Track Listings
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Got to Get You into My Life
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Fantasy
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Can't Hide Love
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Love Music
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Getaway
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That's the Way of the World
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September
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Shining Star
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Reasons
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Sing a Song
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Megamix 2000 [*]
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Megamix [Radio Edit][*]
Additional Releases
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | | 2007 | CD | Sony Music Distribution | 169 | | 1999 | CD | Legacy Recordings | 65735 | | 1993 | CD | Sony Music Distribution | 4775082 | | 1992 | CD | Columbia | 35647 | | 1990 | CD | Sony Music Distribution | 32536 | | 1990 | CD | Columbia | CK-35647 |
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Album Review
When it was originally released in 1978, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 was a succinct, ten-track collection of the group's best and biggest singles up to that point. There was one brand-new song, the excellent "September," which soon became a hit in its own right, plus the non-LP Beatles cover "Got to Get You Into My Life," which was recorded for the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film, makes its first appearance on an EWF album here. EWF's commercial prime hadn't yet ended when this collection appeared; thus, it's missing several crucial latter-day hits, including the slinky funk of "Serpentine Fire," the ballad "After the Love Has Gone," and the disco smashes "Let's Groove" and "Boogie Wonderland." But even if it's an incomplete hits collection, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 still ranks as a strong encapsulation of EWF the funk innovators. The singles gathered here constitute some of the richest, most sophisticated music the funk movement ever produced; when the absolute cream of the group's catalog is heard in such a concentrated fashion, the effect is dazzling. That's why The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 was remastered and reissued along with the rest of EWF's catalog, even though it's been supplanted by more extensive single-disc (Greatest Hits), double-disc (The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire), and triple-disc (The Eternal Dance) anthologies. 1998's Greatest Hits now stands as the definitive single-disc EWF overview, but for the budget-minded and the disco-phobic, this still makes for an excellent listen. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Credits
| Name | Credits | | Al McKay | Producer | | Alan Hewitt | Keyboards, Producer, Mixing, Engineer, Programming | | Art Macnow | Director | | Cameron Marcarelli | Assistant Engineer | | Charles Stepney | Arranger, Producer | | Chris Walter | Photography | | David Gahr | Photography | | Earth, Wind & Fire | Arranger | | George Calle | Mixing, Producer, Engineer | | Howard Fritzson | Art Direction | | Jay Graydon | Songwriter | | Jim Shea | Photography | | Joseph M. Palmaccio | Mastering | | Joseph Wissert | Producer | | Larry Dunn | Production Assistant | | Leo Sacks | Liner Notes, Producer, Reissue Producer | | Mark Wilder | Mastering | | Maurice White | Drums, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Engineer, Mixing | | Mauro DeSantis | Mixing, Engineer, Producer | | Paul Klingberg | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | Philip Bailey | Liner Notes | | Richard Salvato | Director | | Shusei Nagaoka | Artwork | | Steve Newman | Design | | Tom Tom 84 | Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements | | Verdine White | Production Assistant, Liner Notes |
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