Earth Wind & Fire - I Am
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Artist: Earth Wind & FireEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- In The Stone
- Can't Let Go
- After The Love Has Gone
- Let Your Feelings Show
- Boogie Wonderland
- Star
- Wait
- Rock That!
- You And I
Free Music Notes for I Am
Free Music Review: More from the good old days!
Hit: 5 Stars
EWF laid out an abundance of great classic albums during the 70s, 80s and even into the 90s but this one here's my favourite of them all. It's probably because it's the first EWF album I ever bought. I remember seeing all the happy people on "Soul Train" dancing to "In The Stone" back in the day and falling immediately in love with their sound. I got the record shortly after and have been an EWF fan ever since. 1979 was a really good year for music.
As I suppose most folk know already, back then, EWF were the quintessential band, complete with vocalists, rhythm section and horns. I just adore the sound of Maurice White's voice. Philip Bailey's I can take or leave but I do admit the two voices complement each other incredibly well. The album had quite a number of hits: apart from "In The Stone", there's "After The Love Has Gone" - the full-length version with its fabulous sax solos in the middle and at the end - and "Boogie Wonderland", the song they did with their backing vocal trio The Emotions - who already had a very successful career in their own right, if only for a minute. (Their 1977 classic Rejoice containing evergreens like "Best Of My Love" and "Don't Ask My Neighbors" is simply unmissable, IMHO)
Produced by White, every song on this disc is a winner. They are excellently produced and arranged, and they exemplify how an album is supposed to be made - all the songs flow nicely into one another - but I do have my favourites: "In The Stone", "Can't Let Go", "After The Love Is Gone", the instrumental "Rock That!" and "You And I". This is a great album to sing along to and it always cheers me up whenever I'm feeling down.
This is also the first of my EWF albums to go to compact disc and it was a real struggle - I've treasured my foldout vinyl copy for almost three decades now - but I needed to be able to play it in my car and sadly, the vinyl just had to go.
I understand there's an updated version of this CD available now, with new tracks but this is one occasion where I'm playing purist. I'm more than happy to stick with things the way they were intended to be.
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