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Elements of Love: Ballads
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Album: Elements of Love: Ballads
# Song Title   Time
1)    Open Our Eyes
2)    Keep Your Head to the Sky
3)    Devotion
4)    Love's Holiday
5)    Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) (Interlude) :: Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)
6)    Be Ever Wonderful
7)    All About Love (First Impressions)
8)    Can't Hide Love
9)    I'll Write a Song for You
10)    After the Love Has Gone
11)    Imagination
12)    Side by Side
13)    Spirit
14)    Reasons
 

Album: Elements of Love: Ballads
# Song Title   Time
1)    Open Our Eyes
2)    Keep Your Head to the Sky
3)    Devotion
4)    Love's Holiday
5)    Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) (Interlude) :: Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude)
6)    Be Ever Wonderful
7)    All About Love (First Impressions)
8)    Can't Hide Love
9)    I'll Write a Song for You
10)    After the Love Has Gone
11)    Imagination
12)    Side by Side
13)    Spirit
14)    Reasons
 
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  • Earth, Wind & Fire: Maurice White (vocals, timbales, kalimba); Philip Bailey (vocals, congas, percussion); Al McKay (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Johnny Graham (guitar, percussion); Roland Bautista (guitar); Andrew Woolfolk (flute, saxophone); Larry Dunn (piano, organ, synthesizer, programming); Verdine White (bass, percussion, background vocals); Fred White, Ralph Johnson (drums, percussion); Jessica Cleaves (background vocals).
  • Additional personnel includes: Charles Stepney, Tom Tom 84, Eumir Deodato (arranger); Steve Lukather, Marlo Henderson, Beloyd Taylor (guitar); Harris Goldman, Asa Drori (violin); Rollice Dale, David Campbell, Marilyn Baker (viola); Ronald Cooper (cello); Dorothy Jean Ashby (harp); The Phenix Horns (horns); Jerry Peters (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Zakir Hussein (tabla); Harvey Mason, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
  • Engineers include: Robert Appere, Mick Guzauski, George Massenburg.
  • Recorded between 1973 and 1983. Includes liner notes by Nelson George.
  • All tracks have been digitally remastered.
  • This is part of Legacy Records' Rhythm & Soul series.
  • Personnel: Al McKay (vocals, guitar, percussion); Maurice White (vocals, drums, kalimba, timbales); Philip Bailey (vocals, congas, percussion); Verdine White (vocals, percussion); Jessica Cleaves (vocals); Johnny Graham (guitar, percussion); Beloyd Taylor (guitar, background vocals); Roland Bautista , Steve Lukather, Marlo Henderson (guitar); Dorothy Ashby (harp); Assa Drori, Jack Gootkin, Jerome Reisler, Winterton Garvey, Harris Goldman, Anton Sen, Ken Yerke, Pamela Gates, Judith Talvi, Rosmen Torfeh, Joy Lyle, Leena Sherman, Winterton Carvey, Marci Dicterow, Joseph Goodman, Cynthia Kovacs, Henry Ferber, Gina Kronstadt, Jerome Webster, Sandy Seemore, Henry Roth, Cynthia Kavaks, Sherman Bryana, Joseph Livoti, Ilka Talvi, Pavel Farkas, William Henderson , Sheldon Sanov, Ronald Clark, Haim Shtrum (violin); David Campbell , Laurie Wiids, Paul Polivnick, Laury Woods, James Dunham , Barbara Thomason, Rollice Dale, Linn Subotnick, Linda Lipsett, James Ross , Marilyn Baker, Virginia Majewski, Denyse Buffum (viola); Jan Kelley, Dennis Karmazyn, Daniel Smith, Kevin Torefeh, Harry Shultz, Ronald Cooper, Delores M. Bing, Kevan Torfeh, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Miguel Martinez, Larry Corbett, John Walz, Marie Fera (cello); Andrew Woolfolk (flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion); Don Myrick, Fred Jackson, Jr. , Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson (saxophone); Michael Harris, Rahmlee Michael Davis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Chuck Findley, Elmer Brown, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Oscar Brashear, Steve Madaio, Bobby Bryant (trumpet); Arthur Maebe, David Duke , Richard Perissi, Marilyn Robinson, Barbara Korn, Sidney Muldrow (French horn); George Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Benjamin Powell, Charles Loper, Maurice Spears, Louis Satterfield, Lew McCreary, William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); The Phenix Horns (horns); Larry Dunn (piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, percussion); George Del Barrio, Eduardo del Barrio, Rick Kelly, Maxine Lewis, Jerry Peters, Skip Scarborough, Steve Porcaro, Azar Lawrence, Wayne Vaughn, Richard Kelly , Billy Myers, David Foster, Charles Stepney (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Fred White (drums, percussion); Azkir Hussain (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Zakir Hussain (tabla); Richard Lepore (timbales, timpani); Harvey Mason, Sr. , Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
  • Liner Note Author: Nelson George.
  • Recording information: Burbank Studios, Burbank, CA; Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO; Clover Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Complex Studios; Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA; Hollywood Sound Recorders, Inc., Hollywood, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Wally Heider Studio 3; Westlake Audio.
  • Director: Deodato.
  • Photographer: Bruce Talamon.
  • Unknown Contributor Roles: Adam Block ; Larry Dunn.
  • Arrangers: Deodato; Earth, Wind & Fire; Charles Stepney.
  • The softer side of Maurice White's creation, Earth, Wind & Fire, is displayed on Elements of Love: Ballads, a sparkling, 14-song compilation of ballads. Though EW&F's biggest hits were fast numbers, they had a gift for slow heart-tuggers. The leads are divided among Maurice White and Philip Bailey, with Bailey's being the cream. His forceful, shimmering, pause-stopping falsetto glows on "Devotion," "Reasons," and "Keep Your Head to the Sky." Their most successful ballad, chart-wise, "After the Love Is Gone," is poignant, majestic, and sounds years ahead of its time. White had a slick Chicago sound that was balanced by deep soul roots (he was raised in Memphis, TN), and "Can't Hide Love" is a good example of the unique combination. As usual, Latin beats and rhythms find their way onto EW&F's recordings, and "Ponta de Areia" and "Love's Holiday" are two sweet examples. ~ Andrew Hamilton
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