Earth, Wind & Fire – That's The Way Of The World
Label: | Columbia – PC 33280 |
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Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen |
Style: | Soul, Funk, Soundtrack |
Tracklist
| A1 | Shining Star | 2:50 | |
| A2 | That's The Way Of The World | 5:45 | |
| A3 | Happy Feelin' | 3:16 | |
| A4 | All About Love | 5:30 | |
| B1 | Yearnin' Learnin' | 3:41 | |
| B2 | Reasons | 4:53 | |
| B3 | Africano | 5:10 | |
| B4 | See The Light | 5:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
- Recorded At – Caribou Ranch
- Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound
- Recorded At – The Burbank Studios
- Mixed At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Credits
- Arranged By – Charles Stepney, Earth, Wind & Fire
- Bass – Verdine White
- Co-producer – Charles Stepney
- Congas – Philip Bailey
- Drums – Fred White, Maurice White, Ralph Johnson
- Engineer – George Massenburg
- Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Andrew P. Woolfolk*
- Guitar – Al McKay, Johnny Graham
- Kalimba – Maurice White
- Percussion – Al McKay, Fred White, Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson, Verdine White
- Photography By – Norman Seeff
- Piano, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog] – Larry Dunn
- Producer – Maurice White
- Vocals – Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White
Notes
"T" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Cover Barcode): 0 7464-33280-1
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side A runout etched): T1 PAL 33280 1K
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side B runout etched): T1 PBL 33280 1F
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: Side B runout stamped): TML-S
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side A runout etched): T1 PAL 33280 1AD
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side B runout etched): T1 PAL 33280 1E
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side B runout stamped): TM11
Other Versions (5 of 118)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | That's The Way Of The World (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | CBS | CBS 80575 | Europe | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | That's The Way Of The World (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Columbia | PC 33280 | US | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | That's The Way Of The World (LP, Album) | CBS, CBS, CBS | CBS 80575, S 80575, PC 33280 | UK | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | That's The Way Of The World (LP, Album, Quadraphonic) | Columbia | PCQ 33280 | US | 1975 | ||
Recently Edited | That's The Way Of The World (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Quadraphonic) | Columbia | CAQ 33280 | US | 1975 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Great dynamics for a reissue of a very popular album. Seems like they took care at Terre Haute.
It must've been gratifying and daunting for Maurice White and company to undertake this soundtrack to a little-seen cult film of the same name, and score a mega-hit with it, carving their place as a fixture in the 70s pop mainstream. As this album and the band were exploding on the music scene, the film bombed at the box office. But on the flip side of the coin, Earth, Wind & Fire's hard-won crossover success with this album was hardly surprising. They'd come a long way from their beginnings as an underground fusion juggernaut that hailed from Chicago. By the mid-70s, the band stepped into their signature groove by pairing up with the late great Charles Stepney, a remarkable producer, and arranger that Maurice White worked closely with during his days as a session drummer at Chess Records. In more ways than one, That's the Way of the World picks up right where the all-encompassing vibe of its equally excellent predecessor, Open Our Eyes, left off. Only this time, White, Stepney, and company encircled their jazz improvisation, ethereal gospel, fiery funk, pop-soul balladeering, and World music (African rhythms and MPB) markings with broad accessibility that neither lessened nor undermined their exploratory, spiritual approach. Larry Dunn's mystical analog synth motif that is scattered across this album is actually based around the chords of "Celebrate" in reverse. And it's fucking brilliant, too. This may not be my favorite Earth, Wind & Fire album (that honor goes to their terribly undervalued masterpiece from 1980, Faces), but you can't deny its standing as a noteworthy landmark of 70s classic soul and funk. I'll even call it a first-stop manifesto into the world of EW&F (especially if you've ever wrongly labeled them as a disco act or stupidly sum them up with vapid greatest hits compilations). Also, this boasts one of the greatest album covers ever.- Edited 5 years agoa barcode on a record in 1975 ? Is that not the barcode from the reissue in 1979 ?
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