Last Days and Time

by Earth, Wind & Fire

Overview

Earth, Wind & Fire were nothing if not ambitious, and by the time of their third album they had forged an individual sound by absorbing nearly everything that had gone before them in the previous ten years. It was as if they were trying to encapsulate every eclectic foray pursued by Motown, from catchy, rhythmic pop to churning funk, and even from Stevie Wonder singing borrowed folk songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" (here, Philip Bailey did "Where Have All the Flowers Gone") to the schmaltzy, string-filled pop that spelled legitimacy to Motown. Not only that, they wanted to incorporate Sly & the Family Stone's horn-filled, gutbucket R&B and some of the fusion style of Weather Report. On Last Days and Time, they succeeded in pulling all that into their orbit, but they hadn't yet managed one crucial thing: they hadn't learned to write hits. That would come next. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886972381527
Rank:	44518

Tracks

1. Time Is on Your Side
2. Interlude
3. They Don't See
4. Interlude
5. Make It With You
6. Power
7. Remember the Children
8. Interlude
9. Where Have All the Flowers Gone
10. I'd Rather Have You
11. Mom

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Earth, Wind & Fire   Primary Artist
Larry Dunn   Organ,Piano,Clavinet,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Roland Bautista   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Jessica Cleaves   Vocals
Ronnie Laws   Wind,Flute,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Maurice White   Drums,Vocals,Kalimba
Philip Bailey   Congas,Vocals,Percussion
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Al McKay   Guitar,Percussion
Verdine White   Bass,Vocals,Percussion
Ralph Johnson   Drums,Percussion
Ralph Boyd Johnson   Drums,Percussion
Bobby Bryant   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Earth, Wind & Fire   Arranger,Composer
David Gates   Composer
Johnny Golden   Mastering
Joseph Wissert   Producer
Roland Bautista   Composer
Pete Seeger   Composer
Maurice White   Composer
Kent Nebergall   Engineer
Verdine White   Composer
Al Schmitt   Engineer,Remixing
M. Davis   Composer
Roland Charles   Photography
Mati Klarwein   Design
Skip Scarborough   Composer