Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) {2001 Columbia Legacy}

Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) {2001 Columbia Legacy}
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Genre: R&B, soul, Afrobeat, gospel

Open Our Eyes is the fifth album by Earth, Wind & Fire. Released in 1974, this was the album that was the beginning of where the group would go next, featuring their first certified hit song, "Mighty Mighty". The album also includes "Kalimba Story", "Devotion", and "Fair But So Uncool". The 2001 remaster for Columbia Legacy features a few unreleased songs not on the original album. The MP3 version has an additional interlude recorded for the album but not released until it was placed on The Eternal Dance box set.

Finally, after almost half a decade of serious dues-paying, Earth, Wind & Fire took off commercially with its fifth album, Open Our Eyes. EWF had been delivering great albums since 1971, but it wasn't until 1974 that the public proved genuinely receptive to Maurice White's mystical and unorthodox take on soul and funk. No longer would EWF enjoy only a small cult following. Thanks to treasures like "Kalimba Song," the gritty funk smoker "Mighty Mighty," and the unforgettable "Devotion," Open Our Eyes became EWF's first gold album and went to the top of the R&B charts. It's also interesting to note that with this album, singer Jessica Cleaves was gone, resulting in the first time EWF had an all-male lineup. The 2001 CD reissue adds four previously unreleased bonus tracks, one of them a "Walkin' in N'awlins" mix of "Fair But So Uncool," though the other three songs did not appear on the original album in an alternate form.

01. Mighty Mighty
02. Devotion
03. Fair But So Uncool
04. Feelin' Blue
05. Kalimba Story
06. Drum Song
07. Hey Girl (Interlude) (Bonus Track)
08. Tee Nine Chee Bit
09. Spasmodic Movements
10. Rabbit Seed
11. Caribou
12. Open Our Eyes

BONUS TRACKS (Previously Unreleased)
13. Ain't No Harm To Moan (Slave Song)
14. Fair But So Uncool (Walkin' In N'awlins Mix)
15. Step's Tune
15. Dreams
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Maurice White-vocals, drums, kalimba
Verdine White-vocals, bass, percussion
Philip Bailey-vocals, congas, percussion
Al McKay-vocals, guitar, percussion
Larry Dunn-piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
Ralph Johnson-drums, percussion
Andrew Woolfolk-soprano sax, flute
Johnny Graham-guitar, percussion

Produced by Joe Wissert & Maurice White
Associate producer: Charles Stepney
Arranged by Earth Wind & Fire and Charles Stepney

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Engineer & Remix: Bruce Botnick for Ears
Remixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders Inc., Hollywood, California
Original LP Disc Mastering: Mastering Lab, Arnie Acosta

Special thanks to Charles Stepney: Moog synthesizer
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Bonus tracks mixed by Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks & Maurice White during April 2000 at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California
Assisted by Cameron Marcarelli & Rick Jacobsohn
CD Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Tape research by Matthew Kelly & Stacey Boyle at Sony Music Studios, New York

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