Earth Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire

Advantages: Some great 70's and 80's tracks
Disadvantages: May just be for disco (and similar style) fans

...I've been a very naughty girl recently spending obscene amounts of money treating myself, disgraceful aren't I! Ok, so when I say obscene amounts of money I actually mean the grand sum of £2.10 and when I talk about treating myself, well it was on a 2nd hand CD on Ebay, but who cares about the minor details eh! So what was the must have CD that tempted me to spend such a huge wad of cash? Well it was Earth, Wind & Fire Lets Groove, once again proving my musical taste is much older than my age. Earth, Wind & Fire are an American band formed in the very late 60's who released some classic 1970's Disco hits and some 80's classics with a bit more of a R&B edge. The band have seen many line up changes over the years and have released nearly 40 albums which include studio albums, live recordings and compilations, their singles tally is over... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of vaiety, great remixes and re-fixes
Disadvantages: Some bad tracks

.... Earth, Wind & Fire And The Product G&B) **Three Stars** Using funk/disco legends earth, Wind & Fire to back him up a song in that genre he gets well into the music. The Product Ghetto & Blues are also featured, they only llasted a while as a successful R&B group but this is one of the better tracks they appeared on. 14. Wish You Were Here **Four Stars** Without even saying thoses lyrics the beat alone has the feel of "Wish You Were Here", this is a nice feel-good anthem. It had to be included to lift the mood of the LP. 15. To All The Girls (Feat. Refugee Allstars) **Three Stars** This is a Hip Hop track by Clef which I liked a lot, I had not heard it previous to this album and forced me to nod my head to the beat. 16. Two Wrongs (Feat. Claudette Ortiz) **Three Stars** Using City High member Claudette Ortiz, "Two Wrongs" is a slow... Read review

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Advantages: A band trying to modernise their sound..
Disadvantages: but with the Earth, Wind & Fire brass section?

...In 1981 Genesis released "Abacab" to a largely confused and unsuspecting fan base. This was the album where the influence of Phil Collins upon the groups' work took great hold and their sound changed forever... Gone forever were songs about myths and magic. Gone were long instrumental passages. Gone was the concept album. Instead Genesis chose to re-invent their sound with the increased use of drum machines, studio effects and the brass section of Earth , Wind & Fire. And finally this was the first Genesis album to feature a group photo on its inside cover. The result? Was "Abacab" was in effect "Face Value 2" - a follow up to Collins' highly rated first solo album? Maybe not - but this was an album largely dominated by the "Collins sound". Not their best work by far; but an album that in retrospect probably needed to be made... Read review

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...This a double filled with 43 of the best disco tracks from the 70's and 80's. It's by far the best disco album that I've seen around - and was on sale when I bought it (which makes it even better). There are only about five or six tracks on the whole album that I don't really like that much. It includes classics such as: 'Boogie Nights' - Heatwave, 'I Will Survive' - Gloria Gaynor, 'Can You Feel The Force' - Real Thing, 'Instant Replay' - Dan Hartman, 'Contact' - Edwin Starr and 'Boogie Wonderland' - Earth, Wind and Fire An essential album for all disco lovers... Read review

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Advantages: Contains classic artists such as Odyssey, Brothers Johnson and Diana Ross
Disadvantages: Is a populist take on the disco era.

...This album is a broad yet typical retrospective of the commercial side of the disco era. Staples of the disco scene such as Chic and Earth, Wind & Fire feature here, yet in their most famous incarnations as opposed to the music that changed the face of the dance underground forever. There are rare stand out moments such as the highlighted Brothers Johnson classic 'Stomp' and Diana Ross's Chic penned athem 'Upside Down' however, overall this album is a good album for those that think of disco as a Car Wash style flares and afro 'Good Times' party. It's not for the connoisseurs of disco for whom any one of the Larry Levan or Joey Negro compilations would be better suited.... Read review

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