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- Date Released: October 1, 1980
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B
- Label: Columbia
- Copyright: (P) 1980 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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They Say...
Although they were catching more flak from critics for an alleged obsession with socio-political commentary and quasi-mystical references, R&B audiences hadn't yet tired of Earth, Wind & Fire. While this album admittedly had less memorable material and was more dependent on what had become standard production and stock devices, it still landed plenty of hits on the charts...
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15 Total Tracks, 65:55 Total Length
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Credits
- Philip Bailey - Percussion // Philip Bailey - Conga // Philip Bailey - Vocals // Philip Bailey - Vocals (Background) // Ray Kelley - Cello // Earth, Wind & Fire - Main Performer // Maurice White - Drums // Maurice White - Vocals // Maurice White - Vocals (Background) // Maurice White - Kalimba // Maurice White - Producer // Maurice White - Liner Notes // Dorothy Ashby - Harp // James Newton Howard - Arranger // Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone // Bobby Bryant - Trumpet // David Foster - Arranger // David Foster - Keyboards // Marilyn Baker - Viola // Sid Page - Violin // Brenton Banks - Viola // George Bohannon - Trombone // Jeff Borgeson - Engineer // Jeff Borgeson - Mixing // Mari Botnick - Violin // Oscar Brashear - Trumpet // Erich Bulling - Arranger // Mark Cargill - Violin // Norman Carr - Violin // Ronald Clark - Violin // Jeff Clayton - Trombone // Gary Coleman - Bells // Gary Coleman - Orchestra Bells // Ronald Cooper - Cello // Larry Corbett - Cello // Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion // Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion // Rollice Dale - Viola // Isabelle Daskoff - Violin // Rahmlee Michael Davis - Trumpet // Rahmlee Michael Davis - Flugelhorn // Glen Dicterow - Violin // Harold Dicterow - Violin // Assa Drori - Violin // Assa Drori - Concert Master // Larry Dunn - Synthesizer // Larry Dunn - Piano // Larry Dunn - Keyboards // Larry Dunn - Programming // Pavel Farkas - Violin // Henry Ferber - Violin // Chuck Findley - Trumpet // Ronald Folsom - Violin // Frederick Seykora - Cello // Garry Glenn - Keyboards // Harris Goldman - Violin // Harris Goldman - Concert Master // Ray Gonzales - Engineer // Ray Gonzales - Mixing // Joseph Goodman - Violin // Jack Gootkin - Violin // Janice Gower - Violin // Janice Gower - Concert Master // Johnny Graham - Guitar // Endre Granat - Violin // Gary Grant - Trumpet // Michael Harris - Trumpet // Allan Harshman - Viola // Marlo Henderson - Guitar // Jerry Hey - Trumpet // Jerry Hey - Arranger // Reginald Hill - Violin // Harry Hyams - Viola // Steve Jackson - Engineer // Steve Jackson - Mixing // John Thomas Johnson - Tuba // John Johnson - Tuba // Ralph Johnson - Percussion // Ralph Johnson - Drums // Karen Jones - Violin // Robert Jung - Violin // Dennis Karmazyn - Cello // Roland Kato - Viola // Gina Kronstadt - Violin // Bernard Kundell - Violin // William Kurash - Violin // Janet Lakatos - Violin // Marvin Limonick - Violin // Robert Lipsett - Violin // Steve Lukather - Guitar // Jacqueline Lustgarten - Cello // Joy Lyle - Violin // Steve Madaio - Trumpet // Earl Madison - Cello // Arthur Maebe - Horn // Arthur Maebe - French Horn // Michael Markman - Violin // Miguel Martinez - Cello // George Massenburg - Engineer // George Massenburg - Mixing // Al McKay - Guitar // Al McKay - Percussion // Don Myrick - Saxophone // Don Myrick - Sax (Alto) // Don Myrick - Sax (Baritone) // Don Myrick - Sax (Tenor) // Buell Neidlinger - Bass // Michael Nowak - Violin // Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe - Viola // Nils Oliver - Cello // Don Palmer - Violin // Jerry Peters - Organ // Jerry Peters - Arranger // Jerry Peters - Keyboards // George Price - Horn // George Price - French Horn // Michael Reese - Mastering // Jerome Reisler - Violin // Alan Robinson - Horn // Alan Robinson - French Horn // Marilyn Robinson - Horn // Marilyn Robinson - French Horn // James Ross - Viola // Henry Roth - Violin // Sheldon Sanov - Violin // Louis Satterfield - Trombone // Josef Schoenbrun - Violin // David Schwartz - Viola // Sid Sharp - Violin // Jim Shea - Photography // Ernie Sheesley - Engineer // Ernie Sheesley - Mixing // Haim Shtrum - Violin // Marsden Smith - Cello // Nolan Andrew Smith - Trumpet // Ron Strauss - Viola // Vicki Sylvester - Violin // Barbara Thomason - Viola // Tom Tom 84 - Arranger // Fred Wesley - Trombone // Fred White - Percussion // Fred White - Drums // Verdine White - Bass // Verdine White - Vocals // Larry Williams - Flute // Larry Williams - Saxophone // Larry Williams - Wind // Hershel Wise - Viola // John Wittenberg - Violin // Jim Wood - Design // Andrew Woolfolk - Sax (Tenor) // Andrew Woolfolk - Wind // Shari Zippert - Violin // Shari Zippert - Viola // Vincent DeRosa - Horn // Vincent DeRosa - French Horn // Barry Socher - Violin // Jerome Webster - Violin // William Henderson - Violin // Renita Koven - Viola // Mary Debra Lundquist - Violin // Patricia M. Mathews - Viola // Sherman Bryana - Viola // Leena Sherman - Viola // Arkady Shindelman - Violin // Nina Deveritch - Cello // Bobby Dubow - Violin // Ken Fowler - Engineer // Ken Fowler - Mixing // Albert Gill - Cello // Irving Giller - Violin // Laury Woods - Viola // Louise Zeyen - Cello // Sidney Sharp - Violin // William Reichenbach - Trombone // Ron Pendragon - Engineer // Ron Pendragon - Mixing // Bruce Talamon - Photography // Bob Wolstein - Engineer // Bob Wolstein - Mixing // Fred Jackson, Jr. - Flute // Fred Jackson, Jr. - Saxophone // Kevin Lyman - Illustrations // Royce Hall - Engineer // Royce Hall - Mixing // George Morgan - Engineer // George Morgan - Mixing // Mike Nowack - Violin // Raymond Kelly - Cello
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