Year Of Release: April 10, 2001 (orig. release 1974)
Label: Colombia/Legacy
Genre: R&B, Soul
Quality: M4a
Bitrate: 192 Kbps
Total Size: 88 Mb
Website: www.earthwindandfire.com

Review:
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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. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Track
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1 Mighty Mighty
2 Devotion
3 Fair But So Uncool
4 Feelin' Blue
5 Kalimba Story
6 Drum Song
7 Tee Nine Chee Bit
8 Spasmodic Movements
9 Rabbit Seed
10 Caribou
11 Open Our Eyes
12 Ain't No Harm to Moan (Slave Song)
13 Fair But So Uncool (Walkin' in N'Awlins Mix)
14 Step's Tune
15 Dreams