Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
| Gratitude | ||||
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| Live album by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| Released |
November 11, 1975 May 9, 2000 (re-issue) | |||
| Genre | R&B, Funk, Soul, Jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 66:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert (Live shows) | |||
| Earth, Wind & Fire chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Gratitude | ||||
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Gratitude is a live album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire. It was released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and re-issued on May 9, 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, six nonconsecutive weeks at number one on the Soul/Black Albums chart and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[1][2] Gratitude was also the 2nd bestselling R&B album of 1976.[3] 3/4 of the album is live and the other 1/4 is recorded in the studio.
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Yahoo Music | (favorable)[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
| Warr.org | [7] |
| NME | (favorable)[8] |
| Billboard Magazine | (favorable)[9] |
The band was Grammy nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group or Chorus for the title track, Gratitude and "Can't Hide Love" was also Grammy nominated for Best Arrangement For Voices. Earth, Wind & Fire also won a Rock Music Award in the category of Best Soul Album for Gratitude.[10][11]
Track listing
Original release
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Introduction by MC Perry Jones" | Perry Jones | 0:21 |
| 2. | "Africano/Power" | Larry Dunn, Maurice White | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Yearnin' Learnin'" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Devotion" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White | 5:07 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 5. | "Sun Goddess" | Jon Lind, Maurice White | 7:41 |
| 6. | "Reasons" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 8:23 |
| 7. | "Sing a Message to You" | Maurice White | 1:19 |
| Side three | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 8. | "Shining Star" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn | 4:55 |
| 9. | "New World Symphony" | Maurice White, Verdine White | 9:28 |
| 10. | "Sunshine*" | Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Al McKay, Larry Dunn | 4:24 |
| Side four | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 11. | "Sing a Song*" | Al McKay, Maurice White | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Gratitude*" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Verdine White | 3:23 |
| 13. | "Celebrate*" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 3:06 |
| 14. | "Can't Hide Love*" | Skip Scarborough | 4:10 |
Note
- * indicates studio recording
1999 reissue
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction by MC Perry Jones" | Perry Jones | 0:21 |
| 2. | "Africano/Power" | Larry Dunn, Maurice White | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Yearnin' Learnin'" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Devotion" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White | 5:07 |
| 5. | "Sun Goddess" | Jon Lind, Maurice White | 7:41 |
| 6. | "Reasons" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 8:23 |
| 7. | "Sing a Message to You" | Maurice White | 1:19 |
| 8. | "Shining Star" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn | 4:55 |
| 9. | "New World Symphony" | Maurice White, Verdine White | 9:28 |
| 10. | "Musical Interlude #1" | 0:15 | |
| 11. | "Sunshine" | Maurice White, Phillip Bailey, Al McKay, Larry Dunn | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Sing a Song" | Al McKay, Maurice White | 3:23 |
| 13. | "Gratitude" | Phillip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Verdine White | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Celebrate" | Phillip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White | 3:06 |
| 15. | "Musical Interlude #2" | 0:27 | |
| 16. | "Can't Hide Love" | Skip Scarborough | 4:10 |
| 17. | "Live Bonus Medley: Serpentine Fire/Saturday Nite/Can't Hide Love/Reasons" | Philip Bailey, Sonny Burke, Al McKay, Skip Scarborough, Charles Stepney, Maurice White, Verdine White | 6:13 |
Personnel
- Johnny Graham - guitar
- Al McKay - guitar, percussion, vocals
- Verdine White - bass, percussion, vocals
- Don Myrick - saxophone
- Michael Harris - trumpet
- Louis Satterfield - trombone
- Larry Dunn - organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
- Andrew Woolfolk - percussion, saxophone
- Fred White - percussion, drums
- Ralph Johnson - percussion, drums
- Maurice White - drums, timbales, vocals, kalimba, producer, mixing, original recording producer, remix producer, original album producer
- Philip Bailey - percussion, conga, vocals
Production
- Joseph Wissert - producer, original recording producer, original album producer
- Charles Stepney - producer, original recording producer, original album producer
- Leo Sacks - producer, reissue producer, mixing
- Joy Gilbert - project director
- Richard Salvato - director, direction
- Art Macnow - direction
- Howard Fritzson - art direction
- Steve Hall - mastering
- Mark Wilder - mastering
- Paul Klingberg - mixing, remix producer
- George Massenburg - engineer, mixing
- Cameron Marcarelli - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Shusei Nagaoka - artwork
- Steve Newman - design
- David Redfern - photography, inlay photography
- Michael Cimicata - packaging manager
In popular culture
Sunshine has been sampled by Arrested Development on the track "Natural" featured on their 1992 album 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... and by Wyclef Jean on the song "To All the Girls" featured on his 1997 album The Carnival.[13]
Accolades
The information regarding accolades attributed to Gratitude is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net, www.rockhall.com and rocklistmusic.co.uk.[14][15][16]
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various writers | United States | Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings | 2005 | * |
| Rickey Vincent | United States | Five Star Albums from "FUNK: The MUSIC, the PEOPLE, and the RHYTHM | * | |
| National Association of Recording Merchandisers and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | United States | The Definitive 200 | 2007 | 141 |
| New Book of Rock Lists | United States | The 50 Best Number One Albums (1955–93) | 1994 | * |
| * denotes an unranked list | ||||
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Black Albums | 1 |
| Pop Albums | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Sun Goddess" | Black Singles | 20 |
| Disco Singles | 5 | ||
| Pop Singles | 44 | ||
| 1976 | "Can't Hide Love" | Black Singles | 11 |
| Pop Singles | 39 | ||
| "Sing a Song/Gratitude" | Club Play Singles | 1 | |
| "Sing a Song" | Black Singles | 1 | |
| Pop Singles | 5 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ earthwindandfire.com/bio_timeline
- ↑ RIAA Certification for Gratitude
- ↑ Billboard. com - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums of 1976
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Yahoo Music review
- ↑ RS Album Guide review
- ↑ Warr.org review
- ↑ NME review
- ↑ review
- ↑ earthwindandfire.com/bio_awards
- ↑ "Mccartney, Ronstadt top in annual rock awards". Montreal Gazette. 1976. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Sunshine by Earth, Wind & Fire". samplespot.com. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ↑ Acclaimed Music - Gratitude
- ↑ Definitive 200 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- ↑ New Book of Rock Lists rocklistmusic.co.uk
| Preceded by Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago |
Billboard 200 number-one album January 17 - February 6, 1976 |
Succeeded by Desire by Bob Dylan |
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