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EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: Maurice White - Drums, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Kalimba, Producer, Liner Notes, Verdine White - Bass,
Vocals, Philip Bailey - Percussion, Conga, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Larry Dunn - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Programming,
Ralph Johnson - Percussion, Drums, Al McKay - Guitar, Percussion, John Graham - Guitar, Andrew Woolfolk - Sax (Tenor),
Wind, Fred White - Percussion, Drums.
Additional credits near bottom of the page.
FACES (album)***: Produced by Maurice White:
EW&F's previous
album "I AM displayed more of a commercial sound, even employing songwriters whose abiities reflected that genre, leaving
some hardcore EW&F fans wondering if their favorite group had run the well dry and even casual listeners may have thought
of EW&F as just another ordinary group. EW&F responded by releasing a two-record set of brand-new material with group
members contributing more as writers.
Uptempo sophisticated funk, authoritative and anthemic R&B that builds upon
the momentum gathered from the first two cuts starts "Faces" off strongly. The slow jams are appealing and as musically ecletic
as ever, with shades of light-rock, hints of gospel and even waltz .
Moderate rock shows up in some of the uptempo material,
other uptempo cuts are Motownish with added brass. "Faces" even has enough room to include Latin influenced music.
Unfortunately,
the record buying public didn't care too much for "Faces" or it's multi-ethnic flair. Still each song stands out compared
to other music of its time.
Now more than 20 years later, "Faces" is finally beginning to receive the accolades it
richly deserved when it was released. The EW&F engine operated on all cylinders creatively when this album was recorded
and for anyone who hasn't listened to "Faces", do youself a favor. Buy it! it's worth it!
(Unfortunately, either shortly before or shortly after, longtime EW
&F guitarist Al McKay would leave the group).
CLICK ON TITLES
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Album: Faces: Released November 4th, 1980. #3 Billboard R&B charts. #10 Billboard National Album charts.
Singles: 1. Let Me Talk/ Let Me Talk (Instrumental): Released 1st week of September , 1980. # 8 Billboard R&B charts.
#44 Billboard Hot 100 Singles. 2. You/ Share Your Love: Released November, 1980. #10 Billboard R&B Charts. #48 Billboard
Hot 100 Singles. 3. And Love Goes On/ Win Or Lose: Released 3rd week of January, 1981. #15 Billboard R&B charts. #59 Billboard
Hot 100 singles.
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MUSICAL CREDITS: Ray Kelley - Cello Dorothy Ashby - Harp James Newton-Howard - Arranger Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone
Bobby Bryant - Trumpet David Foster - Arranger, Keyboards Marilyn Baker - Viola Sid Page - Violin Brenton Banks - Viola
George Bohannon - Trombone Jeff Borgeson - Engineer, 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, Orchestra
Bells Ronald Cooper - Cello Larry Corbett - Cello Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion Rollice Dale - Viola Isabelle Daskoff - Violin
Rahmlee Michael Davis - Trumpet, Flugelhorn Glen Dicterow - Violin Harold Dicterow - Violin Assa Drori - Violin, Concert
Master Pavel Farkas - Violin Henry Ferber - Violin Chuck Findley - Trumpet Ronald Folsom - Violin Frederick Seykora - Cello
Garry Glenn - Keyboards Harris Goldman - Violin, Concert Master Ray Gonzales - Engineer, Mixing Joseph Goodman - Violin
Jack Gootkin - Violin Janice Gower - Violin, Concert Master Endre Granat - Violin Gary Grant - Trumpet Michael Harris - Trumpet
Allan Harshman - Viola Marlo Henderson - Guitar Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Arranger Reginald Hill - Violin Harry Hyams - Viola
Steve Jackson - Engineer, Mixing John Thomas Johnson - Tuba John Johnson - Tuba Karen Jones - Violin Robert Jung - Violin
Dennis Karmazyn - Cello Roland Kato - Viola Gina Kronstadt - Violin Bernard Kundell - Violin William Kurasch - 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, French Horn Michael Markman - Violin
Miguel Martinez - Cello George Massenburg - Engineer, Mixing Don Myrick - Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax
(Tenor) Buell Neidlinger - Bass Michael Nowak - Violin Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe - Viola Nils Oliver - Cello
Don Palmer - Violin Jerry Peters - Organ, Arranger, Keyboards George Price - Horn, French Horn Michael Reese - Mastering
Jerome Reisler - Violin Alan Robinson - Horn, French Horn Marilyn Robinson - Horn, 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, 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 Larry Williams - Flute, Saxophone, Wind Herschel Wise - Viola John Wittenberg - Violin Jim
Wood - Design Shari Zippert - Violin, Viola Vincent DeRosa - Horn, 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, Mixing Albert Gill - Cello Irving Giller - Violin Gary E. Grant - Trumpet Laury Woods - Viola
Louise Zeyen - Cello Sidney Sharp - Violin William Reichenbach - Trombone Ron Pendragon - Engineer, Mixing Bruce Talamon - Photography
Bob Wolstein - Engineer, Mixing Fred Jackson, Jr. - Flute, Saxophone Kevin Lyman - Illustrations Royce Hall - Engineer,
Mixing George Morgan - Engineer, Mixing Mike Nowack - Violin
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