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Gratitude (Earth, Wind and Fire album)

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Length
  
66:22

Artist
  
Earth, Wind & Fire

Label
  
Columbia Records

Gratitude (1975)
  
Spirit (1976)

Release date
  
11 November 1975

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Released
  
November 11, 1975 May 9, 2000 (re-issue)

Genres
  
Funk, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Jazz-funk

Producers
  
Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert (Live shows)

Similar
  
Earth - Wind & Fire albums, Rhythm and blues albums

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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. Gratitude was also the 2nd bestselling R&B album of 1976. 3/4 of the album is live and the other 1/4 is recorded in the studio.

Contents

Critical reception

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.

Original release

Note

  • * indicates studio recording

    • 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

    • 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.

    Accolades

    The information regarding accolades attributed to Gratitude is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net, www.rockhall.com and rocklistmusic.co.uk.

    Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Africano / Power5:56
    2Yearnin' Learnin'4:16
    3Devotion4:53

    References

    Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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