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Head to the Sky

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Recorded
  
1973

Head to the Sky (1973)
  
Open Our Eyes (1974)

Release date
  
May 1973

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
36:51

Artist
  
Earth, Wind & Fire

Producer
  
Joe Wissert

Genres
  
Funk, Rhythm and blues

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Released
  
May 1973 2001 (reissue)

Studio
  
Clover Recorders, Hollywood, California

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

Head to the Sky is the fourth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1973. Their second album on Columbia Records, Head to the Sky was EWF's first commercially successful album and it has been certified platinum in the United States for sales of over a million copies by the RIAA.

Contents

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Reception

Erykah Badu paid tribute to the album in the music video of her single "Honey". "Evil" was sampled by Amerie on the track "Can We Go" on her 2005 album Touch. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" was sampled by Jay-Z on the 1994 track "Reach The Top", and also by Kirk Franklin on the track "Keep Your Head" from his album Hero.

Personnel

  • Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
  • Philip Bailey – vocals, congas, percussion
  • Maurice White – vocals, drums, kalimba, leader
  • Jessica Cleaves – vocals
  • Johnny Graham – guitar, percussion
  • Al McKay – guitar, sitar, percussion
  • Larry Dunn – clarinet, piano, organ
  • Ralph Johnson – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Woolfolk – soprano saxophone, flute
  • Oscar Braschear – guest trumpet on Zanzibar
  • Arranged by Earth, Wind and Fire
  • Robert Appère – engineer, mixing
  • Lee Lawrence – cover design, photography

    • Songs

    1Evil5:00
    2Keep Your Head to the Sky5:11
    3Build Your Nest3:17

    References

    Head to the Sky Wikipedia
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