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

Released May 19732001 (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.

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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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Reception

Personnel

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