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Since the mid-1980s, Earth, Wind & Fire's output had been erratic and quite uneven.
One never knew whether the veteran soul/funk band would come out with something as impressive as Share the World or something as embarrassing as Heritage.
After many years with Columbia, EWF switched to Warner Bros.
-- ironically, a label that gave Maurice White and friends the boot back in 1972 -- with Millennium.
While Heritage found EWF bending over backwards to appeal to urban contemporary tastes, sounding unnatural and even silly in the process, Millennium is a more honest and organic recording.
Though hardly in a class with That's The Way Of The World or Spirit -- or for that matter, Share The World -- Millennium is a decent offering that finds the crew being true to itself.
Much of the material, especially "Sunday Morning," "Chicago (Chi-Town) Blues" and "Honor the Magic," is fairly memorable.
Unfortunately, the urban contemporary audience wasn't receptive to EWF's honesty.
As influential as EWF had been, and as often as it had been sampled in hip-hop, the group was treated like it was expendable.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Even If You WonderNicky Brown, Jeffrey Cohen, Jon Lind, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | Sunday MorningSheldon Reynolds, Maurice White, Allee Willis | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | Blood BrothersNicky Brown, Jon Lind, Brock Walsh, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 41 MB |
| 4 | Kalimba InterludeMaurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 00:29 | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| 5 | Spend the NightDawn Thomas | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | DivinePhilip Bailey, Ken Barken, Roxanne Seeman | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Two HeartsBurt Bacharach, Philip Bailey, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 8 | Honor the MagicFreddie Ravel, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | Love Is the Greatest StoryFaye Freenberg, David Lawrence, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 10 | The "L" WordNicky Brown, Jon Lind, Maurice White, Allee Willis | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 11 | Just Another Lonely NightLinda Stokes, Michael Stokes | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 12 | Super HeroIan Prince | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 13 | Wouldn't Change a Thing About YouPhilip Bailey, Frankie Blue | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 14 | Love Across the WirePhilip Bailey, Thom Bell, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 15 | Chicago (Chi-Town) BluesNicky Brown, Jon Lind, Brock Walsh, Maurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 16 | Kalimba BluesMaurice White | Earth, Wind & Fire | Play | 00:39 | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| 63 mins | 146 MB | |||||
| 63 mins | 461 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vachik Aghaniantz | Mixing |
| 2 | Gerald Albright | Guest Artist, Saxophone |
| 3 | Anas Allaf | Mixing Assistant |
| 4 | Burt Bacharach | Composer, Guest Artist, Keyboards |
| 5 | Philip Bailey | Composer, Group Member, Vocals |
| 6 | Ken Barken | Composer |
| 7 | Robert Becker | Viola |
| 8 | Thom Bell | Composer, Keyboards |
| 9 | Gary Bias | Saxophone |
| 10 | Ray Blair | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Frankie Blue | Composer, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 12 | Nicholas Brown | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 13 | Nick Brown | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 14 | Nicky Brown | Composer |
| 15 | Ray Brown | Trumpet |
| 16 | Kim Champagne | Art Direction |
| 17 | Ronald Clark | Violin |
| 18 | Jeffrey Cohen | Composer |
| 19 | Keith Cohen | Mixing |
| 20 | Keith "KC" Cohen | Mixing |
| 21 | Brad Cole | Synthesizer |
| 22 | Larry Corbett | Cello |
| 23 | Tim Cornwell | Percussion |
| 24 | Paulinho Da Costa | Guest Artist, Percussion |
| 25 | Tommy "D" Daugherty | Mixing Assistant |
| 26 | Guy DeFazio | Engineer |
| 27 | Bruce Dukov | Concert Master, Trombone, Violin |
| 28 | Earth, Wind & Fire | Primary Artist |
| 29 | Stephen Erdody | Cello |
| 30 | Henry Ferber | Violin |
| 31 | Mark Fergesen | Assistant Engineer |
| 32 | Faye Freenberg | Composer |
| 33 | Armen Garabedian | Violin |
| 34 | Berj Garabedian | Violin |
| 35 | Claude Gaudette | Keyboards |
| 36 | Jeff Graham | Mixing Assistant |
| 37 | Endre Granat | Violin |
| 38 | Gary Grant | Trumpet |
| 39 | Mick Guzauski | Mixing |
| 40 | Steve Hall | Mastering |
| 41 | Clayton Haslop | Violin |
| 42 | Jerry Hey | Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet |
| 43 | Dan Higgins | Saxophone, Trumpet |
| 44 | Ralph Johnson | Percussion |
| 45 | Ralph Boyd Johnson | Group Member, Percussion |
| 46 | Suzie Katayama | Cello |
| 47 | Roland Kato | Viola |
| 48 | Suzie Kattayama | Cello |
| 49 | Peter Kent | Violin |
| 50 | Judy Kirschner | Assistant Engineer |
| 51 | Paul Klingberg | Engineer |
| 52 | Keith Kresge | Assistant Engineer |
| 53 | David Lawrence | Composer, Keyboards |
| 54 | Dimitrie Leivici | Violin |
| 55 | Jon Lind | Composer |
| 56 | Art Macnow | Project Supervisor |
| 57 | Mike McKnight | Programming |
| 58 | Bill Meyers | Horn Arrangements, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer |
| 59 | Sid Page | Violin |
| 60 | Barbara Porter | Trombone, Violin |
| 61 | Prince | Guest Artist |
| 62 | Ian Prince | Composer |
| 63 | Freddie Ravel | Arranger, Composer, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 64 | William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. | Trombone |
| 65 | Terry Reiff | Assistant Engineer |
| 66 | Sheldon Reynolds | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 67 | Sheldon M. Reynolds | Group Member, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programming, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 68 | Rex Salas | Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Programming |
| 69 | Richard Salvato | Coordination |
| 70 | Roxanne Seeman | Composer |
| 71 | Haim Shtrum | Violin |
| 72 | Darnell Spencer | Bass, Drum Programming, Programming |
| 73 | Michael "Patches" Stewart | Trumpet |
| 74 | Linda Stokes | Composer |
| 75 | Michael Stokes | Composer |
| 76 | Jorge Strunz | Guitar |
| 77 | Teruhisa Tajima | Composer's Assistant |
| 78 | Dawn Thomas | Composer |
| 79 | Michael Thompson | Bass, Guitar |
| 80 | Tuscanini | Keyboards |
| 81 | Brock Walsh | Composer |
| 82 | Thomas Washington | Arranger |
| 83 | Lee Watters | Assistant Engineer |
| 84 | Maurice White | Composer, Group Member, Kalimba, Percussion, Producer, Vocals |
| 85 | Verdine White | Bass, Group Member, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 86 | Larry Williams | Saxophone |
| 87 | Allee Willis | Composer |
| 88 | Hershel Wise | Viola |
| 89 | Andrew Woolfolk | Group Member, Saxophone |
| 90 | Don Wyatt | Guitar, Keyboards |
| 91 | Tadanori Yokoo | Illustrations |
| 92 | Reiko Yoshida | Art Coordinator |
| 93 | Reggie C. Young | Trombone |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |