Faces

Faces /　Earth, Wind & Fire （1980）



A masterpiece of 2 record gang!
But a CD has a capacity larger than a record, so it's in 1 by a CD.
This album got at most 10th place of all-American album chart and Golden disc acquisition.
Maurice White's comment was introduced in the liner notes that

The name is different but same essentially, this is the time when a we approve that we're partaking under the sun.
We touch my company through that in a smile for the vibration which waxed to be gladdest at all places by the world.

This Maurice's message is flooding this album.



Volume as total of 15 songs of 2 set made it possible to gather great music of various approach in the theme of people.

I suppose they would like to play free from all cares to the sky because their former album was the composition which made the disco sound the center .
They didn't stick to the fashion at that time, I guess.
They seem to have recorded with the ability from except for members in more aggressively .

By the way "Faces" of an album title song...
This is to start with Japanese music of folk customs ,
But the rhythm isn't incongruous through the whole song, and it's novel and also cool!.
It's wonderful choice for Japanese.people

1. Let Me Talk
(M White , V White, L Dunn, A McKay, R Johnson, P Bailey)

2. Turn It into Something Good
(M White , J N Howard, V Carter)

3. Pride
(M White , V White, L Dunn, A McKay, P Bailey, F White)

4. You
(M White ,D Foster, B russell)

5. Sparkle
(M White , E Del Barrio, P Bailey)

6. Back on the Road
(M White ,A McKay)

7. Song in My Heart
(M White ,M Glen, B Russell)

8. You Went Away
(R Vanelli, P Bailey)

9. And Love Goes On
(M White ,V White,L Dunn, D Foster, B Russell)

10. Sailaway
(M White , E Del Barrio, P Bailey, R Seeman)

11. Take It to the Sky
(M White ,M Glen, L Dunn)

12. Win or Lose
(J Peters, J Hancock)

13. Share Your Love
(M White ,M Glen)

14. In Time
(M White ,A Matza, H McCray)

15. Faces
(M White , V White, L Dunn, P Bailey)


Produced by Maurice White

Vocals, Drums, Kalimba / Maurice White
Bass / Verdine White
Vocals, Congas, Percussion / Philip Bailey
Piano, Synthesizer / Larry Dunn
Guitar / Al McKay
Drums / Ralph Johnson
Guitar / Johhny Graham
Saxphones / Andrew Woolfolk
Drums, Percussion / Fred White

Horn Section
Saxphones/ Don Myrick
Trombone/ Louis Satterfield
Trumpet/ Ramlee Michael Davis

Horn & Strings Arrengements/ Tom Tom 84 (5,6,11,13,)
Horn Arrengements/ Jerry Hey(1,2,3,4,8,14)
Horn & Strings Arrengements/ Erich Bulling (8.10)
Strings Arrengements/ David Foster (1,4,7,9,14,15)
Strings Arrengements/ Jerry Peters (12)
Strings Arrengements/ James Newton Horword (2)

Persussion/ Paulinho da Costa
Keyboards/ David Foster
Guitar/ Marlo Henderson
Guitar/ Jerry Hey
Keyboards、Organ/ Jerry Peters
Keyboards/ Garry Glenn
Guitar/ Steve L Lulather
Trumpet/ Jerry Hey
Trumpet/ Oscar Brashear
Trumpet/ Bobby Bryant
Trumpet/ Chyck Findley
Trumpet/ Gary E Grant
Trumpet/ Michael Harris
Trumpet/ Steve Madaio
Trumpet/ Nolan Smith,Jr
Trombones/ George Bohanon
Trombones/ Jeff Claydon
Trombones/ William Reichenbach
Trombones/ Fred Wesley
Saxphones, Flutes/ Lawrence Wiiliams
Saxphones, Flutes/ Fred Jackson Jr
French Hons/ Vincent DeRosa
French Hons/ Arthur Maebe
French Hons/ Georege Prince
French Hons/ Alan Robinson
French Hons/ Marilyn Robinson
Tuba / John Johnson

Violins/ Janice Gower, Harris Goldman, Assa Drori, Endre Granat
Haim Shtrum, Joseph Goodman, Jerome Reisler, Reginald Hill
Micheal Markman, Irving Giller, Bernald Kundell, John Wittenburg,
Sid Page, Arkady Shindelman, Jerome Webster, Norman Carr
Glenn Dicterow, Sidney Sharp, Don Paimer, Wiiliam Henderson
Pavel Farks, Mark Cargill, Gina Kronstadt, Jack Gootkin, William Kurasch
Henry Roth, Mary Lundquist, Robert Jung, Marvin Limonick
Karen Jones, Bobby Dubow, Harold Dicterow, Henry Ferber, Joy Lyle
Micheal Nowack, Janet Lakatos, Joseph Schoenbrun, Ron Clark
Sheldon Sanow, Ronald folsom, Vicki Sylvester, Barry Socher
Shari Zippert, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Robert Lipsett, Isabelle Daskoff

Violas/ Rollice Dale, Marillyn Baker, Herschel Wise, Brenton Banks
James Ross, Laury Woods, Leanna Sherman, Bryana Sherman
Harry Hyams, Renita Koven, David Schwartz, Gareth Nuttyconbe
Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, Ronald Strauss,
Raland Kato, Patricia Mathews

Cellos/ Ranald Cooper, Larry Corbett, Albert Gill, Miguel Martinez
Earl Madison, Jacqueline Lustgarten., Martson Smith, Nina Deveritch
Raymond Kelly, Oliver Nils, Louise Zeyen, Dennis Karmazyn, Frederick Seykora

Harp/ Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
Orchestra Bells/ Garry Coleman
Arco Bass/ Buell Neidlinger



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