The basic recipe – finely chiselled Latin beat, meaty bass grooves and sizzling funky improvisations, spiced with the sound of exotic instruments – works perfectly. Furthermore, crowned with a beautifully airy falsetto and relaxed harmonious singing, the band created a big-band sound that the magazine Rolling Stone described as »innovative yet popular, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing«. Almost two decades later, and with more than three million albums sold in the USA alone, the editorial team voted the LP into their list of the ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’. And about time too! At last today’s ravers and rappers also get the opportunity to experience the great rhythms to which their daddies danced.
Maurice White (voc, perc, dr); Verdine White (voc, b, perc); Philip Bailey (voc, cga, perc); Larry Dunn (p, org, synth); Al McKay (g, perc); Ralph Johnson (dr, perc); Johnny Graham (g); Fred White (dr, perc); a.o.
Recording: 1975 at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado (USA), by Curt Wittig
Production: Maurice White
Side One
1. Shining Star
2. That’s The Way Of The World
3. Happy Feelin’
4. All About Love
Side Two
1. Yearnin’ Learnin’
2. Reasons
3. Africano
4. See The Light
