Spirit   (1976)

ITUNES REVIEW

Earth, Wind & Fire didn’t just record hits — the band created an entire cosmos of its own. Spirit (1976) offers a particularly seamless unity of medium and message, wrapping its inspirational content around some of the most sizzling grooves of its era. The dense yet supple arrangements of these tracks are filled with insistent horns, thrumming bass lines and rippling currents of percussion — tunes like “On Your Face” and “Saturday Nite” raise the art of funk to rarified heights. EW&F’s innate elegance...
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