I Am (1979)

ITUNES REVIEW

Earth, Wind & Fire took its musical abilities and knowledge very seriously, which is why they had largely avoided the disco craze in the years leading up to 1979’s I Am. Longtime R&B musicians considered disco a watered-down pop fad, but ironically, what disco needed most was those very musicians. So, when EW&F finally caved in and discovered disco for themselves with I Am, the results were wondrous. “Boogie Wonderland” became a definitive disco song for the same reason that…
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