Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'N All (Gold)

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Release Date:: 10/05/1993
Label:: Sony Japan
UPC:: 4562109408300

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I agree!
, June 21, 2000
Reviewer: jpreyor - See all jpreyor's reviews

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This album could have been the soundtrack for the epic movie "The Ten Commandments". Powerful! Uplifting! The lead-off cut Serpentine Fire takes you directly to the islands, when a nice percussive bottom. Fantasy, I can't begin to describe it. Jupiter, as good as any P-Funk We-funk or any funk of its time! Love's Holiday, I'll Write a Song For You and Be Ever Wonderful. The best slow cuts out at that time. Including Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores ballads. Runnin and Magic Mind tight jazz funk and the interludes are even bad! ...

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Get This Album Immediately
, September 29, 1999
Reviewer: three_dc - See all three_dc's reviews

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This album absolutely has no flaws! It has a great mixture of pop, jazz, fusion, soul, and some gospel and truth. If you want the main highlight of this album, look no further than song #2 "Fantasy". This song is dynamic and driving, yet subtle; pop yet soulful, and best of all, Philip Bailey wraps his vocals all aroung it. Without a doubt, one of the top songs of all times by EWF.

Right off the bat, "Serpentine Fire" gets up blood flowing with a driving beat, while Maurice, the captain, takes it home with the vocals. Great interludes run about every three songs, giving diversity and the signature EWF stamp.

If you want great instrumentation and blaring horns, go directly to "Jupiter"; If you want some romance, go to "Love's Holiday"; If you want to hear some soul and truth, go to "Be Ever Wonderful" (every women should listen and heed those words). I promise you will not be disappointed with these songs.

"Runnin'" and "Magic Mind" aren't too shabby. Overall, this album is butter. Get it quickly! ...

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Earth, Wind Fire's artistic and commercial winning streak continued with its ninth album, All 'N All, the diverse jewel that gave us major hits like "Serpentine Fire" and the dreamy "Fantasy." Whether the visionary soul men are tearing into the hardest of funk on "Jupiter" or the most sentimental of ballads on "I'll Write a Song for You" (which boasts one of Philip Bailey's many soaring, five-star performances), All 'N All was a highly rewarding addition to EWF's catalogue. Because EWF had such a clean-cut image and fared so well among pop audiences, some may have forgotten just how sweaty its funk could be. But "Jupiter" -- like "Mighty, Mighty," "Shining Star," and "Getaway" -- underscores the fact that EWF delivered some of the most intense and gutsy funk of the 1970s. The 1999 CD reissue adds three bonus tracks: "Would You Mind" (a demo version of "Love's Holiday"), the "original Hollywood mix" of "Runnin'," and a live version of "Brazilian Rhyme," recorded live in 1980.

- Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

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