Faces

by Earth Wind & Fire

Faces cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 1980
  • Label: ARC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:34
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Henry Roth, Brenton Banks, John Wittenberg, Albert Gill, Joseph Goodman, Frederick Seykora, Philip Bailey, Fred Wesley, Haim Shtrum, Art Maebe, Harry Hyams, Norman Carr, Steve Madaio, Ronald Folsom, Endre Granat, Jack Gootkin, Andrew Woolfolk, Marvin Limonick, David Foster, Larry Dunn, Alan Robinson, Janet Lakatos, Al McKay, Miguel Martinez, Vicky Sylvester, Larry Williams, Earl Madison, Jerome Reisler, Marilyn Baker, Allan Harshman, Rollice Dale, Renita Koven, Steve Lukather, Michael Harris, Gary Grant, Nolan Smith, Karen Jones, Buell Neidlinger, Reginald Hill, Ronald Cooper, Michael Nowak, Chuck Findley, Joy Lyle, William Henderson, Dorothy Ashby, Barbara Thomason, Shari Zippert, Marston Smith, Fred White, Barry Socher, Patricia Matthews, Jerry Hey, George Price, John Thomas Johnson, Gina Kronstadt, Isabelle Daskoff, Verdine White, Mary Lundquist, Ralph Johnson, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Jerry Peters, Wind, Harold Dicterow, Nina Deveritch, Bryana Sherman, Herschel Wise, Robert Dubow, Don Myrick, Oscar Brashear, Robert Jung, Bobby Bryant, Mark Cargill, Sidney Sharp, Vincent DeRosa, Gareth Nuttycombe, Sheldon Sanov, Maurice White, Johnny Graham, Jerome Webster, Marlo Henderson, Garry Glenn, Laury Woods, Dennis Karmazyn, Joseph Shoenbrun, Michael Markman, Nils Oliver, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Pavel Farkas, Irving Geller, Donald Palmer, William Kurasch, Jimbo Ross, David Schwartz, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Jeff Clayton, Glenn Dicterow, Ron Clark, Robert Lipsett, Sid Page, Arkady Shindelman, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Bernard Kundell, Leanna Sherman, Roland Kato, Mary Louise Zeyen, Henry Ferber, Paulinho da Costa, Marilyn Robinson, Ray Kelley, Larry Corbett, Ron Strauss, Bill Reichenbach

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earth Wind & Fire's 'Faces' is a double album that captures the group navigating the transition from 1970s disco-soul dominance into the new decade. The record blends polished funk, smooth soul, and orchestral arrangements with the band's established emphasis on optimism and ensemble precision.

Genres

Descriptors: party, rhythmic, melodic, funky, soulful, harmonies, groove-laden, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Let Me Talk (4:08)
  2. Turn It Into Something Good (3:53)
  3. Pride (4:02)
  4. You (5:09)
  5. Sparkle (3:51)
  6. Back On The Road (3:33)
  7. Song In My Heart (4:18)
  8. You Went Away (4:29)
  9. And Love Goes On (4:06)
  10. Sailaway (4:08)
  11. Take It To The Sky (4:21)
  12. Win Or Lose (3:55)
  13. Share Your Love (3:17)
  14. In Time (3:44)
  15. Faces (7:40)

Credits

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