that's the way of the world (earth, wind & fire)
This album is pretty easy. Pretty easy to listen to and easy to explain. It's a sublimely optimistic album- these guys are just having a good time in any situation. There's an equal mix of fast, brassy, funk songs, and slow, soulful, swellingly romantic ballads. Basically I found the slow songs good but a little dull; the more uptempo, funk songs were great.
It's all pretty good, but the tracks I really loved: "Shining Star," a classic, a great funky jam; "Yearnin' Learnin" is awesome- exciting, forceful brass, great voice, great pace. "Africano" follows an interesting musical evolution, starting with woodwinds, then tribal drums, swelling with brass and eventually exploding into a contemporary funk instrumental- with a nice Coltrane reference making a cameo. And "Help Them See the Light" makes for a really cool closer- it starts in a typically funky, cool place, but transforms on the choruses into this soaring, epiphanous chant.
Fun listening. Good record.
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