Earth, Wind & Fire – Faces
Label: |
CBS – CBS 88498 |
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Disco |
Tracklist
| A1 | Let Me Talk | 4:08 | |
| A2 | Turn It Into Something Good | 3:53 | |
| A3 | Pride | 4:02 | |
| A4 | You | 5:09 | |
| B1 | Sparkle | 3:51 | |
| B2 | Back On The Road | 3:33 | |
| B3 | Song In My Heart | 4:18 | |
| B4 | You Went Away | 4:29 | |
| C1 | And Love Goes On | 4:06 | |
| C2 | Sailaway | 4:08 | |
| C3 | Take It To The Sky | 4:21 | |
| C4 | Win Or Lose | 3:55 | |
| D1 | Share Your Love | 3:17 | |
| D2 | In Time | 3:44 | |
| D3 | Faces | 7:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Produced For – Kalimba Productions
- Record Company – ARC (3)
- Copyright © – CBS Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
- Made By – CBS Inc.
- Recorded By – CBS Inc.
- Licensed To – CBS Records
- Recorded At – George Massenburg Studios
- Recorded At – American Recording Co.
- Recorded At – Air Studios, Montserrat
- Recorded At – Davlen Sound Studios
- Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording
- Recorded At – Royce Hall
- Mixed At – George Massenburg Studios
- Mixed At – American Recording Co.
- Mixed At – Air Studios, Montserrat
- Mixed At – Davlen Sound Studios
- Mixed At – Filmways/Heider Recording
- Mixed At – Royce Hall
- Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
- Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
- Published By – Rocket Music
- Published By – Island Music Ltd.
- Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Credits
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Don Myrick
- Arco Bass – Buell Neidlinger
- Arranged By [Horn And String Arrangements] – Tom Tom 84 (tracks: B1, B2, B4, C3 to D1)
- Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Jerry Hey (tracks: A1 to A4, B3, C1, D2, D3)
- Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Jerry Peters (tracks: C4)
- Art Direction, Design – Roger Carpenter (2)
- Bass – Verdine White
- Bells [Orchestra] – Gary Coleman
- Cello – Ronald Cooper
- Concertmaster, Violin – Janice Gower
- Creative Director [Casting] – Kathy Knowles
- Drums, Percussion – Fred White
- French Horn – Vincent DeRosa
- Guitar – Marlo Henderson
- Guitar Banjo – Steve L. Lukather*
- Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby*
- Illustration [Photo-light] – Kenvin Lyman
- Keyboards – Garry Glenn
- Keyboards, Organ – Jerry Peters
- Lacquer Cut By – TY*
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Philip Bailey
- Management [Exclusive Representation] – Cavallo-Ruffalo Management
- Mastered By – Michael Reese*
- Percussion – Ralph Johnson
- Photography By [Inside Cover] – Bruce W. Talamon*
- Photography By [Outside Cover] – Jim Shea
- Piano, Synthesizer, Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Larry Dunn
- Producer – Maurice White
- Recorded By, Mixed By – George Massenburg
- Recorded By, Mixed By [ARC, West L.A.] – Robert Wolstein
- Recorded By, Mixed By [Air Studios, Monserrat, W.I.] – Steve Jackson (3)
- Recorded By, Mixed By [Davlen Sound Studios, North Hollywood] – Jeff Borgeson
- Recorded By, Mixed By [George Massenburg Studios] – Ron Pendragon
- Recorded By, Mixed By [Royce Hall - UCLA] – Ray Gonzales
- Recorded By, Mixed By [Wally Heider/Filmways, Hollywood] – Tchad Thompson
- Saxophone, Flute – Lawrence Williams (3)
- Stylist [Photographic Stylist] – Franzie Moore*
- Tenor Saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk
- Trombone – Louis Satterfield
- Trumpet – Steve Madaio
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Rahmlee Michael Davis
- Tuba – John Johnson (5)
- Typography – Jim Wood (5)
- Viola – Ronald Strauss*
- Violin – William Kurasch
- Vocals, Congas, Percussion – Philip Bailey
- Vocals, Drums, Kalimba – Maurice White
Notes
The cover has Catalogue # 88498. Same gatefold cover as the Netherlands release.
This variant has no poster insert. For the release with poster insert, see Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces.
Recorded thru September 1980
A1, A3 to D1. Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
A2. Rondor Music (London) Ltd. / Rocket Music
D2. Rondor Music (London) Ltd. / Island Music Ltd.
This variant has no poster insert. For the release with poster insert, see Earth, Wind & Fire - Faces.
Recorded thru September 1980
A1, A3 to D1. Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
A2. Rondor Music (London) Ltd. / Rocket Music
D2. Rondor Music (London) Ltd. / Island Music Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: MS/BIEM
- Label Code: LC 0149
- Price Code: CB 252
- Price Code (Encircled): 61
- Other (Catalog number, LP1): S CBS 84490
- Other (Catalog number, LP2): S CBS 84491
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S CBS 84490 A*
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S CBS 84490 B*
- Matrix / Runout (Label side C): S CBS 84491 A*
- Matrix / Runout (Label side D): S CBS 84491 B*
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): CBS-S-84490-A1 88498-A1 V 4
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): CBS-S-84490- B1 88498-B1 5 C TY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): CBS-S-84491-A1 88498-C1 V
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): CBS-S-84491-B1 88498-D1 B TY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): CBS-S-84490-A1 88498-A1 1 C C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): CBS-S-84490- B1 88498-B1 1 3 ⋀ TY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): CBS-S-84491-A1 88498-C1 ⋀
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): CBS-S-84491-B1 88498-D1 ⋀ TY
Other Versions (5 of 71)
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Faces (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | CBS | CBS 88498 | UK | 1980 | ||
| Faces (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | CBS | CBS 88498 | Europe | 1980 | |||
| Faces (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Embossed Cover) | Columbia | KC2 36795 | US | 1980 | |||
| Faces (2×LP, Album, Promo, Stereo) | Columbia | KC2 36795 | US | 1980 | |||
| Faces (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing) | Columbia | KC2 36795 | US | 1980 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I love this album. Full on E,W&F and exactly what you'd expect from a class funk act. The title track 'Faces' is my fave, a jazzy funky tune with so much going on and oozing energy. When I put this double album on I know I'm going to be treated to just over an hour of pure classic Earth, Wind & Fire. One of my favourite bands of all time. -
This album is a mouth full. In fact, the title should be 'Mouth Full Of Funk'. Puns aside, Its no surprise that Earth Wind and Fire just blow it out loud and lively. there's so much energy on this record. My problem is that...that's the problem. This is a 4 sided LP. Not one minute is there without a fast-paced, bass sliding song. It's too much. the few slower songs are also heaped together, not spaced out along the album tracklist. Albums before this one were 9 songs max and now we have a 15 fast pace songs to listen to in one album. Some of these songs are fantastic like "Turn it Into Something Good", "Back On the Road" and "In Time". They have that great Earth, Wind and Fire groove that a lot of other bands struggled to replicate. These are only some though. Once again, this album being so big, songs end up feeling like extra material that the band liked but didn't love. Songs that are slapped on the album to serve as content rather than something to dance to. Of course, the music is played great and every song musically, are equally as impressive. One key difference in this album is that the brass section takes a bigger center stage than past recordings. They deliver more parts and are way lower in the mix of the other instruments. This is an album which you should get...so long as you have the other albums first. Something like "I Am" or "All 'N All" are a much better start point.
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