{"product_id":"earth-wind-fire-need-of-love","title":"Earth Wind \u0026 Fire NEED OF LOVE","description":"Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire: Wade Flemons, Sherry Scott (vocals); Don Whitehead (vocals, acoustic \u0026amp; electric pianos); Maurice White (vocals, kalimba, drums, percussion); Michael Beal (guitar, harmonica); Chet Washington (tenor saxophone); Alex Thomas (trombone); Verdine A. White (bass); Yackov Ben Israel (conga, percussion).\nAdditional personnel: Oscar Brashear (trumpet).\nProducer: Joe Wissert.\nReissue producer: Kevin Tong.\nDigital remastering by Lee Herschberg.\nThe ambitions of Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire only increased after their stellar debut, and the group brought an abstract sense of composition to their sophomore record, The Need of Love. The opener, a ten-minute piece named \"Energy,\" is proof enough, with several extended passages inspired by everything from free jazz as well as in-the-pocket funk like Kool \u0026amp; the Gang. The next song up, \"Beauty\" is also positive and intriguing, though in an overly similar groove as \"Fan the Fire\" from the first album. The closer, a cover of Donny Hathaway's gloriously funky \"Everything Is Everything,\" does justice to the original (and that's saying a lot). Compared to the debut, The Need of Love lacks a sense of exuberance as well as a passel of solid songs and performances. ~ John Bush\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 07\/22\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Wind \u0026 Fire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52746960765221,"sku":"W99I88-J4OL-53","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/8142\/3397\/files\/earth-wind-fire-need-of-love_ZzkFK.jpg?v=1783460359","url":"https:\/\/mediamall.com\/products\/earth-wind-fire-need-of-love","provider":"mediamall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}