1980 Earth Wind & Fire – Faces
Faces is the tenth studio album, a double-LP by R&B artists Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1980 on ARC/Columbia Records. The album reached number 2 and number 10 on the Billboard Black and Pop albums charts.
It has been certified gold in the US by the RIAA. In a 2007 interview when asked which EWF album is his favorite Earth, Wind & Fire leader Maurice White replied “Probably Faces because we were really in tune, playing together and it gave us the opportunity to explore new areas”.
The lead-off single was “Let Me Talk”. The songs “You”, and “Sparkle” followed as single releases. Unlike previous Earth, Wind and Fire albums, there was no U.S. tour in support of the album. This was also the last Earth Wind and Fire recording with guitarist Al McKay, who left the group the next year.
Tracks
1 Let Me Talk (Philip Bailey; Larry Dunn; Ralph Johnson; Al McKay; Maurice White; Verdine White) 04:06
2 Turn It Into Something Good (Valerie Carter; James Newton-Howard; Maurice White) 04:11
3 Pride (Philip Bailey; Larry Dunn; Al McKay; Fred White; Maurice White; Verdine White) 04:11
4 You (David Foster; Brenda Russell; Maurice White) 05:09
5 Sparkle (Philip Bailey; Eduardo Del Barrio; Maurice White) 03:48
6 Back On The Road (Al McKay; Maurice White) 03:32
7 Song In My Heart (Gary Glenn; Brenda Russell; Maurice White) 04:16
8 You Went Away (Philip Bailey; Ross Vannelli) 04:26
9 And Love Goes On (Larry Dunn; David Foster; Brenda Russell; Maurice White; Verdine White) 04:00
10 Sailaway (Philip Bailey; Eduardo Del Barrio; Roxanne Seeman; Maurice White) 04:37
11 Take It To The Sky (Larry Dunn; Garry Glenn; Maurice White) 03:48
12 Win Or Lose (Jean Hancock; Jerry Peters) 03:55
13 Share Your Love (Garry Glenn; Maurice White) 03:20
14 In Time (Arlene Matza; Howard McCrary; Maurice White) 04:15
15 Faces (Philip Bailey; Larry Dunn; Maurice White; Verdine White) 08:02
Biography
Musicians
Bass | Verdine White |
Drums | Maurice White |
Drums | Fred White |
Guitar | Al McKay |
Guitar | Johnny Graham |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
Keyboards | David Foster |
Keyboards | Jerry Peters |
Keyboards | Garry Glenn |
Organ | Jerry Peters |
Piano | Larry Dunn |
Synthesizer | Larry Dunn |
Programming | Larry Dunn |
Flugelhorn | Rahmlee Michael Davis |
Flute | Fred Jackson |
Flute | Larry Williams |
French Horn | Alan Robinson |
French Horn | Arthur Maebe |
French Horn | George Price |
French Horn | Marilyn Robinson |
French Horn | Vince DeRosa |
Sax | Fred Jackson |
Sax | Larry Williams |
Sax | Andrew Woolfolk |
Sax | Don Myrick |
Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
Trombone | Fred Wesley |
Trombone | George Bohanon |
Trombone | Jeff Clayton |
Trumpet | Rahmlee Michael Davis |
Trumpet | Bobby Bryant |
Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
Trumpet | Gary Grant |
Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
Trumpet | Michael Harris |
Trumpet | Nolan Smith |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
Tuba | John Thomas Johnson |
Bells | Gary Coleman |
Percussion | Philip Bailey |
Percussion | Ralph Johnson |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Percussion | Fred White |
Vocals | Philip Bailey |
Vocals | Maurice White |
Other Musicians
6 Back On The Road
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
8 You Went Away
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Strings
Cello – Albert Gill, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Karmazyn, Earl Madison, Frederick Seykora, Jacqueline Lustgarten, Larry Corbett, Marston Smith, Mary Louise Zeyen, Miguel Martinez,
Harp – Dorothy Ashby
Viola – Allan Harshman, Barbara Thomason, Brenton Banks, Bryana Sherman, David Schwartz, Gareth Nuttycombe, Harry Hyams, Herschel Wise, Jimbo Ross, Laury Woods, Leanna Sherman, Marilyn Baker, Patricia Matthews, Renita Koven, Roland Kato, Rollice Dale, Ron Strauss
Violin – Arkady Shindelman, Barry Socher, Bernard Kundell, Donald Palmer, Endre Granat, Gina Kronstadt, Glenn Dicterow, Haim Shtrum, Harold Dicterow, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Irving Giller, Isabelle Daskoff, Jack Gootkin, Janet Lakatos, Jerome Reisler, Jerome Webster, John Wittenberg, Joseph Goodman, Joseph Shoenbrun, Joy Lyle, Karen Jones, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Mark Cargill, Marvin Limonick, Mary Lundquist, Michael Markman, Mike Nowack, Norman Carr, Pavel Farkas, Reginald Hill, Robert Dubow, Robert Jung, Robert Lipsett, Ron Clark, Ronald Folsom, Shari Zippert, Sheldon Sanov, Sid Page, Sidney Sharp, Vicky Sylvester, William Henderson, William Kurasch
Liner Notes
Producer – Maurice White
Arranged By (Horn) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 1, 2. 3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 15)
Arranged By (Horn, Strings) – Tom Tom 84 (tracks: 5, 6, 11, 13)
Arranged By (Horn, Strings) – Erich Bulling (Tracks 8, 10)
Arranged By (Strings) – David Foster (Tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15)
Arranged By (Strings) – James Newton Howard (Tracks 2
Arranged By (Strings) – Jerry Peters (Track 12)
Engineer – Ernie Sheesley, Franklin Allen, Geoff Irons, George Morgan, Jeff Borgeson, John Silcott, Mark Touchy, Ray Gonzales, Reuben, Robert Wolstein, Ron Pendragon, Steve Jackson, Tchad Thompson, Wally Heider
Mastered By – Mike Reese
Mixed By – George Massenburg, Ken Fowler
Recorded By – George Massenburg
Art Direction, Design – Roger Carpenter
Illustration – Kenvin Lyman
Photography – C. Ness, Bruce Talamon, Jim Shea, Francie Moore
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mastered At Customatrix
Mixed At George Massenburg Studios
Mixed At American Recording Co
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
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