Earth, Wind & FireBest Earth, Wind & Fire Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
18
Opinions
28
Albums
8
Reviewers
Summary from 18 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Earth, Wind & Fire’s catalog across 28 albums from 18 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated Earth, Wind & Fire album is That's the Way of the World (1975) with a 8.5/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by All 'N All and Raise!. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1975 to 2005. September ranks as the highest-rated Earth, Wind & Fire song on Rate.fm with a 9.7/10 average.
Raise!
“With each new album, Earth, Wind and Fire remain relatively true to their original sound: elaborate, neatly orchestral funk, influenced equally by American and African sources. But the band also keeps its ear to the radio. Accordingly, Raise! reflects the current wave of street-gritty black pop, from Lakeside to Rick James. Most of the tracks […]”
Illumination
“Earth, Wind and Fire recorded some of the greatest funky jazz soul of the Seventies, but they lost their way as record-makers long after entering "Boogie Wonderland" in 1979. Their twenty-third album, Illumination, taps into Santana’s now-familiar Supernatural formula: Give a veteran great a hip replacement by surrounding it with lots of gifted youngbloods. On […]”
Heritage
“The Eighties were not especially kind to funky big bands. Rhythm machines replaced drummers, synthesizers subbed for horns, and rappers found that the easiest way to take it to the bridge was to sample James Brown. That could be one reason why Maurice White titled the first Earth, Wind and Fire album of the Nineties […]”