Thursday, February 19, 2015

#1586a Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World

Smooth, feelgood, totally agreeable funk-lite. There's real fusion here, real unification of parts to purpose, all those vocals, horns, guitars, synthy lines, strings layered layered layered to make a sweeping thing that's not quite like anything else.

In the end the album can't quite balance its poppy / easy leanings with its jazzy / adventurous side and it ends up being a bit of a strangely-paced hodgepodge, but there's enough twists, turns, and sparkling nuggets to keep things interesting, listen after listen 3.5/5

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