Another Time (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

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Another Time
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1974 [1]
Recorded1970–1971
Genre R&B
Length59:38
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joe Wissert
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
Open Our Eyes
(1974)
Another Time
(1974)
That's the Way of the World
(1975)

Another Time is the first compilation album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in September 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It reached No. 29 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [2] [3]

Contents

Overview

Another Time was issued as a double album with songs compiled from the band's first two albums, Earth, Wind & Fire and The Need of Love . A bonus track, "Handwriting on the Wall", was also included on the album. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Billboard (favourable) [5]

Ron Wynn of Allmusic described the songs on Another Time as "certainly worth hearing again". [4] Billboard called the album "enjoyable". [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Wade Flemons, Maurice White and Don Whitehead, unless otherwise noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Fan The Fire"4:59
2."Moment of Truth"3:08
3."Love Is Life"5:02
4."Help Somebody"3:37
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."C'mon Children"Michael Beal, Wade Flemons, Maurice White, Verdine White, Don Whitehead3:08
6."Handwriting On The Wall"Beal, Flemons, M. White, Whitehead, V. White4:04
7."This World Today" 3:33
8."Bad Tune"Beal, Flemons, M. White, Whitehead, V. White4:31
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."I Can Feel It In My Bones" 5:04
10."I Think About Lovin' You"Sherry Scott5:59
11."Everything Is Everything"R. Evans, Phil Upchurch6:42
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Beauty" 4:15
13."Energy"Flemons, Scott, M. White, Whitehead9:40

[2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's text. [2]

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) [6] 97
US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) [7] 29

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References

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  4. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Another Time". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  5. 1 2 "Recommended LPs". Vol. 86, no. 37. Billboard Magazine. September 14, 1974. p. 61.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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