Elements of Love: Ballads

Elements of Love: Ballads
Compilation album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released	June 11, 1996
Genre	R&B
Length	1:06:47
Label	Columbia
Producer	Maurice White Charles Stepney Joseph Wissert Leo Sacks
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
Millennium (1993) Elements of Love: Ballads (1996) Boogie Wonderland: The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Baltimore Sun	(favourable) [2]

Elements of Love: Ballads is a compilation album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, issued in June 1996 on Columbia Records. ^[3] The album got to No. 24 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums chart. ^[4]

Critical reception

Allmusic called the album "a sparkling, 14-song compilation of ballads". ^[1] J.D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun described the LP as "a collection emphasizing Earth, Wind & Fire's mellow side". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Open Our Eyes" (Lumkins) – 5:06
2. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" (White) – 5:10
3. "Devotion" (Bailey, White) – 4:50
4. "Love's Holiday" (Scarborough, White) – 4:23
5. "Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) (Interlude)" – (Brant, Nascimento) 0:53
6. "Be Ever Wonderful" (Dunn, White) – 5:08
7. "All About Love (First Impressions)" (Dunn, White) – 5:31
8. "Can't Hide Love" (Scarborough) – 4:09
9. "I'll Write a Song for You" (Bailey, Beckmeier, McKay) – 5:24
10. "After the Love Has Gone" (Champlin, Foster, Graydon) – 4:26
11. "Imagination" (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 5:15
12. "Side by Side" (Vaughn, White) – 5:32
13. "Spirit" (Dunn, White) – 3:12
14. "Reasons" (Live) (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 8:22

References

1. Hamilton, Andrew. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. Considine, J.D. (June 23, 1996). "Funk is flying high". baltimoresun.com.
3. Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads. Columbia Records. June 11, 1996.
4. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019.