I Am (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

Infobox Album
Name = I Am
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Earth, Wind & Fire


Released = July 16, 1979
Recorded = September, 1978
Genre = Funk
Disco
Soul
R&B
Length =
Label = Columbia
Producer = Maurice White, Al McKay
Reviews = *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2hq2g4fztvjz link]
Last album = "All 'N All" (1977)
This album = "I Am" (1979)
Next album = "Faces" (1980)

"I Am" is a 1979 album by funk / disco group Earth, Wind & Fire, featuring "Boogie Wonderland" with The Emotions and "After the Love Has Gone", which won a Grammy Award. "Boogie Wonderland" was also available in a long mix on a 12" single with an instrumental on the B-side.

Track listing

#"In The Stone"
#*M. White/A. Willis/D. Foster, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey, String Arrangement by David Foster
#:Single: charted Oct. 13, 1979; Week: 10; Peak: #23 R&B, #58 Pop
#"Can't Let Go"
#*M. White/B. Meyers/A. Willis, Horn & String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84
#"After the Love Has Gone"
#*D. Foster/J. Graydon/B. Champlin, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey, String Arrangement by David Foster, Saxophone solo by Don Myrick
#:Single: charted July 7, 1979; Week: 17; Peak: #2 R&B, #2 Pop
#:Won: Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals & Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for 1980
#"Let Your Feelings Show"
#*M. White/A. Willis/D. Foster, Horn & String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84
#"Boogie Wonderland" (with The Emotions)
#*J. Lind/A. Willis, Horn & String Arrangement by Ben Wright
#:Single charted May 19, 1979; Week: 13; Peak: #2 R&B, #6 Pop
#:Won: Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance for 1980
#"Star"
#*M. White/A. Willis/E. Del Barrio, Horn & String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84, trumpet solo by Rahmlee Michael Davis
#:Single charted Dec. 22, 1979; Week: 7; Peak: #2 R&B, #6 Pop
#"Wait"
#*M. White/D. Foster/A. Willis, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey, String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84
#"Rock That!"
#*M. White/D. Foster, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey, String Arrangement by David Foster
#:Instrumental. Guitar solo by Steve Lukather.
#"You And I"
#*M. White/D. Foster/A. Willis, Horn & String Arrangement by Tom Tom 84Bonus Tracks
#"Diana"
#*M. White/D. Foster, Additional Production by Paul Klingberg, Horn Arengement by Jerry Hey, String Arrangement by David Foster
#:Previously Unreleased.
#"Dirty" (Interlude)
#*M. White, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey, Featuring Junior Wells on harmonica & Johnny Graham on guitar
#:Instrumental. From "The Eternal Dance" (1992, Columbia/Legacy).
#"Dirty" (Junior's juke)
#*M. White, Additional Production by Paul Klingberg, Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey
#:From "The Promise" (2003, Kalimba).

External links

* [http://www.legacyrecordings.com/artists/earthwindandfire/iam_p6536.html Legacy Recordings]