Let the hysteria begin. 

(I’m halfway through and undecided so far. Time will tell!)

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Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am

My friend Rob Yeo is an excellent source for discovering groove-based music, old and new. He told me he’d been getting into Earth, Wind & Fire’s back catalogue lately. The other day he played me some of the less well-known tracks from I Am. Now I’ve got it on near-constant rotation!

‘Can’t Let Go’ and ‘Let Your Feelings’ show are my highlights so far. Great examples of the relentless, four-to-the-floor groove that EWF do so well. I’d like to transcribe them soon, but for now I just want to enjoy the listening experience.

Negative points - the artwork. Whut? My eyes hurt.

Visuals aside, I’m not really a fan of EWF’s ballads, where they seem to turn up the cheese dial to 11*. That’s just personal preference though. I also tend to skip past the hits, mostly as I’ve heard them too many times!

*Sorry for this laboured attempt at a turn-of-phrase. I won’t try it again.

The Rev is featuring heavily in my soundtrack for today. Perfect weather for it!

I’ve always loved Al Green’s earlier material, but I only got into this album recently - I can’t believe it took me so long! Produced by Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, which can only be a good thing.