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Open Our Eyes by Earth, Wind & Fire

Open Our Eyes

Release Date: 4/10/2001

Recording Date: 3/1974

Tracks: 15

Length: 00:39:52 Hrs

Label: Columbia/Legacy

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Soul, Funk, Bass (Electric), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, United States of America

Album Tracks (15)

Song Title
Length
1.
Mighty Mighty
03:03
2.
Devotion
04:50
3.
Fair But So Uncool
03:39
4.
Feelin' Blue
04:28
5.
Kalimba Story
04:03
6.
Drum Song
05:10
7.
Tee Nine Chee Bit
03:45
8.
Spasmodic Movements
01:50
9.
Rabbit Seed
00:31
10.
Caribou
03:25
11.
Open Our Eyes
05:06
12.
Ain't No Harm to Moan [Slave Song][#]
05:21
13.
Fair But So Uncool [Walkin' in N'Awlins Mix][#]
03:37
14.
Step's Tune [#]
02:33
15.
Dreams [#]
03:23

What the Critics Say

Finally, after almost half a decade of serious dues-paying, Earth, Wind & Fire took off commercially with its fifth album, Open Our Eyes. EWF had been delivering great albums since 1971, but it wasn't until 1974 that the public proved genuinely receptive to Maurice White's mystical and unorthodox take on soul and funk. No longer would EWF enjoy only a small cult following. Thanks to treasures like "Kalimba Song," the gritty funk smoker "Mighty Mighty," and the unforgettable "Devotion," Open Our Eyes became EWF's first gold album and went to the top of the R&B charts. It's also interesting to note that with this album, singer Jessica Cleaves was gone, resulting in the first time EWF had an all-male lineup. The 2001 CD reissue adds four previously unreleased bonus tracks, one of them a "Walkin' in N'awlins" mix of "Fair But So Uncool," though the other three songs did not appear on the original album in an alternate form. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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