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Touch the World by Earth, Wind & Fire

Touch the World

Release Date: 1/1/1987

Recording Date: 10/1987

Tracks: 10

Length: 00:42:34 Hrs

Label: CBS Records

Type: CD,LP

Genre/Styles:
Soul, Funk, Urban, Quiet Storm

Album Tracks (10)

Song Title
Length
1.
System of Survival
00:00
2.
Evil Roy
00:00
3.
Thinking of You
00:00
4.
You and I
00:00
5.
Musical Interlude: New Horizons
00:00
6.
Money Tight
00:00
7.
Every Now and Then
00:00
8.
Touch the World
00:00
9.
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
00:00
10.
Victim of the Modern Heart
00:00

What the Critics Say

Four years passed between 1983's embarrassing Electric Universe and their reunion album, Touch the World. Before the album's release, there was excitement as well as skepticism among Earth, Wind & Fire fans. Was EWF still capable of delivering a great album? And even if it was, how well would the album do in an R&B market that was radically different than that of the 1970s? As it turned out, a lot of the old magic was still there, and Maurice White and Philip Bailey proved that they could still be a powerful combination. From "Evil Roy" (which describes an urban youth's life of crime) to the major hit "System of Survival," Touch the World proved that EWF was still quite capable of excellence. Though White doesn't shy away from technology, he uses it in an organic fashion and remains faithful to the outfit's rich history. Despite "System of Survival"'s success, the album wasn't the huge commercial hit it deserved to be, but it wasn't a bomb either. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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