Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
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| Live album by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| Released | November 11, 1975 May 9, 2000 (re-issue) |
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| Genre | R&B, Funk, Soul, Jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 66:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert (Live shows) | |||
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| Yahoo Music | (favorable) |
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| Warr.org | |
| NME | (favorable) |
| Billboard Magazine | (favorable) |
Gratitude is a live album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire. It was released on November 11, 1975, and re-issued on May 9, 2000. The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, six nonconsecutive weeks at number one on the Soul/Black Albums chart and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.Gratitude was also the 2nd bestselling R&B album of 1976. 3/4 of the album is live and the other 1/4 is recorded in the studio.
The band was Grammy nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group or Chorus for the title track, Gratitude and "Can't Hide Love" was also Grammy nominated for Best Arrangement For Voices. Earth, Wind & Fire also won a Rock Music Award in the category of Best Soul Album for Gratitude.
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Sunshine has been sampled by Arrested Development on the track "Natural" featured on their 1992 album 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... and by Wyclef Jean on the song "To All the Girls" featured on his 1997 album The Carnival.
The information regarding accolades attributed to Gratitude is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net, www.rockhall.com and rocklistmusic.co.uk.
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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