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Head to the Sky

Head to the Sky
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Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released May 1973
2001 (reissue)
Recorded 1973
Studio Clover Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre R&B
Length 36:51
Label Columbia
Producer Joseph Wissert
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
Last Days and Time
(1972)
Head to the Sky
(1973)
Open Our Eyes
(1974)
Singles from Open Your Eyes
  1. "Evil"
    Released: 1973
  2. "Keep Your Head to the Sky"
    Released: 1973
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Allmusic 3/5 stars
Rolling Stone (favorable)
Yahoo Music (favorable)

Head to the Sky is the fourth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in May 1973. Their second album on Columbia Records, Head to the Sky was EWF's first commercially successful album and it has been certified platinum in the United States for sales of over a million copies by the RIAA.

Erykah Badu paid tribute to the album in the music video of her single "Honey". "Evil" was sampled by Amerie on the track "Can We Go" on her 2005 album Touch. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" was sampled by Jay-Z on the 1994 track "Reach The Top", and also by Kirk Franklin on the track "Keep Your Head" from his album Hero.


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