Gratitude (album)

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Gratitude
Live album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released	Original: November 1975 Re-issued: May 9, 2000
Genre	R&B
Length	66:22
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Joe Wissert (Live shows)
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Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
That's the Way of the World (1975) Gratitude (1975) Spirit (1976)

Gratitude is an album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire. It was released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and re-issued on May 9, 2000 (see 2000 in music).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Introduction by MC Perry Jones" (Jones) – 0:21
2. "Africano/Power" (Dunn, M, White) – 5:56
3. "Yearnin' Learnin'" (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 4:16
4. "Devotion" (Bailey, White) – 5:07
5. "Sun Goddess" (Lind, White) – 7:41
6. "Reasons" (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 8:23
7. "Sing a Message to You" (White) – 1:19
8. "Shining Star" (Bailey, Dunn, White) – 4:55
9. "New World Symphony" (Maurice White, Verdine White) – 9:28
10. "Musical Interlude #1" – 0:15
11. "Sunshine" (Bailey, Dunn, McKay, White) – 4:16
12. "Sing a Song" (McKay, White) – 3:23
13. "Gratitude" (Bailey, Dunn, White, White) – 3:27
14. "Celebrate" (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 3:06
15. "Musical Interlude #2" – 0:27
16. "Can't Hide Love" (Scarborough) – 4:10
17. "Live Bonus Medley: Serpentine Fire/Saturday Nite/Can't Hide Love/Reason" (Bailey, Burke, McKay, Scarborough, Stepney, White, White) – 6:13

[edit] Personnel

• John Graham - guitar
• Al McKay - guitar, percussion
• Verdine White - bass, percussion, vocals
• Don Myrick - saxophone
• Michael Harris - trumpet
• Louis Satterfield - trombone
• Larry Dunn - organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Andrew Woolfolk - percussion, saxophone
• Fred White - percussion, drums
• Ralph Johnson - percussion, drums
• Maurice White - drums, timbales, vocals, kalimba, producer, mixing, original recording producer, remix producer, original album producer
• Philip Bailey - percussion, conga, vocals

Additional personnel

• Joseph Wissert - producer, original recording producer, original album producer
• Charles Stepney - producer, original recording producer, original album producer
• Leo Sacks - producer, reissue producer, mixing
• Joy Gilbert - project director
• Richard Salvato - director, direction
• Art Macnow - direction
• Howard Fritzson - art direction
• Steve Hall - mastering
• Mark Wilder - mastering
• Paul Klingberg - mixing, remix producer
• George Massenburg - engineer, mixing
• Cameron Marcarelli - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Shusei Nagaoka - artwork
• Steve Newman - design
• David Redfern - photography, inlay photography
• Michael Cimicata - packaging manager

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Black Albums	1
1976	Pop Albums	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"Sun Goddess"	Black Singles	20
1975	"Sun Goddess"	Disco Singles	5
1975	"Sun Goddess"	Pop Singles	44
1976	"Can't Hide Love"	Black Singles	11
1976	"Can't Hide Love"	Pop Singles	39
1976	"Sing a Song/Gratitude"	Club Play Singles	1
1976	"Sing a Song"	Black Singles	1
1976	"Sing a Song"	Pop Singles	5

Preceded by Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits by Chicago

Billboard 200 number-one album January 17 - February 6, 1976

Succeeded by Desire by Bob Dylan