Elements of Love: Ballads

Elements of Love: Ballads
Compilation album by
Earth, Wind & Fire
ReleasedJune 11, 1996
GenreR&B
Length1:06:47
LabelColumbia
Producer
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
Millennium
(1993) 		Elements of Love: Ballads
(1996) 		Boogie Wonderland: The Very Best of Earth, Wind & Fire
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Baltimore Sun(favourable)[2]

Elements of Love: Ballads is a compilation album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, issued in June 1996 on Columbia Records.[3] The album got to No. 24 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums chart.[4]

Critical reception

Allmusic called the album "a sparkling, 14-song compilation of ballads".[1] J.D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun described the LP as "a collection emphasizing Earth, Wind & Fire's mellow side".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Open Our Eyes" (Lumkins) – 5:06
  2. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" (White) – 5:10
  3. "Devotion" (Bailey, White) – 4:50
  4. "Love's Holiday" (Scarborough, White) – 4:23
  5. "Ponta de Areia (Brazilian Rhyme) (Interlude)" – (Brant, Nascimento) 0:53
  6. "Be Ever Wonderful" (Dunn, White) – 5:08
  7. "All About Love (First Impressions)" (Dunn, White) – 5:31
  8. "Can't Hide Love" (Scarborough) – 4:09
  9. "I'll Write a Song for You" (Bailey, Beckmeier, McKay) – 5:24
  10. "After the Love Has Gone" (Champlin, Foster, Graydon) – 4:26
  11. "Imagination" (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 5:15
  12. "Side by Side" (Vaughn, White) – 5:32
  13. "Spirit" (Dunn, White) – 3:12
  14. "Reasons" (Live) (Bailey, Stepney, White) – 8:22

References

  1. ^ a b Hamilton, Andrew. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. ^ a b Considine, J.D. (June 23, 1996). "Funk is flying high". baltimoresun.com.
  3. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads. Columbia Records. June 11, 1996.
  4. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: Elements of Love: Ballads (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019.