Millennium

Millennium Artist: Earth Wind & Fire
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 093624527428
EAN: 0093624527428
ASIN: B000002MJW


Release Date: 1993-09-14

Millennium


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Tracks:

  1. Even If You Wonder
  2. Sunday Morning
  3. Blood Brothers
  4. Kalimba Interlude
  5. Spend The Night
  6. Divine
  7. Two Hearts
  8. Honor The Magic
  9. Love Is The Greatest Story
  10. The 'L' Word
  11. Just Another Lonely Night
  12. Super Hero
  13. Wouldn't Change A Thing About You
  14. Love Across The Wire
  15. Chicago (Chi-Town) Blues
  16. Kalimba Blues

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Now that's more like it! .......2006-07-21

The Elements get their groove back on this one for sure! After their lowest point on "Electric Universe" and later albums that were better but still not up to EWF standards, this was a triumph! Everything that made EWF the greatest R&B band of all time, the deep lyricism and the top notch musicianship (especially the much missed horn section) in addition to Phillip Bailey & Maurice White's never disappointing vocals are back and as outstanding as ever! You get it all on this one, mellow mid to up tempo (Sunday Morning, Bloodbrothers, L Is The Word), soothing ballads (Spend The Night, Love Across The Wire), and slamming funk (Superhero). It just goes to prove that you can't keep a great band down!

5 out of 5 stars EWF is the greatest band of all time .......2005-10-01

This is one of my favorite all time albums ....got it in the early 90's. this is one CD that I wore out. every tune is a keeper.
It has a very autobiograpical feel to it. Specially Chicago blues and Blood brothers. A very solid album. I'd buy it again.

5 out of 5 stars Making Sense Of Millennium.......2005-02-03

This is EWF's second album of the 90's and their best up to this point.The funk tracks (and there are many) are good even if they tend to be very hyperactive but it's the album's more unusual moments that catch fire 'Sunday Morning' and 'Honor The Magic' are the standouts to me,as is the lilting 'Divine'-the latter two have a new slinky sexuallity not even heard on EWF numbers.'Superhero' is penned by Prince and while being very modern and 'new' doesn't try to burry the bands own organic talents in another artists idea-Prince let EWF sound like themselfs and that,even if this is'nt even close to one of their classic albums,is very much worth it to those with more then a casual interest in the group and a MUCH needed improvement on 1990's pandering 'Heritage'.

3 out of 5 stars EHH, I'LL TAKE IT..........2004-09-11

Yeah, I'm a newly developed Earth, Wind & Fire fan, but even if I was on the edge of my seat in 1993 awaiting this album's release, it would not have necessarily won me over. But, ehh, I'll take it.

The album starts out fairly strong. "Sunday Morning" with its eye-opening horns, echoing voices and cadence reminiscent of "Serpentine Fire", is an obvious winner that flashes the EW&F sound we have all come to love. "Blood Brothers" brings their sound all the way back and deals with ghetto issues on a very refined adult contemporary arrangement that remains true to EW&F. "Spend The Night" is Maurice going straight Celine Dion, similar to "I Need You" back on his 1985 solo album, over a sound vying for limitless commercial acceptance. I can still listen to it, though. "Divine" is a funky R&B creation commandeered by none other than Phillip Bailey, who offers a rare showcasing of his tenor skills. "Honor The Magic" is a short, salsa-flavored work of art. "Super Hero" is one of my personal favorites. It features Prince, who finds a powerful medium between his quirky rock sound and EW&F's elaborate funk. This jam cranks out a message that cries freedom for African-American males from the hood. "Love Across The Wire" and "Chicago Blues" are also noteable cuts.

Even with the strong aforementioned efforts woven into this album, there is also plenty of filler. I can suck up "Love Is The Greatest Story", but "The "L" Word" is the worst song I have ever heard by this group, considering the nauseating lyrics, the dated music and the fact that I have a personal hatred for New Jack Swing. "Even If You Wonder" was hardly the song to choose as track #1, in that it dwells on lackluster synth sounds and lacks attention-getting lyrics. "Wouldn't Change A Thing About You" does not offer much to get excited about. Since Phillip started his solo career in the early '80s, it seems as though he has developed a pop-R&B-based sound that he has been bringing back to EW&F albums since 1987's Touch The World. And, it is seriously hurting the chemistry of Millennium. Even though the album was largely produced by Maurice White, it almost seems like Phillip's songs on the album are intermissions for the rest of the group. Like, "We interrupt this EW&F album to bring you a special Phillip Bailey song..."

Millennium is just as volatile as the cover art for the album. What's right about the album is very right, and what's wrong is very wrong. The royal vocal displays, plethora of topics and spiritual supremacy of EW&F is back, but the flawless production and overall album tightness is not. This albums represents a talented hand extended to the pop world of music, which, despite the Grammy nomination, was swiftly spat on. This album should be recognized for what it is - a successful comeback album for the greatest group of all time. I recommend this album to die-hard EW&F fans (and you can get them REAL cheap right now). If you are only a fan of their hits, this is EW&F choking on the bar they raised twenty years ago.

4 out of 5 stars Oooooh, Sunday Morning.......2004-02-21

"Sunday Morning" is one of my all time favorite songs by Eart Wind & Fire. The music, the vocals, the lyrics, it's EW&F at their best.

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  1. We Are Everything You See ~ Locomotive
  2. You Think You Really Know Me ~ Gary Wilson
  3. Mockingbird ~ Barclay James Harvest
  4. Are You With Me? ~ Color
  5. To Heaven And Back ~ The Call
  6. Curse of the Tuatara ~ The Jade Shader
  7. On The Banks Of The Time ~ Ray's Vast Basement
  8. By A River Burning Blue ~ Ray's Vast Basement
  9. How to Be Dead ~ Snow Patrol
  10. You Are the Best ~ Sound of Urchin

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Very Best of ~ Oscar Peterson

Big Band Swing Blues & All ~ Columbus Jazz Orchestra

Paris 1964, Vol. 2 ~ Charlie Mingus

Americans in Sweden ~ Hot Lips Page, Rex Stewart, Tyree Glenn

Face of Percussion ~ Masahiko Togashi

The Best of Quincy Jones, Vol. 2 ~ Quincy Jones

Quien Nos Iba a Decir ~ Tito Gomez

Cajun Pickin ~ John Dale Hebert, Tim Broussard, The L.A. Band

Il Meglio Di Quelli Della Notte ~ Renzo Arbore

De Arena Y Coral ~ Jose Parra