Disco
was at the height of its popularity in 1979, when
Earth, Wind & Fire
responded with its most
disco
-influenced single ever, the glossy and infectious
"Boogie Wonderland."
Up to that point,
EWF
had pretty much ignored
, and when the band finally acknowledged the style, the soulsters weren't about to inundate listeners with it.
"Boogie Wonderland"
(which features
the Emotions
, a female group for whom
Maurice White
had been producing major hits) isn't representative of
I Am
on the whole. From the hit
ballad
"After the Love Has Gone"
to the exuberant
"Let My Feelings Flow,"
isn't a radical departure from its predecessor,
All 'n All
. Though not in a class with
That's the Way of the World
,
Spirit
, or
is a rewarding album that has a lot going for it. ~ Alex Henderson