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Gratitude by  ReleasedNovember 11, 1975Studio, Los Angeles, Hollywood Sound Recorders, Haji Sound Mobile, , , Length66:22/, ,  (Live shows) chronology
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Released: March 1976

Gratitude is a double album by the band  issued in November 1975 by . The album rose to No. 1 on both the  and   charts. Gratitude has also been certified Triple Platinum in the US by the .

Overview

Gratitude was also co-produced by  and . The LP consists of mostly live concert material together with some newly recorded tracks.

Gratitude also spent six weeks atop the   chart and three weeks atop the  chart.

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With a four out of five star rating Kit Aiken of  called Gratitude "a kicking live album". Henry Edwards of the  said "All of the music is carefully tooled, zestfully polished, relentlessly good‐natured rhythmic dance music, an amalgam of rhythm‐and‐blues, jazz and middle‐of‐the‐road pop that the group gleefully shouts, croons, squeals and growls. There's showmanship galore here, but strip that showmanship away and one discovers that Earth, Wind & Fire's music is built around one persistently repeated chord‐and not the world's most interesting chord either." Alex Henderson of  found that "Gratitude is one of EWF's finest accomplishments." Mike Kalina of the  claimed Gratitude "features a variety of superb rhythm and blues material with plenty of jazz overtones. The group's lyrics may not be the most innovative but they all fit perfectly into the patchwork of funk the group weaves. The musicianship of the group cannot be beat nor can the feeling that this group - my favorite in the R&B idiom - puts out." Tony Green of  exclaimed "A frightfully accomplished funk hit machine flexing its muscles live is truly a beautiful thing. And few had as much flex-worthy musical mass as these crossover kings. The White brothers melded proto-Afrocentricism with self help optimism, filling out their sound with Jazz leanings and swelling summer breeze ballads. An album that's capable at any moment of landing an emotional killer blow." Greg Kot of the  found "an Ellingtonian fusion of styles on this live masterpiece."

EWF went on to win a  in the category of Best Soul Album for Gratitude. The album's title track was also Grammy nominated in the category of .

Singles

With the LP came "" which rose to No. 1 on the   chart and No. 5 on the  chart. Another single, "", got to No. 11 on the   chart. "Can't Hide Love" was also nominated for a Grammy in the category of .

Track listing Original release Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Introduction by MC Perry Jones"Perry Jones0:212."Africano/Power" (“Africano”), 5:563."Yearnin' Learnin'", , Maurice White4:164.""Philip Bailey, Maurice White5:07Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length5.""Jon Lind, Maurice White7:416.""Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White8:237."Sing a Message to You"Maurice White1:19Side threeNo.TitleWriter(s)Length8."Shining Star"Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, , 4:559."New World Symphony"Maurice White, Verdine White9:2810."Sunshine*"Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, 4:24Side fourNo.TitleWriter(s)Length11."*"Al McKay, Maurice White3:2312."Gratitude*"Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Verdine White3:2313."Celebrate*"Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White3:0614."*"4:10