15/03/2024

Earth, Wind & Fire "Illumination" (2005) -Soul / Funk-



Label : Sanctuary Records


États-Unis 01 - Lovely People (will.i.am & Keith Harris)
02 - Pure Gold (James Harris IIII & Terry Lewis)
03 - A Talking Voice (Interlude)
04 - Love's Dance (James Harris III, Terry Lewis & Tony L. Tolbert)
05 - Show Me The Way (Raphael Saadiq & Taura Jackson)
06 - This Is How I Feel (Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Marqueze Ethridge & Antwan Patton)
07 - Work It Out (Raphael Saadiq)
08 - Pass You By (Raphael Saadiq)
09 - The One (Rico Wade, Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Samuel Christian & Brandon Bennett)
10 - Elevated (Marsha Ambrosius, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer)
11 - Liberation (Vikter Duplaix & Junius Bervine)
12 - To You (?)

Bonus Tracks

13 - The Way You Move (Antwan Patton, Carlton Mahone & Patrick Brown)


Executive Producers : Damien Smith, Philip Bailey & Maurice White
A&R Direction : Damien Smith
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA


01 - Lovely People

Produced by will.i.am for will.i.am Music Group
Co-Produced by Keith Harris for will.i.am Music Group
Musicians / Vocalists :
Programming : will.i.am
Drums & Keyboards : Keith Harris
Bass : Verdine White
Kalimba : Maurice White
Percussion : Philip Bailey
Horns Arranged by Keith Harris
Horns Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophones : Gary Bias
Lead & Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & will.i.am
Recording Engineer : Cameron Marcarelli
Recorded at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Mixed by Neal H. Pogue
Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA

02 - Pure Gold

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions
Co-Produced by Bobby Ross Avila & IZ for A.B. Experience / Flyte Tyme Productions
Musicians / Vocalists :
Bass : Verdine White
Drums & Percussion : IZ
Guitar, Rhodes & Keys : Bobby Ross Avila
Horns Arranged by Jimmy Jam
Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophones : Gary Bias
Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Maurice White
Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Prof T.
Recording Engineer : Ian Cross
Recorded at Flyte Tyme West at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Horns Recorded by Cameron Marcarelli at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Mixed by Matt Marrin
Mixed at Flyte Tyme West
'The Boom Boom Room' at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

03 - A Talking Voice (Interlude)

Produced by Philip Bailey
All Vocals : Philip Bailey

04 - Love's Dance

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions
Musicians / Vocalists :
Bass : Verdine White
Kalimba : Maurice White
Rhodes & Horn Co-Arranger : Jimmy Jam
Guitar & Keys : Bobby Ross Avila
Drums & Percussion : IZ
Horns Co-Arranged by Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophones : Gary Bias
Lead vocals : Philip Bailey
Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Prof T.
Recording Engineer : Ian Cross
Horns Recorded by Cameron Marcarelli
Recorded at Flyte Tyme West at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Horns Recorded at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA by Matt Marrin
Mixed at Flyte Tyme West
'The Boom Boom Room' at The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

05 - Show Me The Way

Featuring Raphael Saadiq
Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions
Musicians / Vocalists :
Lead vocals : Maurice White & Raphael Saadiq
Background vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Raphael Saadiq & Doc Holiday
Guitar, Bass, Percussion : Raphael Saadiq
Keyboards : Kelvin Wooten
Percussion : Philip Bailey
Drums : Khari Parker
Horn Arrangement : Bill Meyers
Trumpet : Bobby Rodriguez
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophone : Gary Bias
String Arrangement by Kelvin Wooten
Recorded by Gerry Brown & John Tanksley
Recorded at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA)
Assistant Engineer : James Tanksley
Mixed by Danny Romero & Mannie Marroquin
Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) & Larrabee North recording Studio (North Hollywood, CA)
Assistant Engineer : James Tanksley & Rebeka Tuinei
Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

06 - This Is How I Feel

Featuring Big Boi, Kelly Rowland & Sleepy Brown
Produced by Organized Noize
Musicians / Vocalists :
Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Sleepy Brown
Female Lead vocal : Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland's Vocal Produced by Montina Cooper
Rap : Big Boi 
Drum & Music Programming by Organized Noize
Bass : Verdine White
Additional Bass : Preston Crump
Guitar : Shorty B
Keyboards : Dave Robbins
Bongos : Philip Bailey
Additional Percussion : Neal H. Pogue
Horn Orchestration by Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophones : Gary Bias
Recorded at The Dungeon, Dungeon East Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA ; Larrabee North Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA ; Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA ; Luminous Sound, Dallas, TX
Recorded by Sean Davis, Cha Cha Jones, Ray Murray, Neal H. Pogue, Cameron Marcarelli, Chris Bell & Jimmy Randolph
Assisted by Alex Reverberi, Chris Lowry
Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Neal H. Pogue
Assisted by Nick Fournier
Production Coordinator : Dee Dee Murray

07 - Work It Out

Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions
Musicians / Vocalists :
All Vocals : Philip Bailey
Keyboards & Bass : Kelvin Wooten
Horn Arrangement & Guitar : Raphael Saadiq
Drums & Percussion : Bobby Ozuna
Horn Orchestration : Ray Brown
Saxophone : Gary Bias
Trombone : Reggie Young
Trumpet Nolan Shaheed
Recorded & Mixed by Danny Romero
Recorded & Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) 
Assistant Engineers : James Tanksley & Tim Wentzlaff
Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

08 - Pass You By

Produced by Raphael Saadiq for Whiskey Slew Productions
Musicians / Vocalists :
Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Maurice White
Background vocals : Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Raphael Saadiq & Doc Holiday
Bass : Verdine White
Guitar, Additional Bass, Piano & Horn Arrangement : Raphael Saadiq
Drums & Percussion : Bobby Ozuna
Saxophone : Gary Bias
Trombone : Reggie Young
Trumpet : Nolan Shaheed
Recorded & Mixed by Danny Romero
Recorded & Mixed at Blakeslee Recording Co. (North Hollywood, CA) 
Assistant Engineers : James Tanksley
Production Coordinator : Glenn Standridge

09 - The One

Produced by Organized Noize
Musicians / Vocalists :
Lead vocals : Maurice White
Maurice White's Vocal Produced by Doc Holiday
Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Maurice White, Sleepy Brown & Chimere Scott
Drum & Music Programming by Organized Noize
Bass : Verdine White
Piano : Sleepy Brown
Horn Orchestration by Jerry Hey
Trumpets : Jerry Hey & Gary Grant
Trombone : Reggie Young
Saxophones : Gary Bias
Orchestral Arrangement by Charles Veal Jr.
Strings by South Central Chamber Orchestra
Recorded at The Dungeon Recording Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Recorded by Sean Davis, Cha Cha Jones, Neal H. Pogue, Cameron Marcarelli & Jimmy Randolph
Assisted by Alex Reverberi
Mixed by Neal H. Pogue
Assisted by Nick Fournier
Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
Production Coordinator : Dee Dee Murray

10 - Elevated

Featuring Floetry
Produced by Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer
Musicians / Vocalists :
Bass : Verdine White
Kalimba : Maurice White
All Other Instruments : Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer
Horn Arrangement : Jeff Bradshaw & Matt Cappy
Trombone : Jeff Bradshaw
Trumpet : Matt Cappy
Lead vocals : Philip Bailey & Natalie Stewart
Background vocals : Philip Bailey & Marsha Ambrosius
Recorded by Darren Henson & Keith Pelzer at KeffenDeez Place
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mix Star Studios
Assisted by John Hanes

11 - Liberation

Featuring Brian McKnight
Produced by Vikter Duplaix
Musicians / Vocalists :
Bass : Verdine White
Doca da bella : Verdine White
Bass, Percussion : Philip Bailey
Additional Percussion : Ralph Johnson
Keyboards : Myron McKinley
Additional Keys : Junius Bervine & Vikter Duplaix
Synth Bass : Vikter Duplaix
Drum Programming : Vikter Duplaix
Guitar : Greg Moore
All Vocals : Philip Bailey
Recorded & Mixed by Cameron Marcarelli at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA

12 - To You

Featuring Brian McKnight
Produced by Brian McKnight
Additional Production by Maurice White & Bill Meyers
Musicians / Vocalists :
Bass : Verdine White
Guitar & Keyboards : Brian McKnight
Additional Guitar : Vadim Z
Drums : Prescott Ellison
Orchestration Arrangement : Bill Meyers
Lead vocals : Maurice White & Brian McKnight
Maurice White's Vocal Produced by Doc Holiday
Background vocals : Philip Bailey, Brian McKnight, Maurice White, Doc Holliday
Recorded by Chris Wood, Cameron Marcarelli & Jimmy Randolph
Assistant Engineer : Mary Ann Souza
Recorded at Fire House Studios, Pasadena, CA ; Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Mixed by Dave Pensado
Mixed at The Enterprise West

13 - The Way You Move

Featuring Kenny G
Produced & Arranged by Walter Afanasieff
Co-Produced by Raphael Saadiq