Heritage (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

Heritage

Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire

Released

1990

Recorded

1988-1989

Genre

R&B

Length

51:16

Earth, Wind & Fire chronology

The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2
(1988)

Heritage
(1990)

The Eternal Dance
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Heritage is the fifteenth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released on Columbia Records in January 1990, and produced by the band's leader Maurice White. Heritage went to number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and the single Heritage peaked at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The album also featured an appearance by Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone on the track Good Time.^[2] It was EWF's last album of new material on Columbia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Interlude: Soweto"	Maurice White	0:36
2.	"Takin' Chances"	Frankie Blue, Lestley R. Pierce	3:30
3.	"Heritage (feat. The Boys)"	Frankie Blue, Lestley R. Pierce, Maurice White	4:05
4.	"Good Time (feat. Sly Stone)"	Robert Brookins, Sly and the Family Stone, Maurice White	4:05
5.	"Interlude: Body Wrap"		0:23
6.	"Anything You Want"	Ian Prince	4:46
7.	"Interlude: Bird"	Gary Bias	0:36
8.	"Wanna Be the Man (feat. MC Hammer)"	MC Hammer, Patterson, Sheldon Reynolds, Maurice White, Verdine White	4:20
9.	"Interlude: Close to Home"	Lyle Mays	1:35
10.	"Daydreamin'"	Victor Hill, Bernard Spears, Maurice White, Billy Young	4:02
11.	"King of Groove"	Morris Stewart	5:21
12.	"I'm in Love"	Victor Hill, Bernard Spears, Billy Young	4:02
13.	"For the Love of You (feat. MC Hammer)"	Robert Brookins, MC Hammer, Stephanie Mills, Maurice White	4:27
14.	"Gotta Find Out*"		4:10
15.	"Motor"	Frankie Blue, Lestley R. Pierce, Maurice White	3:44
16.	"Interlude: Faith"	Billy Young	1:01
17.	"Welcome"	Ralph Johnson, Maurice White, Billy Young	4:03
18.	"Soweto (Reprise)"	Ralph Johnson, Maurice White, Billy Young	0:38

^[2]

Track 14 "Gotta Find Out" isn't included on most of the US releases of the album including the current iTunes release. It is included as a track on The Eternal Dance however.

Charts

Album – Billboard
Year	Chart	Position
1990	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	19
1990	The Billboard 200	70

^[2]

Singles – Billboard
Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"For the Love of You"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	19
1990	"Heritage"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	5
1990	"Wanna Be the Man"	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	46

^[2]

Personnel

John Agnello - engineer
Philip Bailey - lead and backing vocals
Gary Bias - tenor saxophone
Frankie Blue - guitar, engineer
The Boys
Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn
Robert Brookins - synthesizer, keyboards, programming
Ray Brown - trumpet
Sonny Emory - drums
Jon Gass - mixing
Mitch Gibson - engineer
Jeanette Hawes - background vocals
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Josie James - background vocals
Ralph Johnson - percussion
Jesse Kanner - engineer
Paul Klingberg - engineer
David Luke - engineer
Robert Macias - engineer
MC Hammer - rap
Mike McKnight - synthesizer, programming
Bill Meyers - synthesizer, keyboards
Les Pierce - synthesizer, drums, keyboards, programming, engineer
Ian Prince - synthesizer, keyboards
Sheldon Reynolds - guitar, background vocals
David Rideau - engineer
Billy Savage - synthesizer, keyboards, programming
Eddy Schreyer - mastering
Dick Smith - guitar
Michael "Patches" Stewart - trumpet
Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart - background vocals
Donnell Sullivan - assistant engineer
Wanda Vaughn - background vocals
Maurice White - percussion, lead and backing vocals, kalimba, producer, liner botes
Verdine White - bass
Andrew Woolfolk - alto & tenor saxophones
Billy Young - synthesizer, keyboards
Reggie C. Young - trombone
Charles L. Freeman - production coordinator

References

↑ Allmusic review
1 2 3 4 "Heritage - Overview". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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