Gratitude (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

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Gratitude is a live album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire. It was released on November 11, 1975, and re-issued on July 27, 1999. The album spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, six nonconsecutive weeks at number one on the Soul/Black Albums chart and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Gratitude was also the 2nd bestselling R&B album of 1976. 3/4 of the album is live and the other 1/4 is recorded in the studio.

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Critical reception

The band was Grammy nominated for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group or Chorus for the title track, Gratitude and "Can't Hide Love" was also Grammy nominated for Best Arrangement For Voices. Earth, Wind & Fire also won a Rock Music Award in the category of Best Soul Album for Gratitude.

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Track listing

Original release

Note

• * indicates studio recording

1999 reissue

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Personnel

• Johnny Graham - guitar
• Al McKay - guitar, percussion, vocals
• Verdine White - bass, percussion, vocals
• Don Myrick - saxophone
• Michael Harris - trumpet
• Louis Satterfield - trombone
• Larry Dunn - organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Andrew Woolfolk - percussion, saxophone
• Fred White - percussion, drums
• Ralph Johnson - percussion, drums
• Maurice White - drums, timbales, vocals, kalimba, producer, mixing, original recording producer, remix producer, original album producer
• Philip Bailey - percussion, conga, vocals

Production

• Joseph Wissert - producer, original recording producer, original album producer
• Charles Stepney - producer, arranger, original recording producer, original album producer
• Leo Sacks - producer, reissue producer, mixing
• Joy Gilbert - project director
• Richard Salvato - director, direction
• Art Macnow - direction
• Howard Fritzson - art direction
• Steve Hall - mastering
• Mark Wilder - mastering
• Paul Klingberg - mixing, remix producer
• George Massenburg - engineer, mixing
• Cameron Marcarelli - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Shusei Nagaoka - artwork
• Steve Newman - design
• David Redfern - photography, inlay photography
• Michael Cimicata - packaging manager

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In popular culture

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Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to Gratitude is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net, www.rockhall.com and rocklistmusic.co.uk.

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Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

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See also

• List of number-one albums of 1976 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

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Notes

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