Last Days and Time

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Last Days and Time is Earth, Wind & Fire's third album and their first for Columbia. It was released in October 1972. Joe Wissert produced it at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood. Maurice White played drums and kalimba, Verdine White bass, and Philip Bailey sang and played congas. Ronnie Laws played flute and saxophone.

The record is full of covers: Make It with You by Bread and Where Have All the Flowers Gone by Pete Seeger. Between them come short interludes. The album sounds eclectic and mixes soul, funk, pop and jazzy experiments. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that here the group had recorded almost everything that Motown, Sly & the Family Stone and Weather Report had done. The single Mom reached number 39 on the Cashbox R&B chart. Producer Jimmy Jam became a fan of the group through this album, and Nas drew inspiration from the cover.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Time Is on Your Side3:41Apple Music ↗
2. 2Interlude, No. 10:24Apple Music ↗
3. 3They Don't See3:31Apple Music ↗
4. 4Interlude, No. 20:23Apple Music ↗
5. 5Make It with You3:24Apple Music ↗
6. 6Power8:12Apple Music ↗
7. 7Remember the Children4:03Apple Music ↗
8. 8Interlude, No. 30:53Apple Music ↗
9. 9Where Have All the Flowers Gone4:51Apple Music ↗
10. 10I'd Rather Have You4:40Apple Music ↗
11. 11Mom5:50Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗