From All Music Guide: Group members: Philip Bailey; Maurice White; Leslie Drayton; Roland Bautista; Wade Flemons; Larry Dunn; Sonny Emory; Johnny Graham; Ralph Johnson; Al McKay; Sheldon Reynolds; Alexander Thomas; Fred White; Verdine White; Andrew Woolfolk; Michael Beal; Yackov Ben Israel; Sherry Scot; Chet Washington; Don Whitehead

From All Music Guide: Columbia's 1998 collection of Earth, Wind & Fire's Greatest Hits in many ways stands as the group's definitive compilation. Even though there have been more extensive overviews of the group's work, such as the triple-disc set The Eternal Dance, this is the first collection to contain all of the group's biggest hits on one disc. All but one ("Love Music") of the ten songs from 1978's The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire are included, while six of the ten songs from The Best Of, Vol. 2 are featured; the remaining two cuts on the 17-track collection are the minor early single "Kalimba Story" and the album cut "Gratitude." These are fine additions to the album, but the true meat of the collection lies in the hits -- "Shining Star," "That's the Way of the World," "Sing a Song," "Getaway," "Got to Get You Into My Life," "September," "Boogie Wonderland," "After the Love Has Gone," "Let's Groove," and so many others. They might not be presented in chronological order (the only flaw in this otherwise...

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