http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/exclusive-first-listen-earth-wind-fire-brand-album-130632630.html

It sounds like a good ol time so far! I'm at "Guiding Light," which sounds a bit soggy, but everything up to this point has been great to me.

Now, Then & Forever – track listing
01. Sign On
02. Love Is Law
03. My Promise
04. Guiding Lights
05. Got To Be Love
06. Belo Horizonte
07. Dance Floor
08. Splashes
09. Night Of My Life
10. The Rush

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hopefully a 3 star project. i know it ain't never going to be the 74-79 golden Fyre era, however a solid record is cool.

appreciate the lank,lank

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expectation is muted, so that you get surprised every once in a while, like with that instrumental "splashes". If people go in expecting to hear another "reasons" or something, it's gonna be a bad time. Solid, 3 star albums is just about right, maybe even 3.5.

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and you start smiling, however i'm a huge larry dunn fan, however you would need al mckay back and at this point the expectations ain't even close to the same.

i'd take a uncut book on them now quite honestly over any new albums, unless there was a vaulted project from 75-79 around. thats just me.

and without maurice in full form or part time form it takes a way as well imo. miss his pressence more so vocally.

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