Super Hits

Earth, Wind & Fire includes: Maurice White, Philip Bailey (vocals, percussion). Producers: Maurice White, Charles Stepney, Al McKay. Compilation producer: Bruce Dickenson. Digitally remastered by Rick Rowe (Media Force, New York, New York). This is part of Legacy's Super Hits series. Recording information: 1974-1982. Photographer: Michael Ochs. Forget about a career retrospective -- it's impossible to summarize Earth, Wind & Fire's hits in ten songs. Nevertheless, the budget-line collection Super Hits does a nice job of rounding up the group's absolute biggest crossover hits -- including "Shining Star," "Sing a Song," "Got to Get You Into My Life," "September," "Boogie Wonderland," and "September" -- on one affordable compilation. It may not be definitive, but it will certainly be of interest to casual fans on a strict budget. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Genre: R&B
• Format: CD
• Released: 7/21/1998