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Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World
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Title: Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World
Year/Genre: 1975 / Funk · Soul
Matrix #: BL-33280
Condition: VG++
Cultural Facts:
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Released in 1975, this album arrived when Black popular music was expanding into big-budget, high-concept sound—tight funk rhythm science paired with orchestration and spiritual uplift aimed at mass audiences.
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The record is tied to a wider mid-’70s cultural moment: arena-scale soul groups becoming symbols of optimism and sophistication, countering the era’s political exhaustion with precision, joy, and community language.
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“Shining Star” helped define how funk crossed into mainstream radio without losing its edge—proof that dance music could be both technically elite and universally accessible.
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