Last Days and Time

Last Days and Time was produced by Joe Wissert and recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, California.[1]

Producer Jimmy Jam became a fan of EWF after he listened to Last Days and Time.[4] Hip Hop artist Nas was also inspired by the LP's cover art.[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Billboard	(favourable)[7]
Village Voice	C+[8]
Los Angeles Daily News	(favourable)[9]
Record Mirror	[10]
Variety	(favourable)[11]

Variety called the album "pulsating".[11] William Ruhlmann of Allmusic proclaimed that EWF "were trying to encapsulate every eclectic foray pursued by Motown" and "wanted to incorporate Sly & the Family Stone's horn-filled, gutbucket R&B and some of the fusion style of Weather Report." He went on to state that "on Last Days and Time, they succeeded in pulling all that into their orbit".[6] Billboard noted that "Earth, Wind & Fire's dynamic soul rock style is the main ingredients" of the album.[7] Ovid Goode Jr. of The Los Angeles Daily News declared that the LP is full of "moving tunes" that "sprouts forth with a fresh sound which sets it apart from many of the ho-hum aggregations around today".[9] Paul Sexton of Record Mirror also described Last Days and Time as a "formative" and "interesting" record.[10]

The song, "Mom", reached No. 39 on the Cashbox Top R&B Singles chart.[12]

Earth, Wind & Fire covered Bread's "Make It With You" and Pete Seeger's "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" upon the album.[13]

Saxophone Interlude was sampled by Digable Planets on the song Swoon Units from their album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space). Remember the Children was also sampled by DJ Quik on the song America'z Most Complete Artist from his 1992 album Way 2 Fonky.[14]

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• Verdine White – vocals, bass, percussion
• Maurice White – vocals, drums, percussion, kalimba
• Philip Bailey – vocals, percussion
• Jessica Cleaves – vocals
• Roland Bautista – acoustic and electric guitars
• Ronnie Laws – flute, soprano and tenor saxophones
• Larry Dunn – piano, organ, clavinet
• Ralph Johnson – drums, percussion[15]

• Producer – Joe Wissert
• Engineers – Kent Nebergall and Al Schmitt
• Remix – Al Schmitt
• Mastered by Johnny Golden and Bob MacCloud Jr. at Artisan Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
• Design – Mati Klarwein
• Photography – Roland Charles[15]

Album

Singles