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Like Earth Wind & Fire did a year earlier with "I Am," this album finds AWB hooking up with David Foster. This truly should have represented a new beginning for the band as they add a heavy modern production gloss and strong song-craft to their already established heavy funk sound. Every song on this album is extremely strong and with some good promotion could've been enormous pop hits even stateside-uptempo tunes such as "Our Time Has Come," "Let's Go Around Again", "Help Is On The Way," the title track and the original version of "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me", made famous a year later in a brilliant version by Chaka Khan from her album of the same name, (also worth getting.) Being the kind of musicians that they are, AWB cannot help but throw down at least one funky instrumental: "Into The Night," marrying the bands chunky, rhythmic groove with Foster's production sheen. This is also home to two of the best ballads the group ever made in "For You, For Love" and "If Love Only Lasts For One Night." Now there's a double album version of this that contains bonus tracks, all five of which are as great as the rest of the album. A like minded cover of Boz Scagg's classic "Miss Sun" is great, as is the more electro-funk minded dance cut "Kiss Me". There's also another great ballad in "Growing Pains" and the peppy "Love Gives, Love Takes Away." Another successful marrying of the bands natural grooves with Foster's style comes along in the chunky and catchy "Love Won't Get In The Way" followed by a long version of "Let's Go Round Again." Overall, "Shine" finds AWB successfully modernizing their classic sound without sacrificing what made them so great in the past, and the vocals certainly have a power and soul only hinted at on earlier recordings. Steve Ferrone really stretches out on some incredibly funky drumming here. This is definitely a pop-funk masterpiece of the 1979-1980 era of the genre, and is yet another in a long list of lost true classics.
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NM (Near Mint) Appears unplayed and will bear no marks, sleeve scuffs, or scratches.
EX+ (Excellent) May have one or two visible imperfections (i.e. sleeve scuffs, faint scratches, or other superficial marks) that will not affect playback.
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VG (Very Good) Similar imperfections found on VG+ records but in slightly greater numbers. Records graded VG and above will typically not have any scratches that are deep enough to be felt with a fingernail.
VG- (Very Good-) A number of visible imperfections; the presence of a considerable number of light scratches will force a VG- grade, as will the presence of significant isolated defects such as scratches deep enough to be felt with a fingernail.
G (Good) Record can be played without skipping, but will have significant surface noise, scratches, and visible groove wear. G+ and G- are used to indicate stronger and weaker copies within this range.
*SW/DNAP* Slight warp, does not affect playback
*QUAD* Quadraphonic Sound, similar to today’s surround sound
All records are visually graded by our experienced staff, using a bright lamp and an Audio-Technica ATLP-120 turntable.