Year : 1971
Label : Warner
Genre : Soul, Jazz
Style : Psychedelic Soul
Second album of the band featuring guest musicians, jazz trumpeter Oscar Brashear and percussionist Yackov Ben Israel. As the previous album, "The Need Of Love" includes Funk/Soul songs to the jazz expressions, as evidence the opening track, the psalm "Energy", a over nine-minute suite with free forms, slam and funky arrangements. Titles include Psychedelic Soul songs "I Can Feel It In My Bones", "Everything Is Everything", "Beauty" and the love ballad "I Think About Lovin' You".
MUSICIANS : Maurice White - drums, percussion, kalimba, vocals - Verdine Adams - bass - Michael Beale - guitar, harmonica - Yackov Ben Israel - percussion, congas - Don Whitehead - piano, electric piano - Chester Washington - tenor saxophone - Alex Thomas - trombone - Oscar Brashear - trumpet, vocals - Wade Flemons & Sherry Scott - vocals
