Earth, Wind & Fire's return to Warner Bros. with 1993's Millennium proved to be short-lived -- the album failed to meet the company's expectations commercially. Four years later, EWF ended up on the independent, Miami-based Pyramid label with the surprisingly retro In the Name of Love. More personnel changes had taken place, but thankfully, Maurice and Verdine White and Philip Bailey were still on board for what was EWF's most live-sounding, least high-tech offering since 1983's Powerlight. (However, EWF had been touring without Maurice since 1994). Live horns and real instruments abound, and everything from the ballads "Cruising," "When Love Goes Wrong" and "Right Time" to the punchy funk ditty "Rock It" sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970s. One very pleasant surprise is a remake of "Love of Life," which the pre-Bailey EWF embraced on its self-titled debut album of 1971. Bailey's son, Sir James Bailey, raps on the sociopolitical "Revolution," but on the whole, this excellent CD is unapologetically retro. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Sheldon Reynolds (Vocals), James Bailey (Rap), Jerry Jordan (Engineer), Maurice White (Vocals), Bill Meyers (Song Adaptation), Andrew Scheps (Engineer), Maurice White (Song Adaptation), Paul Minor (Synthesizer Horn), Damian Johnson (Keyboards), Ralph Hawkins, Jr. (Producer), Bill Meyers (Keyboards), Bill Meyers (Horn Arrangements), Hugh Syme (Art Direction), Jerry Jordan (Mixing), Nu Era (Vocals (Background)), Alan Glass (Producer), Sonny Emory (Drum Programming), Scott Mayo (Sax (Soprano)), Carl Carlwell (Vocals (Background)), Sheldon Reynolds (Guitar), William Reichenbach (Trombone), Andrew Scheps (Pre-Production), Sheldon Reynolds (Vocals (Background)), Jerry Hey (Horn), Bill Meyers (Synthesizer), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Jerry Hey (Trumpet), Philip Bailey (Vocals), Alan Glass (Programming), Paul Minor (Keyboard Programming), Scott Mayo (Vocals (Background)), Sonny Emory (Vocals (Background)), Jerry Hey (Horn Arrangements), Kevin Guillaume (Vocals (Background)), Carmen Rizzo (Mixing), Jimmy Randolph (Programming), Andrew Klippel (Programming), Jerry Hey (Flugelhorn), Ray Brown (Horn), Verdine White (Bass), Bill Meyers (String Arrangements), Howard McCrary (Vocals (Background)), Maurice White (Executive Producer), Maurice White (Vocals (Background)), Wally Traugott (Mastering), Gary Grant (Flugelhorn), Bill Meyers (Synthesizer String Arrangement), Jimmy Randolph (Keyboard Programming), Philip Bailey (Vocals (Background)), Melanie Andrews (?), Ralph Hawkins, Jr. (Vocals (Background)), Bill Meyers (Producer), Robert Vosgien (Digital Editing), Philip Bailey (Producer), Ralph Hawkins, Jr. (Vocal Arrangement), Doug Boehm (Assistant Engineer), Morris Pleasure (Keyboards), Paulinho Da Costa (Percussion), Andrew Klippel (Keyboards), Reggie C. Young (Trombone), Marcel East (Keyboards), Paul Minor (Keyboards), Morris Pleasure (Voice Box), Robert Vosgien (Mastering), Maurice White (Producer), Gary Grant (Trumpet), Gary Grant (Horn), Bill Meyers (Synthesizer Horn), Michael "Patches" Stewart (Horn), Paul Minor (Sampling), James Bailey (Vocals (Background)), Michael "Patches" Stewart (Trumpet), Ray Brown (Trumpet), Paul Klingberg (Engineer), Tim Boland (Assistant Engineer), Ralph Tresvant (Vocal Arrangement), Bill Meyers (Strings), Tony Gonzalez (Assistant Engineer), Scott Mayo (Drum Programming), Andrew Klippel (Producer), Ralph Hawkins, Jr. (Vocals), David Romero (Percussion), Kevin Guillaume (Vocal Arrangement), Sonny Emory (Drums), Hugh Syme (Design), James McCrary (Vocals (Background)), Richard Salvato (Production Coordination), Melanie Andrews (Vocal Concept), Morris Pleasure (Talk Box), Paul Minor (Drum Programming), Scott Mayo (Saxophone), Hugh Syme (Digital Illustration)
In the Name of Love is an album by Earth, Wind & Fire. It was produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions and it was released in 1997 on Rhino Records. The track Love Is Life is a remake of its namesake which is on the band 's first album Earth, Wind & Fire. In October 2006 the album was reissued on White's label Kalimba Records with two bonus tracks.[7]
