Head to the Sky

Head to the Sky
Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released	May 1973 2001 (reissue)
Recorded	1973; Clover Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	R&B
Length	36:51
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joseph Wissert
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
Last Days and Time (1972) Head to the Sky (1973) Open Our Eyes (1974)
Singles from Open Your Eyes
"Evil" Released: 1973 "Keep Your Head to the Sky" Released: 1973

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [2]
Yahoo Music	(favorable) [3]

Head to the Sky is the 4th studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1973. Their second album on Columbia Records, Head to the Sky was EWF's first commercially successful album and it has been certified platinum in the United States for sales of over a million copies by the RIAA.^[1][4]

Reception

Erykah Badu paid tribute to the album in the music video of her single "Honey".^[5] "Evil" was sampled by Amerie on the track "Can We Go" on her 2005 album Touch. "Keep Your Head to the Sky" was sampled by Jay-Z on the 1994 track "Reach The Top", and also by Kirk Franklin on the track "Keep Your Head" from his album Hero.^[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Evil"	Phillip Bailey, Maurice White	5:00
2.	"Keep Your Head to the Sky"	Maurice White	5:10
3.	"Build Your Nest"	Maurice White, Verdine White	3:17
4.	"The World's a Masquerade"	Skip Scarborough	4:48

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Clover"	Larry Dunn, Maurice White	5:27
6.	"Zanzibar"	Edu Lobo	13:09

^[1]

Personnel

• Verdine White - vocals, bass, percussion
• Philip Bailey - vocals, congas, percussion
• Maurice White - vocals, drums, kalimba, leader
• Jessica Cleaves - vocals
• Johnny Graham - guitar, percussion
• Al McKay - guitar, sitar, percussion
• Larry Dunn - clarinet, piano, organ
• Ralph Johnson - drums, percussion
• Andrew Woolfolk - soprano saxophone, flute

Oscar Braschear - guest trumpet on Zanzibar

• Arranged by Earth, Wind and Fire
• Robert Appère - engineer, mixing
• Lee Lawrence - cover design, photography

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1973	Black Albums	2
	Pop Albums	27

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"Evil"	Black Singles	25
		Pop Singles	50
	"Keep Your Head To The Sky"	Black Singles	23
		Pop Singles	52

^[1]

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "((( Head to the Sky > Overview )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
2. "Earth, Wind & Fire Head To The Sky". rollingstone.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
3. "Earth, Wind & Fire Head To The Sky". yahoo.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
4. "RIAA Certification for Head to the Sky". riaa.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
5. "Erykah Badu's 'Honey' Music Video is Tribute to Music and Music Lovers". reuters.com. Feb 4, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
6. Earth, Wind & Fire samples by others