Maurice White
Maurice White
Album · R&B/Soul · 1985
The lone solo album from Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White is a galvanising, genre-blurring trip into the colourful mind of an R&B genius. "Switch On Your Radio" opens with spacey ambience before spilling out buoyant, effects-laden '80s funk; Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" becomes a breezy, bass-slapping banger; and "Believe In Magic" sports enough brass and pinwheeling guitar solos to fill an arena. Even slow-burning ballads like the smooth, finger-snapping demo "Adventures of the Heart" transcend their time by refusing to conform to the soul-pop mould.