Faces is the tenth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire released on October 14, 1980, on ARC/Columbia Records. The album reached number 10 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, number 2 on the Billboard Top Soul albums chart and number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. Faces was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Faces was partly recorded in the Caribbean island of Montserrat and produced by EWF leader Maurice White.
Artists such as Fred Wesley and Toto's Steve Lukather guested on the album. This would also be guitarist Al McKay's last album with the band.[citation needed]
When asked in a 2007 interview which Earth, Wind & Fire album is his favorite, White replied, "...probably Faces, because we were really in tune." White also went on to proclaim that on the LP EWF were "playing together and it gave us the opportunity to explore new areas".
Maurice White – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, kalimba Fred White – drums, percussion Philip Bailey – lead vocals, backing vocals, congas, percussion Ralph Johnson – percussion Paulinho da Costa – percussion Verdine White – bass Johnny Graham – guitars, guitar solo (11) Al McKay – guitars Marlo Henderson – guitars Steve Lukather – guitars, guitar solo (6, 8) Larry Dunn – acoustic piano, synthesizers, synthesizer programming David Foster – keyboards Garry Glenn – keyboards Jerry Peters – keyboards, organ Gary Coleman – orchestra bells Jeff Clayton – saxophones (uncredited)
EWF horns Don Myrick – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, sax solo (4, 15) Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone Louis Satterfield – trombone, trombone solo (10) Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet solo (15)
plus: Jerry Hey – arrangements (1–4, 7, 9, 14, 15) Tom "Tom Tom 84" Washington – arrangements (5, 6, 8, 11–13) Erich Bulling – arrangements (8, 10) Fred Jackson Jr. and Larry Williams – flutes, saxophones George Bohanon, Bill Reichenbach Jr. and Fred Wesley – trombone Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Michael Harris, Jerry Hey, Steve Madaio and Nolan Smith – trumpet Tommy Johnson – tuba Vincent DeRosa, Art Maebe, George Price, Alan Robinson and Marylin Robinson – French horn
