The Need of Love is the second studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 35 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. The Need of Love would be the band's final album for Warner Bros. until 1993's Millennium on Reprise Records.
Maurice White – drums, vocals, percussion, kalimba Yackov Ben Israel – percussion, congas Verdine White – bass Michael Beal – guitar, harmonica Don Whitehead – acoustic and electric pianos, vocals Doug Carn – Hammond B3 organ Sherry Scott – vocals Wade Flemons – vocals Jean Carne – vocals, backing vocals Chet Washington – tenor saxophone Alex Thomas – trombone Oscar Brashear – trumpet solo
