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  • Summary: This is the first new studio release in eight years for the R&B trio of Philip Bailey, Verdine White, and Ralph Johnson.
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  1. Sep 25, 2013
    80
    Now, Then & Forever is a more than worthy addition to the Earth Wind & Fire catalogue.
  2. Q Magazine
    Oct 16, 2013
    80
    For new disco freaks and their parents alike, here are 43 old-school minutes of party-down pleasure. [Nov 2013, p.106]
  3. Sep 25, 2013
    80
    It sounds like a lost album that should have come out after 1979’s I Am: a very shrewd approximation of the EWF we know and love, it’s crammed with sophisticated R&B, gossamer-light jazz and powerful, soulful vocals with a positive message.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 26, 2013
    80
    After eight years, EWF are right back in the groove. [Oct 2013, p.98]
  5. Sep 25, 2013
    70
    Earth, Wind & Fire get to enjoy a rare privilege: their past sound has come back into favor, so without much struggle, they create songs that fit perfectly in the present.
  6. Sep 25, 2013
    60
    Now, Then & Forever demonstrates the lasting value of the band's classic sound.
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