The Promise is a 2003 album by Earth, Wind & Fire. Released on Maurice White's label Kalimba Records, it was their first of new material in six years. The album reached #5 on the Top Independent Album Chart and #19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart. It also featured collaborations with Angie Stone, The Emotions, Gerald Albright and Paulinho Da Costa. The album's cover art was designed by Morito Suzuki. The track "All About Love" is a different song and not a remake of their 1975 song of the same name from their album That's the Way of the World. The album cut produced by Tim & Bob Hold Me was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. On February 24, 2009 The Promise was re-released on Kalimba Music. The Promise is a 2003 album by Earth, Wind & Fire. Released on Maurice White's label Kalimba Records, it was their first of new material in six years. The album reached #5 on the Top Independent Album Chart and #19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart. It also featured collaborations with Angie Stone, The Emotions, Gerald Albright and Paulinho Da Costa. The album's cover art was designed by Morito Suzuki. The track "All About Love" is a different song and not a remake of their 1975 song of the same name from their album That's the Way of the World. The album cut produced by Tim & Bob Hold Me was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. On February 24, 2009 The Promise was re-released on Kalimba Music. false 2025-11-07 20:31:40 The Promise 2003 2003-05-20 2003-05-20 57 Disco Funk Soul 112408 2118016 7d976856-92e2-4e15-92f7-7ef53913f8a1 535afeda-2538-435d-9dd1-5e10be586774 1f2eb6e9-93c0-44d7-865f-8f6a223025ef /media/data/media5/Music/Earth, Wind & Fire/The Promise/folder.jpg Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire 1 1 All in the Way 04:28 1 2 Betcha’ 03:42 1 3 Wiggle 00:38 1 4 Why? 04:03 1 5 Wonderland 04:04 1 6 Where Do We Go From Here? 05:21 1 7 Freedom 00:42 1 8 Hold Me 04:36 1 9 Never 05:11 1 10 Prelude 00:39 1 11 All About Love 04:24 1 12 Suppose You Like Me 04:37 1 13 The Promise 00:27 1 14 She Waits 05:09 1 15 The Promise (Continued) 00:51 1 16 Let Me Love You 04:17 1 17 Dirty 03:47 Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) are an American band who have spanned the musical genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, EDM, Latin, and Afro pop. They have been described as one of the most innovative and are among the most commercially successful acts in history. With sales of over 90 million records, they are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1969, having grown out of a previous band known as the Salty Peppers. Other prominent members of EWF have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al McKay, Roland Bautista, Robert Brookins, Sonny Emory, Fred Ravel, Ronnie Laws, Sheldon Reynolds and Andrew Woolfolk. The band is known for its kalimba sound, dynamic horn section, energetic and elaborate stage shows, and the contrast between Philip Bailey's falsetto vocals and Maurice White's baritone.The band has won 6 Grammys from their 17 nominations and four American Music Awards out of 12 nominations. They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame, and Hollywood's Rockwalk, in addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band has also received an ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award, BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Soul Train Legend Award, as well as a NARAS Signature Governor's Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2012 Congressional Horizon Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2019. Rolling Stone called them "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop". VH1 has also described EWF as "one of the greatest bands" ever.