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| name = Touch the World | type = Studio | artist = Earth, Wind & Fire | cover = Touchtheworldalbum.jpg | alt = | released = November 1987 | recorded = 1987 | venue = | studio = | genre = R&B, Dance | length = 42:34 | label = Columbia | producer = Maurice White | prev_title = The Collection | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2 | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Singles | name = Touch the World | type = studio | single1 = System of Survival | single1date = September 22, 1987 | single2 = You and I | single2date = December 1, 1987 | single3 = Thinking of You | single3date = January 5, 1988 | single4 = Evil Roy | single4date = March 22, 1988 }} }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1] |rev2 = Village Voice |rev2score = (B+)[2] |rev3 = Warr.org |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[3] |rev4 = Rolling Stone |rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}[4] |rev5 = Los Angeles Times |rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}[5] |rev6 = People |rev6score = (favourable)[6] |rev7 = Cashbox |rev7Score = (favourable)[7] |noprose=yes }} Touch the World is the fourteenth studio album by the band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1987 on Columbia Records.[8] The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.[9][10] Touch the World was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.[11]OverviewTouch the World was produced by EWF leader Maurice White.[8] The album marked the debut of former Commodores guitarist Sheldon Reynolds to the lineup.{{cn|date=January 2019}} This LP ended a four-year hiatus for the band, with White reforming the group by bringing back longtime members Verdine White, Philip Bailey, Andrew Woolfolk and Ralph Johnson. Sonny Emory filled the drum chair vacated by Fred White. AccoladesTouch the World was nominated for a Soul Train Award in the category of Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year.[12]SinglesThe song "System of Survival" was written by a then-unknown composer Skylark. Issued as a single, it reached number one on the Billboard R&B and dance charts[13][14] and was nominated for a Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo.[15] Another single, "Thinking of You" also reached number one on the Billboard dance chart and peaked at number 3 on the R&B chart.[16][17] Track listing{{tracklist| headline = Side one | title1 = System of Survival | writer1 = Skylark | length1 = 4:59 | title2 = Evil Roy | writer2 = Philip Bailey, Attala Zane Giles, Allee Willis | length2 = 4:51 | title3 = Thinking of You | writer3 = Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn, Maurice White | length3 = 4:41 | title4 = You and I | writer4 = Mark Mueller, Robbie Nevil | length4 = 4:03 | title5 = Musical Interlude: New Horizons | writer5 = Bill Meyers | length5 = 2:01 | }}{{tracklist | headline = Side two | title6 = Money Tight | writer6 = Danny Sembello, Maurice White, Allee Willis | length6 = 4:36 | title7 = Every Now and Then | writer7 = Jon Lind, Brock Walsh | length7 = 4:21 | title8 = Touch the World | writer8 = Rev. Oliver W. Wells | length8 = 5:15 | title9 = Here Today and Gone Tomorrow | writer9 = Philip Bailey, Marti Sharron, Glen Ballard | length9 = 3:59 | title10 = Victim of the Modern Heart | writer10 = Ian Prince | length10 = 3:48 }} Charts
References1. ^{{Allmusic|first=Alex |last=Henderson |class=album |id=mw0000197619 |title=Earth, Wind and Fire – Touch the World: Review |accessdate=January 23, 2019}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=1116|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch the World|website=robertchristgau.com}} 3. ^Warr.org review 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/touch-the-world-104495/|title=Touch The World|website=rollingstone.com}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-13/entertainment/ca-28831_1_crazy-nights/3|title=Unsilent Nights. . . : Four Stars Being Best, a Guide to the Top 40|website=latimes.com}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-touch-the-world-vol-29-no-1/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Touch the World|website=people.com}} 7. ^{{cite work|url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox51unse_18/page/11?q=|title=Album Reviews|page=11|volume=51|date=November 7, 1987|publisher=Cashbox Magazine}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/fc40596|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch The World|website=45worlds.com}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/310288|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch The World (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)|website=Billboard.com}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/billboard-200/song/310288|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch The World (Billboard 200)|website=Billboard.com}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Earth%2C+Wind+%26+Fire++Touch+The+World#search_section|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch The World|website=riaa.com}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://awardsandwinners.com/category/soul-train-music-awards/1988/|title=Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Winners & Nominees |accessdate=2016-10-15}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/332249|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: System of Survival (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|website=Billboard.com}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs/song/332249|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: System of Survival (Dance Club Play Songs)|website=Billboard.com}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://awardsandwinners.com/category/soul-train-music-awards/1988/|title=Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Winners & Nominees |accessdate=2016-10-15}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/331641|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking Of You (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|website=Billboard.com}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/earth-wind-fire/chart-history/dance-club-play-songs/song/331641|title=Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking Of You (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|website=Billboard.com}} External links
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