Open Our Eyes is the fifth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...

, released in 1974 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. The album went to number one on the R&B Charts and number 15 on the Pop Charts. Open Our Eyes contained the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

charting singles, "Mighty Mighty

Mighty Mighty (song)

"Mighty Mighty" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire which was written by Maurice White and Verdine White. It was released in 1974 as a single and included on the band's 1974 album, Open Our Eyes....

" (R&B #4, Pop #29), "Devotion" (R&B #23, Pop #33), "Kalimba Story" (R&B #6, Pop #55). The album was made available in a digitally remastered version in 2001, which includes 4 previously unreleased bonus track

Bonus track

In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...

s.

Reception

Yahoo Music calls Open Our Eyes "simply superb" and Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 in his review of the album describes it as a "fucking tour de force." Open Our Eyes has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.

Original release

2001 Reissue

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Black Albums	1
	Pop Albums	15

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Devotion"	Black Singles	23
		Pop Singles	33
	"Kalimba Story"	Black Singles	6
		Pop Singles	55
	"Mighty Mighty"	Black Singles	4
		Pop Singles	29