One World (Rare Earth album)
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One World is the fourth studio album by rock
band Rare Earth
and was released in June 1971. "I Just Want to Celebrate" became a Top 10 Gold certified hit, and the album would become the third (and final) Gold album from the ensemble.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Rare Earth
Rare Earth (band)
Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label , who prospered in 1970-1972. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members...
and was released in June 1971. "I Just Want to Celebrate" became a Top 10 Gold certified hit, and the album would become the third (and final) Gold album from the ensemble.
Side one
- "What'd I Say" (Ray CharlesRay CharlesRay Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
) – 7:15 - "If I Die" (Pete Rivera) – 3:32
- "Seed" (Rivera) – 3:34
- "I Just Want to CelebrateI Just Want to Celebrate"I Just Want to Celebrate" is a song recorded by American rock band Rare Earth. It served as the lead single from their 1971 album One World and the band's fifth single overall. "I Just Want to Celebrate" peaked at #7 on the pop charts and would be Rare Earth's final top 10 single. It would be the...
" (Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses) – 3:35
Side two
- "Someone to Love" (Gil Bridges) – 3:48
- "Any Man Can Be a Fool" (John Persh) – 3:36
- "Road" (Tom Baird) – 3:35
- "Under God's Light" (Eddie Guzman, Ray Monette, Mark Olson) – 4:52
Personnel
- Pete Rivera – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, lead vocal & percussion - John Parsh – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
& Vocal - Gil Bridges – woodwinds, vocal, percussion & fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- Ray Monette – guitars & vocal
- Mark Olson – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
& vocal - Ed Guzman – congaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
& percussion