title: Another Time (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
text: # Another Time (Earth, Wind & Fire album)
  
  Another Time is the first compilation album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released on September 7, 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It reached No. 29 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
  
  ## Overview
  
  Another Time was issued as a double album with songs compiled from the band's first two albums, Earth, Wind & Fire and The Need of Love. A bonus track, "Handwriting on the Wall", was also included on the album.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | Billboard | (favourable) |
  
  Ron Wynn of Allmusic described the songs on Another Time as "certainly worth hearing again". Billboard called the album "enjoyable".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from album's text.
  
  * Maurice White - vocals, kalimba, drums, percussion
  * Wade Flemons - vocals
  * Don Whitehead - piano, electric piano and vocals
  * Sherry Scott - vocals
  * Verdine White - bass
  * Michael Beal - guitar, harmonica
  * Yakov Ben Israel - congas, percussion
  * Chet Washington - tenor sax
  * Alex Thomas - trombone
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1974) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 97 |
  | US Top Soul LPs (Billboard) | 29 |
  