In the Name of Love (Earth, Wind & Fire album)

In the Name of Love was produced by EWF's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. Originally, the album was released in Japan during 1996 as Avatar.^[4]

During October 2006, In the Name of Love was reissued on Maurice White's own label Kalimba Music. With the LP's reissue came three bonus tracks from Avatar being "Change Your Mind", "Take You to Heaven" and "Bahia".^[5]

EWF covered the tune "Love Is Life" on the album. "Love Is Life" first appeared on the band 's 1971 self-titled debut LP.^[6]

EWF went on to contribute the song "Cruisin'" to the soundtrack to the 1996 feature film Get On the Bus.^[7]

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Guardian	[8]
Entertainment Weekly	(B−)[9]
USA Today	[10]
Vibe	(favorable)[11]
Washington Post	(favourable)[12]
Vox	(6/10)[13]
Stereo Review	[14]
Uncut	[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]

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With a 4/5 stars review, Dan Glaister of The Guardian called In The Name Of Love "a scorching album".^[8] Omoronke Idowu of Vibe wrote "In the Name of Love is like revisiting a fresh yet familiar face, one that soothes, satisfies, and makes you smile from the inside out.^[11] With a 6/10 review, Al Rasheed Dauda of Vox exclaimed "this album proves they're as potent as ever".^[13] Steve Jones of USA Today noted that EWF "shows it still has an edge to its funk".^[10]

David Stubbs of Uncut in a 3/5 stars review found, "In the Name of Love is never less than good, always less than vital".^[15] Alex Henderson of Allmusic in a 3.5/5 stars review proclaimed, "this excellent CD is unapologetically retro."^[6] Phyl Garland of Stereo Review in a 4/5 stars review remarked, "with this set of skillfully shaped songs, White has positioned Earth, Wind & Fire to move into the next century".^[14]

"Change Your Mind" rose to No. 26 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. "When Love Goes Wrong" also reached No. 33 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.^[17][18] The title track also reached No. 9 on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart.^[2]

Earth, Wind & Fire

• Philip Bailey – lead vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals
• Maurice White – backing vocals, lead vocals (2, 5, 10)
• Morris Pleasure – keyboards
• Sheldon Reynolds – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (2, 6–8)
• Verdine White – bass
• Sonny Emory – drums, backing vocals
• Ralph Johnson – percussion, backing vocals

EWF horns

• Scott Mayo – saxophones (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
• Reggie Young – trombone (2, 3, 7, 10)
• Ray Brown –trumpet (2, 3, 7, 10)

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Randolph – programming (2, 6, 9, 10)
• Andrew Klippel – keyboards (4)
• Damian Johnson – keyboards (5)
• Paul Minor – keyboards (5, 6, 8)
• Marcel East – keyboards (11)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (6, 11)
• David Romero – percussion (9)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 5, 8)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 5, 8), flugelhorn (1, 5, 8)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 5, 8), flugelhorn (1, 5, 8), horn arrangements (1, 5, 8)
• Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet (2, 3, 7, 10)
• Bill Meyers – horn arrangements (2, 3, 7, 10), synth string arrangements (6), string arrangements (10)
• Sir James Bailey – backing vocals (1, 3)
• Carl Carwell – backing vocals (1–3, 5–10)
• Doni McCrary – backing vocals (4)
• Howard McCrary – backing vocals (4), BGV arrangements (4)
• James McCrary – backing vocals (4)
• Leon McCrary – backing vocals (4)
• Kevin Guillaume – backing vocals (5), vocal arrangements (5)
• Ralph Hawkins, Jr. – backing vocals (5), vocal arrangements (5)
• Ralph Tresvant – vocal arrangements (5)

Album

Singles