That's The Way Of The World (studio album)
by Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire bestography
That's The Way Of The World is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Earth, Wind & Fire on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Earth, Wind & Fire is I Am which is ranked number 3175 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 471.
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That's The Way Of The World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/16/2025 14:59 | AledJames | 1,443 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 22:39 | Proto | 3,805 | 33/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2025 21:05 | LittleM1971 | 5,824 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2025 00:35 | matterhornrider | 4,779 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2025 19:41 | poirotketchup | 413 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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blockbuster hits in this genre which is good. soul disco funk
seb7 02/13/2021 07:02 | #266248
Super solid, great record with some great songs, especially the title track
planetneutral 02/02/2021 04:58 | #265565
A rough odyssey punctuates each side of what is otherwise a really cool album.
seb7 01/07/2021 19:12 | #263988
Super fun and funky album with great songwriting
Great album, my favorite track is Africano.
2112Ikaro 11/24/2019 15:36 | #245135
A R&B and funky masterpiece, the rhythms are exciting and energetic with the band playing at a high level, very good album.
how is this album 4,118th???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I have been slacking on my funk records as well as albums from this decade. Especially an album like this where you had the crowning Pop hit Shooting Star. And it never gets boring at all after that. Need to get there back catalog underneath my belt.
Outstanding effort by EWF. Except I can't listen to it now without thinking of Elaine.
junodog4 02/01/2015 22:11 | #133657
Much more than a disco album. Not disco at all, in fact. Great danceable R&B.
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