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{{Short description|1991 studio album by Air Supply}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Earth Is ...
| type = studio album
| artist = [[Air Supply]]
| cover = The earth is...cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 23 July 1991
| recorded = Los Angeles, California (1991)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soft rock]]
| length =
| label = [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant]]
| producer = [[Harry Maslin]]
| prev_title = [[The Christmas Album (Air Supply album)|The Christmas Album]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[The Vanishing Race]]
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Singles
| single1 = [[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]
| single1date = 1991
| single2 = Stronger Than the Night
| single2date = 1991
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r215|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
}}

'''''The Earth Is ...''''' is the eleventh studio album by British-Australian soft rock duo [[Air Supply]], released in 1991 and their first for [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant Records]]. It was their comeback album after taking a break in 1987, with [[Russell Hitchcock]] releasing his [[Russell Hitchcock (album)|eponymous debut solo album]] in 1988.

''The Earth Is ...'' did not peak on the American charts, but it produced a worldwide tour in which the band focused on Asian countries and Latin America. The interpretation of "[[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]" reached No. 48 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.classicbands.com/airsupply.html Biographies: Air Supply] 8-12-08</ref> "Dame Amor" is the first song by the band recorded in Spanish.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline =
| all_writing =
| title1 = Stronger Than the Night
| writer1 = Graham Russell, [[Michael Sherwood]], [[Dave Young (musician)|David Young]]
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = [[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]]
| writer2 = [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]], [[Pete Ham]]
| length2 = 4:57
| title3 = The Earth Is
| writer3 = Russell, Sherwood
| length3 = 5:37
| title4 = Speaking of Love
| writer4 = [[Jimmy Haun]], Russell, Sherwood, Young
| length4 = 4:30
| title5 = She's Got the Answer
| writer5 = Larry Antonino, Haun, Russell, Sherwood
| length5 = 5:45
| title6 = Stop the Tears
| writer6 = Jan Buckingham, Jaime Kyle
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Dame Amor
| writer7 = Haun, Russell, Sherwood
| length7 = 6:15
| title8 = Dancing with the Mountain
| writer8 = Russell, Sherwood, Young
| length8 = 5:28
| title9 = Love Conquers Time
| writer9 = Russell
| length9 = 5:01
| title10 = Bread and Blood
| writer10 = Russell
| length10 = 4:38
| total_length =
}}

== Personnel ==
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* [[Russell Hitchcock]] – lead vocals (1–4, 6–10), backing vocals (1, 3–6, 8–10)
* [[Graham Russell]] – acoustic guitar (1–3, 6, 9), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 8–10), harmony vocals (2), lead vocals (3, 5, 7–10), drums (3), percussion (3), drum programming (3, 7), 12-string guitar (7), acoustic piano (10)
* Guy Allison – keyboards (1, 3–6, 8, 9), programming (3, 6, 8)
* David Young – keyboards (1, 4, 9), drum programming (8)
* [[Randy Kerber]] – acoustic piano (2)
* [[Brad Buxer]] – strings (2, 4), keyboards (3–6, 8), programming (3, 6, 8)
* Michael Sherwood – keyboards (5)
* Jimmy Haun – guitar (1, 3–6, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
* Larry Antonino – bass (1–7, 9), backing vocals (1, 4, 5), fretless bass (8)
* Ralph Cooper – drums (1, 3, 4, 9), percussion (3), drum programming (3, 5–8)
* Michito Sánchez – percussion (7)
* [[Novi Novog]] – viola (10)
* Karen Tobin – additional backing vocals (6)
{{div col end}}

==Production==
* Producer and engineer – Harry Maslin
* Assistant engineers – James Jason, Jason Roberts and Talley Sherwood.
* Tracks 1, 2 & 6 remixed by [[Humberto Gatica]] at Ground Control Studios (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Alex Rodriguez.
* Mastered by Humberto Gatica at Precision Sound (Los Angeles, CA).
* Package design – Christine Cano
* Artwork – Valerie Lettera
* Photography – Dean Armstrong

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Air Supply}}

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[[Category:Giant Records (Warner) albums]]

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