Powerlight
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| Studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| Released | February 3, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Electropop, New wave, Funk Boogie, Synth funk | |||
| Length | 41:23 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Maurice White | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | (A-) |
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Powerlight is the twelfth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in February 1983. Powerlight has been certified gold for selling over 500, 000 copies in the US by the RIAA.
Powerlight went to number 12 and number 4 on the Pop and R&B album charts and the single "Fall in Love with Me" reached number 17 and number 4 on the Pop and R&B charts respectively. "Fall in Love with Me" was also Grammy nominated for Best R&B vocal performance by A Duo or group.
Allmusic's Craig Lytle refers to the album as "an entertaining piece" and goes on to say that "Throughout the entire album, White's unifying message is fueled by the aggressive rhythms and relaxing melodies".Robert Christgau says that on the album "we're free to gape at this band's spectacular popcraft" and summed up his review by describing Powerlight as "the best argument for universalism they'll ever make".
"Something Special" has been sampled by Will Smith on the title track of his 1997 album Big Willie Style and "Side by Side" has been sampled by Common on the track Charms Alarm featured on his 1992 album Can I Borrow a Dollar?.
Adapted from the Discogs credits.
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