Raise!

by Earth Wind & Fire

Raise! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 November 1981
  • Label: ARC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:44
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Thomas Buffum, Selene Hurford, Larry Hall, Brian Leonard, Myra Kestenbaum, Norman Leonard, Nathan Ross, Marvin Limonick, Bill Reichenbach, Paula Hochhalter, Maurice White, Dick "Slyde" Hyde, Sheldon Sanov, Charles Loper, Gareth Nuttycombe, Larry Corbett, Roland Bautista, Don Myrick, Jerome Kessler, John Wittenberg, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Philip Bailey, Chuck Findley, Tom Saviano, Ronald Folsom, Michael Harris, Virginia Majewski, Wind, Larry Dunn, Endre Granat, Johnny Graham, Betty LaMagna, Louis Satterfield, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Fred White, Anton Sen, Mari Tsumura-Botnick, Mick Guzauski, Irving Geller, Denyse Buffum, George Bohanon, Arnold Belnick, Andrew Woolfolk, Reginald Hill, Allan Harshman, Arkady Shindelman, Verdine White, Jerome Reisler, William Kurasch, William Hymanson, Mary Louise Zeyen, Oscar Brashear, Pamela Goldsmith, Haim Shtrum, Frederick Seykora, Henry Ferber, Alan DeVeritch

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Earth Wind & Fire's 'Raise!' updated the band's horn-driven funk and soul sound with sleeker synthesizer textures and early-1980s dance production. The album includes "Let's Groove", one of the group's defining late-period hits and a bridge between disco, boogie, and synth-funk.

Genres

Descriptors: party, rhythmic, electronic, dance, funky, groove-laden, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Let's Groove (5:36)
  2. Lady Sun (3:39)
  3. My Love (4:33)
  4. Evolution Orange (4:37)
  5. Kalimba Tree (0:25)
  6. You Are A Winner (4:09)
  7. I've Had Enough (4:34)
  8. Wanna Be With You (4:35)
  9. The Changing Times (5:36)

Credits

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