Powerlight is the twelfth studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in February 1983 by Columbia Records. The album rose to No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. Powerlight was also certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Powerlight was produced by EWF leader Maurice White. According to White the LP's title has to do with "the chakras -- the centers of the body that connect us with cosmic power." Artists such as Robert Greenidge, Maxayn Lewis and Zakir Hussain also appeared on the album.
Maurice White – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, kalimba Fred White – drums, percussion Robert Greenidge – steel drums (3)
Zakir Hussain – tabla Philip Bailey – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion Ralph Johnson – percussion Paulinho da Costa – percussion Verdine White – bass guitar Roland Bautista – guitars, guitar solo (6, 8) Beloyd Taylor – guitars, backing vocals Larry Dunn – acoustic piano, synthesizers, synthesizer programming Eddie del Barrio – keyboards George Del Barrio – keyboards Rick Kelly – keyboards Skip Scarborough – keyboards Wayne Vaughn – keyboards Maxanne Lewis – acoustic piano Wanda "Ms. Pluto" Vaughn – backing vocals Andrew Woolfolk – tenor saxophone Azar Lawrence – Prophet-5 Don Myrick – soprano sax solo (5)
