THE ELEMENTS GET CAUGHT UP IN THE TECHNO-FUNK FAD

Review Score: (6/10)
POWERLIGHT, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1982, HAD THE BASIC EWF SOUND AND SIGNATURES. THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE ALBUM IS THAT IT FAILS TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF IT'S PREDECESSOR'S "ALL N'ALL" AND "I AM". THE STAND OUT JAM ON THIS CD IS "FALL IN LOVE WITH ME", WHICH CARRIED THE ALBUM. THE PRESSURES OF EXECUTIVES AT CBS RECORDS ARE THE BLAME FOR THE MINIMAL SALES. AS PHILP BAILEY STATED "THE POWERS THAT BE SAID THAT WE HAVE TAPPED IN TO SOMETHING WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE. WELL IT WAS SOMETHING WE NEVER
WENT AFTER" EWF WAS EXPERIMENTING WITH THE TECHNO-GROOVE FAD, BY 1983 THEY HAD DISBANNED. CBS WANTED A RAISE II, BUT GOT POWERLIGHT INSTEAD.

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