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Raise!
''Raise!'' is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in 1981 on CBS Records. ''Raise!'' has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA for sales of over a million copies and gold in the UK and Canada by the British Phonographic Industry and Music Canada respectively.〔(RIAA Certification for Raise! )〕〔(British Phonographic Industry certification for Raise! )〕 ''Raise!'' was the bestselling R&B album of 1982.〔(Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums of 1982 )〕 The album featured the #1 R&B and # 3 Pop hit "Let's Groove". The single "Wanna Be With You" won EWF a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group.〔(www.earthwindandfire.com/bio_awards.html )〕 Raise also marked the return to the band of rhythm guitarist Roland Bautista, last heard from on 1972's ''Last Days and Time''. ''Raise!'' would be the final EWF album to be released on ARC. The label would be discontinued by Columbia Records the following year. ==Critical reception==
Ken Tucker of ''Rolling Stone'' describes ''Raise!'' as a reflection of "street-gritty black pop" and that on "Let's Groove" and the fast, cutting "Lady Sun", the horn section screams like a car running a red light". Music critic Robert Christgau says that on the album, he felt "a show of strength was due".
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