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Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 18, 1975 | |||
Recorded | May–August 1975 | |||
Studio | The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 38:46 | |||
Label | ABC ABCD-909 | |||
Producer | Rufus | |||
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan chronology | ||||
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Singles from Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan is the gold-selling fourth studio album by funk band Rufus (and their second album with singer Chaka Khan), released on the ABC Records label in 1975. It remained atop the R&B album chart for six consecutive weeks.
History[edit]
By 1975, Rufus and lead front woman Chaka Khan had become one of the most popular bands in popular music. With their successful mixing of funk, rock, soul and jazz and the powerful vocals of 22-year-old Khan, the group had set themselves apart from similar groups such as The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire. By the now, the group's billing had changed. While they were just known as Rufus on their first two releases, after the success of 'Tell Me Something Good', the media (and Rufus' label at the time, ABC Records) had recognized that Khan was the attraction to the group.
Khan's popularity was starting to usurp that of her bandmates. For example, on the album's back cover and inner sleeve, Khan is featured with her trademark hair and outfits, sitting on a lips-decorated couch. On the cover, an animated cover of lips, which appeared to emulate Khan's, gave the impression that Khan was the dominant member of the group. Khan also handled all the talk in interviews for the group and she was given solo covers on magazines such as Jet and EBONY. As they entered the studio to record their fourth album, Khan and Rufus remained a collaborative group together. Unlike their three previous albums, they only recorded one cover - The Bee Gees' 'Jive Talkin', while other songs were handled by group members and outside collaborators including, most notably, Gavin Christopher.
Tony Maiden, who had joined the group in mid 1974, would also write more for the album. Khan brought lyrics for three compositions including what became one of Rufus' biggest hits, the ballad 'Sweet Thing', which Khan and Maiden co-wrote together. After its release, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan repeated the success of the band's previous two albums, going gold (later platinum) with sales of one million copies sold in the United States. By the end of the album's promotion, tensions would grow between Khan and group member Andre Fischer. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan was the band's first album to top Billboard's R&B Albums chart and also reached #7 on Pop. The album included the singles 'Sweet Thing', their second #1 hit on the R&B Singles chart and also #5 hit on Pop, 'Dance Wit Me' (US R&B #5, US Pop #39) and the Bee Gees cover 'Jive Talkin' (US R&B #35). According to Billboard Magazine, 'Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan' was the best selling R&B album of 1976 on the Year-End Charts.
Track listing[edit]
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Fool's Paradise' | Gavin Christopher | 4:41 |
2. | 'Have a Good Time' | Gavin Christopher | 3:20 |
3. | 'Ooh I Like Your Loving' | Bobby Watson, Tony Maiden, Chaka Khan | 3:39 |
4. | 'Everybody Has an Aura' | Gordon DeWitty | 3:48 |
5. | 'Circles' | Tony Dulaine | 3:56 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
6. | 'Sweet Thing' | Tony Maiden, Chaka Khan | 3:18 |
7. | 'Dance Wit Me' | Gavin Christopher | 3:57 |
8. | 'Little Boy Blue' | J. Farris | 5:02 |
9. | 'On Time' (Instrumental) | Chaka Khan, Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson, Kevin Murphy, André Fischer | 3:31 |
10. | 'Jive Talkin' | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | 3:33 |
Personnel[edit]
- Chaka Khan – vocals
- Tony Maiden – guitar, vocals
- André Fischer – drums
- Kevin Murphy – keyboards
- Bobby Watson – bass, vocals
- Tower of Power Horn Section – horns
Production[edit]
- Rufus – producers
- Austin Godsey – engineer
- John Calder, Peter Chaikin, Doug Rider – assistant engineers
- Clare Fischer – string arrangements
- Greg Adams – horn arrangements
Charts[edit]
Album
Chaka Khan & Rufus Albums
Chart (1975/1976) | Peak [4] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 7 |
U.S. BillboardTop Soul LPs | 1 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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US [4] | US R&B [4] | ||
1975 | 'Sweet Thing' | 5 | 1 |
1976 | 'Dance Wit Me' | 39 | 5 |
'Jive Talkin' | -- | 35 |
Later samples[edit]
- 'Ooh I Like Your Lovin'
- 'The Blueprint' by Boogie Down Productions from the album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
- 'Circles'
- 'The Becoming' by Little Brother from the album The Minstrel Show
- 'Sweet Thing'
- 'B-Boy in Love' by Mellow Man Ace from the album Escape from Havana
and 'Remind Me' by RBL Posse from the album 'A Lesson to Be Learned'
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Elias, Jason. 'Rufus featuring Chaka Khan review'. Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: R'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^Gersten, Russell (1983). 'Rufus'. In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 438. ISBN0394721071.
- ^ abc'US Charts > Rufus'. Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
External links[edit]
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan at Discogs
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