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Chaka Khan's transition to solo artist in 1978 could not have been smoother. At the top of the year, Street Player, her sixth album with Rufus, appeared with a sleeve displaying her name ahead of the band's name -- no longer were they Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan. Its biggest single, "Stay," followed "You Got the Love" and "Sweet Thing" as the third Top 40 hit the singer co-wrote. In July, Chaka's unmistakable voice was on the number one soul single, Quincy Jones' "Stuff Like That," also featuring Ashford & Simpson. Three months later, Chaka was back on the charts with the Ashford & Simpson-written "I'm Every Woman," in one supremely graceful swoop the Platonic ideal of a midtempo floor-filler, feminist anthem, and solo debut. No other song has been so inviting of cover versions with the obvious caveat that it cannot be surpassed -- not even by Whitney Houston. Although that number one soul hit overshadows everything else on Chaka, the album is full of outstanding performances and a broad range of strong material pulled together by Arif Mardin. It's a near-total break from Rufus. The only connections are Tony Maiden's guitar solo on a gender-switched cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her" and writing input from a few Rufus collaborators. At times, especially on the free and easy "Sleep on It" and celebratory second single "Life Is a Dance," the LP resembles a Chaka-fronted Average White Band session, as guitarist/singer Hamish Stuart and dynamite drummer Steve Ferrone are on almost everything. The spirit of Chaka's Chicago hometown is also felt with Phil Upchurch's blues-jazz-soul rhythm guitar a throughline, and there's an emphatic update of Rotary Connection's gospel-fied "Love Has Fallen on Me," composed by group producer/arranger Charles Stepney with Chess staff writer Lloyd Webber. As with virtually every Chaka album with or without Rufus, there are some deep-cut knockouts. Dealing the strongest blow by far is the swirling belter "Some Love," introduced and driven by a bassline from Mark Stevens (Chaka's brother), and augmented by woodwinds and brass from David Sanborn and the Brecker Brothers. (Echoes of this song can be heard in Aurra's "Nasty Disposition" and Snap!'s "The Power.") Beneath that is the lovely upbeat George Benson duet "We Got the Love," also written by the guitarist. Certified gold within a month of release, Chaka was quickly followed by seventh Rufus and Chaka album Masterjam, and then Chaka resumed solo work with Naughty.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Composer, Writer - Valerie Simpson, Composer, Writer - Will Lee, Backing Vocals, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Alan Gorrie, Backing Vocals - Charles Stepney, Writer - David Lasley, Backing Vocals - Hamish Stuart, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Writer - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - Barry Rogers, Trombone - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - George Young, Alto Saxophone - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Ronnie Cuber, Baritone Saxophone - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
David Lasley, Backing Vocals, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Cornell Dupree, Guitar - Rick Marotta, Drums - Luther Vandross, Backing Vocals - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Brooks Tillotson, French Horn - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Will Lee, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Leon Pendarvis, Electric Piano - Gene Bianco, Harp - LANA MARRANO, Writer - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Jim Buffington, French Horn - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - Andrew Kastner, Guitar, Writer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Electric Piano - Brooks Tillotson, French Horn - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - Will Lee, Backing Vocals - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Ken Bichel, Synthesizer - LARRY JOHN MCNALLY, Writer - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Jim Buffington, French Horn - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Alan Gorrie, Backing Vocals - Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Clavinet - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Barry Rogers, Trombone - Will Lee, Backing Vocals, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - George Young, Alto Saxophone - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Gavin Christopher, Writer - Ronnie Cuber, Baritone Saxophone - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Phil Bodner, Flute - Hamish Stuart, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Arranger - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Eddie Daniels, Flute - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - George Benson, Writer - Phil Upchurch, Bass - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Barry Rogers, Trombone - Arthur Jenkins, Electric Piano - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - George Young, Alto Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Ken Bichel, Synthesizer - George Marge, Flute - Ronnie Cuber, Baritone Saxophone - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Raphael Cruz, Congas - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Arif Mardin, Producer - Mark Stevens, Writer, Bass - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Brooks Tillotson, French Horn - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - David Sanborn, Saxophone - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - John Clark, French Horn - KEITH BOYD, Writer - TRAUDE SAPIK, Writer - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Onnie McIntyre, Guitar - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Sammy Figueroa, Percussion - Hamish Stuart, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer - Andrew Kastner, Guitar, Writer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano - Brooks Tillotson, French Horn - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - David Sanborn, Alto Saxophone - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Ken Bichel, Synthesizer - John Clark, French Horn - LARRY JOHN MCNALLY, Writer - Paul Faulise, Bass Trombone - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Jesse Levy, Cello - Hamish Stuart, Bass - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Kermit Moore, Cello - Brooks Tillotson, French Horn - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - Arthur Jenkins, Clavinet - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Richard Bock, Cello - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - John Clark, French Horn - LALOMIE WASHBURN, Writer - Paul Faulise, Trombone - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Onnie McIntyre, Guitar - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Raphael Cruz, Congas - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Cosby, Writer - Sylvia Moy, Writer - Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - GENE PAUL, Engineer - LEW HAHN, Engineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano, Clavinet - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Stevie Wonder, Writer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Engineer - TONY MAIDEN, Guitar - LULA HARDAWAY, Writer - Terri Gonzalez, Backing Vocals
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Chronique
Chaka Khan's transition to solo artist in 1978 could not have been smoother. At the top of the year, Street Player, her sixth album with Rufus, appeared with a sleeve displaying her name ahead of the band's name -- no longer were they Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan. Its biggest single, "Stay," followed "You Got the Love" and "Sweet Thing" as the third Top 40 hit the singer co-wrote. In July, Chaka's unmistakable voice was on the number one soul single, Quincy Jones' "Stuff Like That," also featuring Ashford & Simpson. Three months later, Chaka was back on the charts with the Ashford & Simpson-written "I'm Every Woman," in one supremely graceful swoop the Platonic ideal of a midtempo floor-filler, feminist anthem, and solo debut. No other song has been so inviting of cover versions with the obvious caveat that it cannot be surpassed -- not even by Whitney Houston. Although that number one soul hit overshadows everything else on Chaka, the album is full of outstanding performances and a broad range of strong material pulled together by Arif Mardin. It's a near-total break from Rufus. The only connections are Tony Maiden's guitar solo on a gender-switched cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her" and writing input from a few Rufus collaborators. At times, especially on the free and easy "Sleep on It" and celebratory second single "Life Is a Dance," the LP resembles a Chaka-fronted Average White Band session, as guitarist/singer Hamish Stuart and dynamite drummer Steve Ferrone are on almost everything. The spirit of Chaka's Chicago hometown is also felt with Phil Upchurch's blues-jazz-soul rhythm guitar a throughline, and there's an emphatic update of Rotary Connection's gospel-fied "Love Has Fallen on Me," composed by group producer/arranger Charles Stepney with Chess staff writer Lloyd Webber. As with virtually every Chaka album with or without Rufus, there are some deep-cut knockouts. Dealing the strongest blow by far is the swirling belter "Some Love," introduced and driven by a bassline from Mark Stevens (Chaka's brother), and augmented by woodwinds and brass from David Sanborn and the Brecker Brothers. (Echoes of this song can be heard in Aurra's "Nasty Disposition" and Snap!'s "The Power.") Beneath that is the lovely upbeat George Benson duet "We Got the Love," also written by the guitarist. Certified gold within a month of release, Chaka was quickly followed by seventh Rufus and Chaka album Masterjam, and then Chaka resumed solo work with Naughty.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 10 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:43:28
- Artistes principaux : Chaka Khan
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Maison de disque : Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 1978 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
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