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Bouncing between tracks that take great liberties and ones that simply update and stretch the originals, Life Is a Dance (The Remix Project) is a respectful and joyous celebration of Chaka Khan's solo output. The big hits are treated well, with Paul Simpson's softening of the rough edges in "I Feel for You" making it more of a rolling groove, while Marley Marl presents a minimal house take on "This Is My Night." Richard Tee's glistening piano is pumped way up on Dancin' Danny D's mix of "I'm Every Woman," and the lone Rufus track, "Ain't Nobody," gets a slight update by Frankie Knuckles. The album's highlight, "I Know You, I Live You," is extended to nearly eight minutes by Tony Humphries, giving the shimmering disco groove plenty of deserved room. The sleepers are where Life Is a Dance really shines. Hank Shocklee takes the slinky duet with Rick James on "Slow Dancin'" and adds that clunky drum sound that made him famous, while "Clouds" presents one of the final true house mixes from Clivillés & Cole before going pop and pedestrian with C+C Music Factory. Perhaps a sign of the times, none of the remixers get credited on the outside of the disc and a glossary of terms such as "house" and "def" is included. A few of the tracks sounded dated a couple years after the album's release, but overall the collection shows more restraint and good taste than expected.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Alan Gorrie, Backing Vocals - David Morales, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer - 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 - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - Barry Rogers, Trombone - Will Lee, Backing Vocals, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, 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 - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, Producer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Jose Rodriguez, MasteringEngineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Jerry Hey, Trumpet - Hamish Stuart, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, Writer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Flute, Keyboards, Saxophone, Horns Arranger, Synthesizer - Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - David Williams, Guitar - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Crusher Bennett, Percussion - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Jose Rodriguez, MasteringEngineer - Tony Humphries, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
David Frank, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer - Paul Pesco, Guitar - Mic Murphy, Backing Vocals, Writer - Russ Titelman, Producer - LEW HAHN, MixingEngineer - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Additional Keyboards - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Rufus, Vocals - Bob Blank, Production - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Winston Jones, Additional Production, Remix - Jose Rodriguez, Masterer - David Shaw, Additional Production, Remix, ExecutiveProducer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Danny Sembello, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - John Sembello, Writer - ROB MOUNSEY, Synclavier Synthesizer - Russ Titelman, Producer - Cruz Sembello, Backing Vocals - MICHAEL SEMBELLO, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Steve Ferrone, Drums - TONY MAIDEN, Rhythm Guitar - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Jose Rodriguez, Masterer - Dan Sembello, Writer - Don Freeman, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer - Paul Simpson, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Eric Sadler, Additional Production, Remix - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Russ Titelman, Producer - Rick James, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - Will Lee, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Hank Shocklee, Additional Production, Remix - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Loz Netto, Writer - Jose Rodriguez, Masterer - Paul Jackson Jr, Electric Guitar
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Hamish Stuart, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer - Hiram Bullock, Guitar - Richard Tee, Clavinet - LARRY WILLIAMS, Flute, Keyboards, Saxophone, Synthesizer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - David Williams, Guitar - Steve Ferrone, Drums - David Richards, Synthesizer - Frank Musker, Writer - Crusher Bennett, Percussion - Dominic Bugatti, Writer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - GENE PAUL, RecordingEngineer - LEW HAHN, RecordingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Richard Tee, Piano - Cissy Houston, Backing Vocals - Phil Upchurch, Guitar - Sheridan Eldridge, Assistant Sound Engineer - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Composer, Writer - Valerie Simpson, Composer, Writer - Will Lee, Backing Vocals, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - JAMES DOUGLASS, Sound Engineer - Michael O'Reilly, Assistant Sound Engineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Bill Dooley, Assistant Sound Engineer - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, Producer - Dancin' Danny D, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer - Jose Rodriguez, MasteringEngineer - Randy Mason, Assistant Sound Engineer - Anthony D'Amico, Assistant Sound Engineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Records Inc.
Russ Titelman, Producer - John Robinson, Drums, Percussion - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Watson, Bass - David Wolinski, Keyboards - TONY MAIDEN, Guitar - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Winston Jones, Additional Production, Remix - Jose Rodriguez, Masterer - David Shaw, Additional Production, Remix - Kevin Murphy, Keyboards, Writer - Jeffrey Osborne, Writer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Russ Titelman, Producer - John Robinson, Drums - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - David Wolinski, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Jose Rodriguez, MasteringEngineer - Frankie Knuckles, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Hamish Stuart, Guitar, Background Vocals - Arif Mardin, Producer - Mark Stevens, Background Vocals - Jeff Mironov, Guitar - Russ Titelman, Producer - Anthony Jackson, Bass Guitar - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Writer - Valerie Simpson, Writer - Arthur Jenkins, Percussion - CHAKA KHAN, Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist - David Cole, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Leon Pendarvis, Piano - Robert Clivilles, Additional Production, RemixingEngineer - Bob Blank, Production - David E. Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Jose Rodriguez, MasteringEngineer
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Prince Rogers Nelson, Writer - David Frank, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - Reggie Griffin, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass, Synthesizer - Russ Titelman, Producer - Stevie Wonder, Harmonica - BENNY MEDINA, ExecutiveProducer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - Bob Blank, Production - Lisa Morris, Production Co-ordinator - Melle Melle, Vocals - Jose Rodriguez, Masterer - David Shaw, ExecutiveProducer - Paul Simpson, Additional Production, Remix
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Bouncing between tracks that take great liberties and ones that simply update and stretch the originals, Life Is a Dance (The Remix Project) is a respectful and joyous celebration of Chaka Khan's solo output. The big hits are treated well, with Paul Simpson's softening of the rough edges in "I Feel for You" making it more of a rolling groove, while Marley Marl presents a minimal house take on "This Is My Night." Richard Tee's glistening piano is pumped way up on Dancin' Danny D's mix of "I'm Every Woman," and the lone Rufus track, "Ain't Nobody," gets a slight update by Frankie Knuckles. The album's highlight, "I Know You, I Live You," is extended to nearly eight minutes by Tony Humphries, giving the shimmering disco groove plenty of deserved room. The sleepers are where Life Is a Dance really shines. Hank Shocklee takes the slinky duet with Rick James on "Slow Dancin'" and adds that clunky drum sound that made him famous, while "Clouds" presents one of the final true house mixes from Clivillés & Cole before going pop and pedestrian with C+C Music Factory. Perhaps a sign of the times, none of the remixers get credited on the outside of the disc and a glossary of terms such as "house" and "def" is included. A few of the tracks sounded dated a couple years after the album's release, but overall the collection shows more restraint and good taste than expected.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:48
- Main artists: Chaka Khan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 1989 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1989 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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