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Most of the solo albums that Chaka Khan provided in the 1980s are excellent. 1986's Destiny falls short of perfect, although the LP is impressive more often than not. Many people were surprised to hear how rock-minded much of Destiny is, but then, Khan's former band Rufus had major rock leanings in the beginning: 1973's Rufus and 1974's Rags to Rufus underscored Khan and Rufus' appreciation of Ike & Tina Turner's soul/rock and were hardly the work of R&B purists. Nor is Destiny; while some of the material is straight R&B (including "Tight Fit" and the exuberant single "Love of a Lifetime"), Khan successfully combines R&B and rock elements on "My Destiny" and "Who's It Gonna Be" (which Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey fame had recorded on a little-known solo album in 1984). And some of the tunes are really more pop/rock than R&B, including "Watching the World," "The Other Side of the World," and "So Close." As much as Destiny has going for it, the LP isn't without its shortcomings. "Who's It Gonna Be" would have been better off without the fake applause that producers Arif and Joe Mardin pointlessly added, and the post-bop jazz offering "Coltrane Dreams" (which features saxman Sam Rivers) is too brief for its own good. Rivers, a major talent, doesn't get a chance to stretch out, and the piece ends up sounding undeveloped, which is quite frustrating because Khan can be a great jazz singer when she puts her mind to it. But while Destiny isn't perfect, the album has many more pluses than minuses and is easily recommended to both R&B and pop/rock enthusiasts.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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David Gamson, Producer, Writer, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - Fred Maher, Drums - Green Gartside, Producer, Backing Vocals, Writer - John Potoker, Recording - RAY BARDANI, Recording - Jason Miles, Synthesizer - MARCUS MILLER, Guitar, Bass - Nick Moroch, Guitar - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - STEVE BOYER, AssistantEngineer - Scott Gilman, Tenor Saxophone - MICHAEL COLINA, Synthesizer - IRIS COhen, AssistantEngineer - Bruce Robbins, AssistantEngineer - David Lebolt, Keyboards - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer - Wayne Warnecke, AssistantEngineer - Bob Gay, Alto Saxophone - Matthew Cornish, Trumpet
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Reggie Griffin, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer, Writer - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael O'Reilly, Recording, MixingEngineer - Charlie Singleton, Writer - Ellen Fitton, AssistantEngineer - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer - Joshua Fried, Writer - Jeremy Wolff, Writer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Steve George, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - Dan Huff, Guitar - Tom Malone, Trombone - Phil Collins, Drums, Backing Vocals - Marvin Stamm, Trumpet - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone - Randy Brecker, Trumpet - Richard Page, Writer - Paul Gomersall, AssistantEngineer - Hugh Padgham, Recording - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael O'Reilly, Recording, MixingEngineer - Pino Palladino, Bass - John Lang, Writer - Joe Mardin, Producer, Synthesizer - Michael Mossman, Trumpet - John Faddis, Trumpet - Mike Ging, AssistantEngineer - Simon Sullivan, Additional Recording - David Lebolt, Synthesizer - Ed Garcia, Assistant Mixer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Robbie Buchanan, Producer, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Mike Rutherford, Writer - Steve MacMillan, AssistantEngineer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Jack Joseph Puig, Recording, MixingEngineer - B. A. Robertson, Writer - Mike Ross, AssistantEngineer - Rod Hui, Recording - Philip Castellano, AssistantEngineer - Steven Carthy, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Arif Mardin, Producer - Eric Calvi, MixingEngineer - Anthony Jackson, Bass - CHAKA KHAN, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Acar Key, AssistantEngineer - Craig Vogel, AssistantEngineer - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer - Randy Fredrix, Guitar - Dave O'Donnel, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Reggie Griffin, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, MixingEngineer - Paul Pesco, Guitar - Arif Mardin, Producer, String Arranger - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - GLEN BALLARD, Writer - Randy Goodrum, Writer - Cindy Mizelle, Backing Vocals - David Harrington, AssistantEngineer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael O'Reilly, Additional Recording - Stephen Benben, AssistantEngineer - Joe Mardin, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, MixingEngineer - David Rosenberg, Drums - Rod Hui, Recording, MixingEngineer - Ellen Fitton, AssistantEngineer - Ed Garcia, Additional Recording - Rod O'Brian, Recording - Ira MacLaughlin, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Reggie Griffin, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Saxophone - Portia Griffin, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - John Potoker, MixingEngineer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Rosa, Recording - Acar Key, AssistantEngineer - Tony Patler, Additional Keyboards, Writer - Rod Hui, Additional Recording - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer - Rod O'Brian, Additional Recording - Steven Carthy, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Richard Feldman, Writer - Beau Hill, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - Marcy Levy, Writer - Bobby Warner, Recording - Reb Beach, Guitar - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen Benben, Recording - PAM TILLIS, Writer - David Rosenberg, Drums - Ira MacLaughlin, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Gay, Alto Saxophone - Paul Pesco, Guitar - Marvin Morrow, Writer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - Russ Titelman, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Recording - Ernie Wilkins, AssistantEngineer - TOM LORD-ALGE, Recording, MixingEngineer - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Michael O'Reilly, Recording - Jimmy Bralower, Drum Programmer - Steve Peck, Additional Recording - Joe Mardin, Keyboards, Programmer - Craig Vogel, AssistantEngineer - Jeff Lord-Alge, AssistantEngineer - Tony Patler, Bass Synthesizer - Bunny Siegler, Writer - Ellen Fitton, AssistantEngineer - Barbara Milne, AssistantEngineer - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer - Rod O'Brian, AssistantEngineer - Steven Carthy, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Jimmy Douglass, AssistantEngineer - Bob Riley, Drum Programmer - Reggie Griffin, Synthesizer - Arif Mardin, Producer - Sandra St. Victor, Backing Vocals - Mark Stevens, Backing Vocals - Nick Moroch, Guitar - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist, Cow Bells - Bob Rosa, AssistantEngineer - Michael O'Reilly, Recording, MixingEngineer - Steve Peck, AssistantEngineer - Acar Key, AssistantEngineer - Joe Mardin, Producer, Arranger, Programmer, Synthesizer - David Lebolt, Programmer, Synthesizer - Gary Goetzman, Writer - Mike Picirillo, Writer - Ed Garcia, AssistantEngineer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Jimmy Douglass, Recording, MixingEngineer - Arif Mardin, Producer, Writer - John Mahoney, Synclavier Programmer - Cengiz Yaltkaya, Producer, Keyboards - CHAKA KHAN, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Michael O'Reilly, Additional Recording - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Hugo Dwyer, Recording - Sam Rivers, Tenor Saxophone - Ellen Fitton, AssistantEngineer - Julie Mardin, Writer - Michael Morongell, Additional Recording - Mark Pawlowski, AssistantEngineer - Thomas Oldakowski, Drum Programmer
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Most of the solo albums that Chaka Khan provided in the 1980s are excellent. 1986's Destiny falls short of perfect, although the LP is impressive more often than not. Many people were surprised to hear how rock-minded much of Destiny is, but then, Khan's former band Rufus had major rock leanings in the beginning: 1973's Rufus and 1974's Rags to Rufus underscored Khan and Rufus' appreciation of Ike & Tina Turner's soul/rock and were hardly the work of R&B purists. Nor is Destiny; while some of the material is straight R&B (including "Tight Fit" and the exuberant single "Love of a Lifetime"), Khan successfully combines R&B and rock elements on "My Destiny" and "Who's It Gonna Be" (which Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey fame had recorded on a little-known solo album in 1984). And some of the tunes are really more pop/rock than R&B, including "Watching the World," "The Other Side of the World," and "So Close." As much as Destiny has going for it, the LP isn't without its shortcomings. "Who's It Gonna Be" would have been better off without the fake applause that producers Arif and Joe Mardin pointlessly added, and the post-bop jazz offering "Coltrane Dreams" (which features saxman Sam Rivers) is too brief for its own good. Rivers, a major talent, doesn't get a chance to stretch out, and the piece ends up sounding undeveloped, which is quite frustrating because Khan can be a great jazz singer when she puts her mind to it. But while Destiny isn't perfect, the album has many more pluses than minuses and is easily recommended to both R&B and pop/rock enthusiasts.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:12
- Main artists: Chaka Khan
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1986 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company.
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