Chaka Khan: What Cha' Gonna Do For Me, Expanded Edition CD
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Big Break Records
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BBR is thrilled to present this expanded and remastered edition of WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME in a deluxe super jewel case with extensive liner notes and added bonus content.
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• After a hugely successful run fronting the multi-racial funk group Rufus, Chaka Khan redirected that success into a solo career. From her breakout with 1978's 'I'm Every Woman' to 1980's NAUGHTY LP, Chaka teamed with prominent producer Arif Mardin to create a fully orchestrated funk-disco-jazz sound.
• 1981's Gold certified WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME (R&B #3/Pop #17/Jazz #35) builds upon the jazz leanings of its predecessor. The title track (R&B #1/Pop #53) launched the album with Chaka's breeziest vocals to date. Second single ‘We Can Work it Out’ (R&B#34/DANCE #22) reconstitutes the Beatles as a call to the dance floor whilst “Any Old Sunday” (R&B #68) is the gentlest groove on the album.
• ‘I Know You, I Live You’ failed to chart as the album’s final US single but became a dance floor classic. Similarly, the instrumental solo to ‘Fate’ would be sampled in Stardust's massive dance hit ‘Music Sounds Better with You’.
• Elsewhere, ‘And The Melody Still Lingers On’, Chaka’s adaptation of Dizzy Gillespie's ‘Night in Tunisia’, acts as a tribute to the forbearers of jazz with Herbie Hancock contributing a synth solo as well as a Charlie Parker saxophone solo lifted from his own version of the song from 1946. It's this relationship with history that would inform much of Chaka's best work.
• Two recordings from the album session final make the cut on this BBR edition of WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME. ‘Lover’s Touch’ and ‘Only Once’ originally appeared only as single b sides from the album. For the first time, they now sit alongside the rest of the sessions.
• BBR is thrilled to present this expanded and remastered edition of WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME in a deluxe super jewel case with extensive liner notes and added bonus content.
Track Listing:
1. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
2. WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME
3. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU
4. ANY OLD SUNDAY
5. WE GOT EACH OTHER
6. AND THE MELODY STILL LINGERS ON (NIGHT IN TUNISIA)
7. NIGHT MOODS
8. HEED THE WARNING
9. FATHER HE SAID
10. FATE
11. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REPRISE)
BONUS TRACKS
12. ONLY ONCE
13. LOVER’S TOUCH
14. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REMIX)
• 1981's Gold certified WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME (R&B #3/Pop #17/Jazz #35) builds upon the jazz leanings of its predecessor. The title track (R&B #1/Pop #53) launched the album with Chaka's breeziest vocals to date. Second single ‘We Can Work it Out’ (R&B#34/DANCE #22) reconstitutes the Beatles as a call to the dance floor whilst “Any Old Sunday” (R&B #68) is the gentlest groove on the album.
• ‘I Know You, I Live You’ failed to chart as the album’s final US single but became a dance floor classic. Similarly, the instrumental solo to ‘Fate’ would be sampled in Stardust's massive dance hit ‘Music Sounds Better with You’.
• Elsewhere, ‘And The Melody Still Lingers On’, Chaka’s adaptation of Dizzy Gillespie's ‘Night in Tunisia’, acts as a tribute to the forbearers of jazz with Herbie Hancock contributing a synth solo as well as a Charlie Parker saxophone solo lifted from his own version of the song from 1946. It's this relationship with history that would inform much of Chaka's best work.
• Two recordings from the album session final make the cut on this BBR edition of WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME. ‘Lover’s Touch’ and ‘Only Once’ originally appeared only as single b sides from the album. For the first time, they now sit alongside the rest of the sessions.
• BBR is thrilled to present this expanded and remastered edition of WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME in a deluxe super jewel case with extensive liner notes and added bonus content.
Track Listing:
1. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
2. WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME
3. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU
4. ANY OLD SUNDAY
5. WE GOT EACH OTHER
6. AND THE MELODY STILL LINGERS ON (NIGHT IN TUNISIA)
7. NIGHT MOODS
8. HEED THE WARNING
9. FATHER HE SAID
10. FATE
11. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REPRISE)
BONUS TRACKS
12. ONLY ONCE
13. LOVER’S TOUCH
14. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REMIX)
Additional Information
| Barcode | 5013929063136 |
|---|---|
| Label | Big Break Records |
| Format | CD |
| Artist | Chaka Khan |
Tracklist
1. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
2. WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME
3. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU
4. ANY OLD SUNDAY
5. WE GOT EACH OTHER
6. AND THE MELODY STILL LINGERS ON (NIGHT IN TUNISIA)
7. NIGHT MOODS
8. HEED THE WARNING
9. FATHER HE SAID
10. FATE
11. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REPRISE)
BONUS TRACKS
12. ONLY ONCE
13. LOVER’S TOUCH
14. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REMIX)
2. WHAT CHA’ GONNA DO FOR ME
3. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU
4. ANY OLD SUNDAY
5. WE GOT EACH OTHER
6. AND THE MELODY STILL LINGERS ON (NIGHT IN TUNISIA)
7. NIGHT MOODS
8. HEED THE WARNING
9. FATHER HE SAID
10. FATE
11. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REPRISE)
BONUS TRACKS
12. ONLY ONCE
13. LOVER’S TOUCH
14. I KNOW YOU, I LIVE YOU (REMIX)
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