Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (LP) (1984) - €10,00

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I Feel for You is the fifth solo studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.

After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album Stompin' at the Savoy – Live, after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success: 1984's I Feel for You.

When Chaka Khan recorded her fifth solo album, I Feel for You, in 1984, she knew that R&B had changed a lot since the 1970s. 

Horn-powered funk bands, strings-laden Philadelphia soul, and orchestral disco were out of vogue, and the urban contemporary audiences of 1984 were into a more high-tech, heavily electronic style of R&B. 

Many artists who had been huge in the 1970s found that they no longer appealed to black radio programmers, who had abandoned them and turned their attention to electro-funksters and Prince disciples. 

But Chaka Khan had no problem keeping up with the times; I Feel for You made it clear that she could easily be relevant to the urban contemporary scene of 1984. No one would mistake I Feel for You for a Rufus project from 1975 -- it's way too high-tech -- and yet, everything on the album is unmistakably Chaka Khan. 

That is true of up-tempo items like "Love Is Alive" (an interesting remake of Gary Wright's 1976 hit) and "La Flamme," as well as the ballad "Through the Fire," which was a big hit on urban radio but crossed over to adult contemporary stations in a major way. 

"This Is My Night" (which was written and produced by the System) also became an urban radio hit, but the album is best known for Khan's unlikely remake of Prince's "I Feel for You." 

When Prince first recorded "I Feel for You" in 1979, it wasn't a hit; Khan's version, however, soared to number one on Billboard's R&B singles chart. 

Khan had a very different take on the song than Prince; while his original version was subtle and restrained, Khan went for exuberance and added a strong hip-hop flavor. 

Side A

1.  This Is My Night - 4:38

2.  Stronger Than Before - 4:21

3.  My Love Is Alive - 4:42

4.  Eye to Eye - 4:38

5.  La Flamme - 4:27

Side B

1.  I Feel for You - 5:44

2.  Hold Her - 5:14

3.  Through the Fire - 4:45

4.  Caught in the Act - 3:45

5.  Chinatown - 4:37

Musicians

• Chaka Khan – lead vocals, backing vocals
• David Frank – keyboards, synthesizer track: 1, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
• Mic Murphy – backing vocals track: 1
• Steve Ferrone – drums tracks: 1, 4
• Paul Pesco – guitar track: 1
• Philippe Saisse – additional keyboards track: 1, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 5, 6, 10
• Steve Lukather – guitar track: 7
• Nathan East – bass guitar track: 2, 8
• John Robinson – drums track: 2, 7, 8
• Dann Huff – guitar track: 2
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, synthesizer track: 2, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
• Craig Siegel – Fairlight programming track: 2
• John Robie – keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 3
• Cruz Sembello – backing vocals track: 4
• Tony Maiden – rhythm guitar track: 4
• Michael Sembello – guitar solo, backing vocals track: 4
• Danny Sembello – keyboards, synthesizer track: 4
• Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizer track: 4
• Rob Mounsey – Synclavier track: 4
• Hamish Stuart – backing vocals track: 5
• Mark Stevens – backing vocals track: 5
• Reggie Griffin – guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
• Stevie Wonder – chromatic harmonica track: 6
• Grandmaster Melle Mel – vocals track: 6
• Steve Porcaro – keyboards track: 7
• Hawk – bass, keyboards track: 7
• James Newton Howard – keyboards track: 7
• Michael Landau – guitar track: 8
• David Foster – keyboards, synthesizer track: 8
• Marcus Ryle – programming track: 8
• Alec Milstein – backing vocals track: 9
• Vadim Zilberstein – guitar track: 9
• Keith "Plex" Barnhart – keyboards, synthesizer track: 9
• Joe Mardin – drums track: 9

Production

• Arif Mardin – record producer tracks: 1–3, 5–7, 9, 10
• Lew Hahn – audio mixing tracks: 1, 2, 5–7, 10
• Robbie Buchanan – producer track: 2
• John Robie – producer, audio mixing track: 3
• Russ Titelman – producer track: 4
• Elliot Scheiner – audio mixing track: 4
• David "Hawk" Wolinski – producer track 7
• James Newton Howard – producer track: 7
• David Foster – producer, musical arranger track: 8
• Humberto Gatica – producer, audio mixing track: 8
• Joe Mardin – producer, audio mixing track: 9
• Bill Dooley – audio mixing track: 9
• Michael O'Reilly – audio mixing track: 9

Notes

Release:  1984

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Soul, Post-disco

Label:  Warner Bros. Records

Catalog#   925162-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00