Ask Rufus

Artist: Rufus & Chaka Khan
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 008811044923
EAN: 0008811044923
ASIN: B000002OIQ

Release Date: 1992-03-10

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Tracks:

At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
Close The Door
Slow Screw Against The Wall/A Flat Fry
Earth Song
Everlasting Love
Hollywood
Magic In Your Eyes
Better Days
Egyptian Song

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Customer Reviews:

looked everywhere, found it here.......2007-02-10

I had searched for this cd for a long time. I finally found it here. thanks

The softer side of Chaka. . . ........2007-02-06

In her 70's heyday, Chaka Khan was soul music's ranking tomboy and few could keep up with her spunky, sexually-charged persona. "Ask Rufus" marked the pinnacle of her work with the group Rufus. But unlike the bulk of her work with Rufus--which owed as much to Rock as it did to Soul and funk--"Ask Rufus" is much softer, a pensive and romantic mosaic. As such, it's as powerful and moving as anything she's ever done. Khan fiercely wraps her amazing vocals around the horn-driven funk of "At midnight" and the jumpy, syncopated rhythms of "Better Days"(on which she also displays her considerable talent for songwriting). She then swoops down into gorgeous ballads like "Close the Door," "Earth Song" and "Magic in Your Eyes" with equal dexterity. It is a great tribute to her versatility and fearlessness that she is able to pull off all styles with equal aplomb. Chaka's first album "Rags to Rufus" put her on the map and it remains to this day one of the best albums of the 70's. But if I had to choose only one Chaka Khan/Rufus album as my favorite, "Ask Rufus" would win hands down.

Classic Rufus & Chaka.......2006-04-13

This is one of my favorite Rufus and Chaka Khan albums. This album sold over 1.5 million copies in the late seventies (all of their previous albums went Gold. The fans really connected to this classic because Chaka made you feel that she was only singing to you. If you listen to Egyptian Song, Chaka sings notes that are not even on the scale - all you can do is listen in shock and awe-because-this woman can really sing.

Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones made a guest appearance on this album (playing guitar). This album should be considered in the same league as Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced, Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Just a little triva: Claire Fischer, who arranged all the strings for this album went on to work with Prince.

The engineer, Gary Starr, should also take credit for the outstanding sound that was achived without today's digital technology.

Ask Rufus..........2005-11-19

I go along with the consensus opinion on this body of work. This album, though different, possessed a little of everything on it. Funk, Soul, Ballads. Ladies and Gentlemen, you will find it on this album. Just pop it in and forget it. When I hear this music, I think back to late 70's, when I would play this album and study my trigonometry to it (a great mellowing agent!). That was a long time ago! Buy it at a good price and enjoy it! Five stars!

REAL SOUL MUSIC!!!.......2005-09-06

This is a perfect example of the difference between old-school r&b & the r&b of today.On this album,you don't just have great singing/vocal acrobatics from one of the greatest vocalists,EVER!You also have EXTRAORDINARY MUSICIANSHIP-which you DON'T have on r&b records today.Of course,Rufus is an actual BAND,so that's the way it should be.On most r&b albums these days,actually since the 90s,there usually aren't actual instrumentalists playing behind the singer(and a lot of them can't sing,anyway),instead you have some "producer"picking out sounds from a computer-at least that's what it sounds like-to make a "track",as opposed to a song or a composition. The people who like the popular music of today couldn't handle an album like Ask Rufus.There's too much going on.
Like the interplay between the drummer,keyboardist,and the guitarist during the out of this world intro & coda of Earth Song.Its called jammin.Jammin is something that usually happens when you have a group of musicians doing what musicians are supposed to do.
Then there's the jazzy piano of Better Days or the knock you out of your seat drum fills right before the coda of Close The Door.And don't even get me started on the majestic Egyptian Song,which is indescribable,you have to hear it!
You see,in real r&b,or should I say soul,the music is just as important as the vocal.Those of us who have listened to this album,as well as classic albums by Stevie Wonder,Curtis Mayfield, & P-Funk,among others,know what guitars,pianos,horns & a drum kit are supposed to sound like.Good luck trying to find that on a Destinys Child or Mariah Carey record.

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