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Very Best ofArtists: Rufus, Chaka Khan
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 reviews
Sales Rank: 9,963

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 008811154325
EAN: 0008811154325
ASIN: B000002P4I

Release Date: November 19, 1996
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Tracks:

  • Do You Love What You Feel
  • Tell Me Something Good
  • Dance Wit Me
  • Hollywood
  • Stay
  • Once You Get Started
  • You Got The Love
  • At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
  • Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)
  • Sweet Thing

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Genre: Soul/R&B
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 19-NOV-1996



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5 out of 5 stars Funky seventies music   May 8, 2004
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

In the sixties there was a group called American breed, best remembered in America for Bend me shape me. They didn't chart in Britain but Bend me shape me did - it was covered by Amen corner. American breed disbanded but some of its members went on to form a new group - Rufus. However, it was after one further change, the replacement of the original lead singer with Chaka Khan, that Rufus had their greatest success.

In this new formation, Rufus had a string of top ten hits on the American R+B charts, many of them featured here. They actually scored a UK top ten top hit in 1984 with Ain't nobody but it is not included here.

While I generally prefer Chaka Khan's solo music, there is no denying the quality of the music she recorded with Rufus - a mix of excellent ballads and funky songs to dance to.

If you enjoy seventies R+B with a funky groove, or you enjoy Chaka Khan's solo music, you are likely to enjoy this.


5 out of 5 stars Chaka and Rufus- Nuff Said   May 24, 2003
A. Stallings (Glen Burnie, MD)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This CD is very good for those of us who got into appreciating Chaka late (as I did as a lil kid when she came out with the remake of "I Feel For You" in 1984). My favorites are "Hollywood" and "Stay" which happen to be back to back on the CD. If you are looking for the hits from Rufus and Chaka U can't go wrong with this CD at all. Very much recommend. "Once You Get Started" with this CD I also recommend for you to check out the group's 1979 CD "Masterjam" which is off the chain and comes STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!!


5 out of 5 stars Just buy it, trust me!!   September 3, 2005
King David (Washington, DC)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

Chaka Khan is my favorite female singer of all time. I'm only 23 but I'm captivated by the sound of the entire 1970's soul era. In other words, it's all I listen to. I don't think Rufus gets enough credit for their input on these songs as well as the other albums they did with Chaka Khan. To me, this is R&B/Soul at its finest. There were other songs that should have been included on this greatest hits album, but nonetheless, for what is present on it, it's flawless. The sound arrangement, the instruments, the singing whether lead by Chaka Khan or backup, is all on point and right on time. All components compliment each other. The chemistry they possess is almost scary at times because you can hear the individuality where each band memeber gets to do their own thing but it all flows perfectly in the end. These songs are just a few of the many great tracks recorded by Rufus and Chaka Khan. The only album I'm missing is Ask Rufus, but anyone just starting to get into Rufus and Chaka Khan, or 1970's soul/r&b, this is a great place to start. If you enjoy hearing creativity and instruments being used to their potential, just pay whatever cdnow is asking or go look for this album in a store somewhere, but just buy it. Besides, today, everyone is sampling something from that era anyway. Why not just listen to the real thing?
On this album, my favorite songs are Stay, Hollywood, Please pardon me and You got the love. Tell me something good and Sweet thing are great songs too, but I think everyone has heard them in a movie or something. Erykah Badu sang Stay on her live album, and although I think it's great as well, it can't compare to the original. Teddy Riley sampled Hollywood on Queeen Pen's album back in the late 90s but it just took away from the creativity that was needed to create songs like these. The amazing part of it all to me is that everything is done by instrument and not computers or synthesisers. If synthesisers are used, it's done with taste and it doesn't overpower the sweat and effort of the band members and their instruments.



5 out of 5 stars WARM UP THAT SWEET THING WITH CK & RUFUS!   January 19, 2003
Jay Siekierski (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

For years a $$$ import for Chaka Khan fans but now The Very Best Of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan has been issued
by MCA. All the hits that propelled Rufus into orbit as one of the best 'crossover' Soul bands are here and these are just some
of the examples set that shot Chaka off onto her own on-going successful solo career. Unfortunately for Rufus, after Chaka
jumped ship Rufus sank after 2 unsuccessful albums. But as they say 'the music plays on' and this CD is packed with tunes that
are still 'radio staples'and club hits around the globe to this day. The sonics are amazing and you can hear clearer & brighter
than ever before. The bass pops and Chaka is especially a turn on! Just listen to her moan, coo & scream on "Tell Me
Something Good," "Do You Love What You Feel" & "Sweet Thing" for pre-warmup action. Get the message? O.K. now get
the CD and warm up your own SWEET THING... Chaka style!



5 out of 5 stars Amazing - Gets 5 Stars for the Ballads Alone   May 30, 2003
Charles A Carlino (U.S.A.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Chaka Khan had (and still has) one of the post expressive, emotional voices of all time, but she never had more sympathetic collaborators than her partners in Rufus. Not only that but Ms. Khan had a much more active role as a writer in Rufus, and it shows when she takes one of her own lyrics and creates the pins and needles effect on the back of the unsuspecting listener's neck. The ballads "Stay," "Please Pardon Me," and "Sweet Thing" should prove once and for all that the 1970s were not the musical wasteland so many critics love to make people believe. This is great music of great value and taste, and should be a primer for any would-be soul emoter.

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