Camouflage (Rufus album)

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Camouflage
Camouflagerufusalbum.jpg
Studio album by
Rufus with Chaka Khan
ReleasedOctober 1981
Recorded1981
StudioAllen Zentz Recording
(Hollywood, California)
The Record Plant
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Funk, soul
Length37:32
Label MCA
Producer Rufus
Rufus chronology
Party 'Til You're Broke
(1981)		Camouflage
(1981)		 The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
(1982)
Chaka Khan chronology
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
(1981)		Camouflage
(1981)		 Echoes of an Era
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Camouflage is the tenth studio album by funk band Rufus (and their sixth album featuring Chaka Khan), released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Camouflage peaked at number 15 on Billboard 's R&B Albums chart and stalled at number 98 on Pop. The album includes the singles "Sharing the Love" (US R&B 8, US Pop number 91) and "Better Together" (US R&B number 66, US Dance number 56).

Contents

Following the release of Camouflage, Chaka Khan recorded her third, fourth and fifth solo albums What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981), Echoes of an Era (1982) and Chaka Khan (1982) and Rufus recorded their third album without Khan, Seal in Red (1983), before they reunited for one final album together later in 1983, the double live/studio set Stompin' at the Savoy – Live .

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Better Together"Tony Maiden, Lalomie Washburn 3:37
2."Jigsaw"Maiden, Chaka Khan 3:54
3."Secret Friend"Maiden, René Moore, Angela Winbush, Allee Willis 3:57
4."Music Man (The D.J. Song)" John Robinson, David Wolinski 3:50
5."True Love"Wolinski3:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Sharing the Love" Kevin Murphy 3:37
7."Quandary"Maiden, Khan4:50
8."Lilah"Wolinski, Willis4:14
9."Losers in Love"Wolinski, Danny Seraphine 3:04
10."Highlight"Bobby Watson, Moore, Winbush3:14

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1981)Peak
[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 98
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 15

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US
[3] 		US
R&B
[3] 		US
Dance
[3]
1981"Sharing the Love"918—
1982"Better Together"—6656

References

  1. ↑ "Camouflage review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ↑ Gersten, Russell (1983). "Rufus". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide . Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p.  438. ISBN   0394721071.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Rufus". Allmusic . Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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