Numbers (Rufus album)

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Numbers
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Studio album by
Rufus
ReleasedJanuary 1979
StudioDawnbreaker Recording Studios
(San Fernando, California)
Genre Funk, soul
Length40:32
Label ABC
AA 1098
Producer Rufus, Roy Halee
Rufus chronology
Street Player (with Chaka Khan)
(1978)		Numbers
(1979)		 Masterjam (with Chaka Khan)
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Numbers is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1979. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals. [3] Instead, band members Tony Maiden and David "Hawk" Wolinski shared lead vocal duties, with additional female leads by Helen Lowe and Maxayne. The album reached #15 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, #81 on Pop and included the single release "Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)" (US R&B #16).

Contents

Khan returned to the band for the recording of the following album Masterjam, produced by Quincy Jones.

Numbers would be Rufus' final album on ABC Records. The label would be purchased and subsequently dissolved by MCA Records, and the band transferred to its roster.

Numbers also marked the debut of drummer John "J.R." Robinson to the lineup. He would remain Rufus's drummer for the rest of their run.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Nobody Like You"Tony Maiden, Elainea Robbins4:28
2."You're to Blame" David "Hawk" Wolinski 3:51
3."Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)" Allen Toussaint 4:16
4."Dancin' Mood"Wolinski3:52
5."Red Hot Poker"Bobby Watson4:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Don't You Sit Alone"Wolinski4:41
7."Bet My Dreams"Wolinski5:04
8."Pleasure Dome"Maiden, Robbins4:11
9."Are We?"Wolinski3:32
10."Life in the City"Watson4:54

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)Peak
[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 81
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 15

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US
[4] 		US
R&B
[4]
1979"Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)"10916
"Ain't Nobody Like You"——

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References

  1. ↑ "Numbers review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  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. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 182.
  4. 1 2 3 "US Charts > Rufus". Allmusic . Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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