Rainbow Connection IV

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Rainbow Connection IV
Rainbow Connection 1979.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 17, 1979
RecordedFort Knox Studio
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Funk, soul, disco
Length44:30
Label Whitfield
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Strikes Again
(1978)
Rainbow Connection IV
(1979)
Greatest Hits
(1980)
Singles from Rainbow Connection IV
  1. "Is It Love You're After"
    Released: August 1979
  2. "What You Waitin' For"
    Released: November 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Smash Hits 8/10 [2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Rainbow Connection IV is the fourth album by the funk band Rose Royce, released on the Whitfield label in 1979. [4] It was produced by Norman Whitfield. This would be the last album to include lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

Contents

History

The album peaked at #22 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #74 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released from the album, "Is It Love You're After" and "What You Waitin' For". "Is It Love You're After" peaked at #31 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It was more successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13. "What You Waitin' For" failed to chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 2010 by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"Robert Daniels3:37
2."Is It Love You're After"Miles Gregory5:01
3."Shine Your Light"Robert Daniels5:26
4."What You Waitin' For" Norman Whitfield 8:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Bad Mother Funker"Norman Whitfield4:41
6."You Can't Run From Yourself"Norman Whitfield5:43
7."Lock It Down"Miles Gregory5:59
8."Pazazz"Michael Nash4:47

Personnel

Rose Royce
Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs [5] 74
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs [5] 22
UK Albums Chart [6] 72
Singles
YearSinglePeak chart positions
US
[5]
US
R&B

[5]
UK
[6]
1979"Is It Love You're After"1053113
"What You Waitin' For"

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Rainbow Connection IV review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  2. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits . No. September 20 – October 3, 1979. p. 25.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 286.
  4. Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 278.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  6. 1 2 "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2012-11-23.