chaka khan
being a chaka khan fan from way back when, this is a must for my cd collection as i have the album

ROCKING & RIVETING MASTERPIECE~BRAVO CHAKA!!!
"This Is My Night" opens this timeless collection of incredible vocal performances which is a pulsating Chaka Khan masterwork that is one of the finest vocals from the eighties and actually for all time for those of us who love funky & riveting songs plus wildly soulful vocals! Chaka can then go to a fine & sublime power ballad with complete ease and the Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager original for Ms. Khan "Stronger Than Before" becomes a classic with Chaka's brilliant and gorgeous vocal that is the finest! "My Love Is Alive" is a funky rocker which has a great driving rhythm that is infectious while "Eye To Eye" is sophisicated and the arrangement builds brilliantly on layers featuring a loose and soulful amazing vocal from Chaka that is fascinating. A funky grinder "La Flamme" goes off it many directions with Chaka's great voice all over the place to great effect...a true classic "I Feel For You" is a legendary Chaka performance that needs no explanation as we all know that this is one of the greatest things ever recorded thus making this incomparable singer a legend...oh that voice from the heavens is the effect on the opening of "Hold Her" and a cooking rhythm drive this great song that showcases that amazing voice in a glorious way.
Every so many years a great ballad comes along and this classic "Through The Fire" with music by David Foster/Tom Keane and lyrics by the legendary Cynthia Weil is the finest from the eighties and given a stellar vocal by Chaka that is one of her all-time greatest and once any true music lover gets into this amazing masterwork that repeat mode will be used over and over and over...Chaka is a marvel on this one...Bravo Chaka!!!
Funky and fine is "Caught In The Act" with brilliant rhythm changes & features fine vocals that fly from so many levels...closing "Chinatown" is another rhythm riveting soulful work-out that feature another vocal from The Diva that is amazing! "I Feel For You" is a rare vocal masterpiece that is a must have for anyone who loves really awesome & great vocals plus rocking and riveting masterworks!!! Bravo Chaka...you really did it all this time and these vocals are some of the greatest ever recorded!!!
Thank you for this rare magical and riveting musical masterpiece...the greatest!!!!!

A grreat 80's recording!
Chaka laid it down once again with these fantastic tracks. "I Feel For You and Through The Fire" are timeless classics. This album is one of those must haves for a real Chaka Khan fan.

Great Music
This album shows Ms. Khan at her peak in the 80's. Great R & B music to relax by.

An Enjoyable 80's Snapshot
After the commercial disappointment of 1982's Grammy winning CHAKA KHAN (which featured her r&b top 5 remake of Michael Jackson's "Got To Be There"), Chaka came roaring back into gold and platinum album status with this mid-80's outing.

All the 80's production techniques are here: Scratches, loud snare drum machine sounds, buzzing synth patterns, and other special blips and bleeps associated with this decade. In the center of this "production" is the powerful voice of Chaka Khan, one of the few singers who can rise above any "everything including the kitchen sink" production techniques.

Lots of popular 80's acts make contributions to this album. Of course, there's the famous title track written by 80's icon Prince featuring performances by the legendary Stevie Wonder and rap pioneer Grandmaster Melle Mel. Pioneer electronic soul duo The System (whose biggest hit was 1987's "Don't Disturb This Groove") contributes "This Is My Night", while Arthur Baker lends his remixing skills to a wacky remake of Gary Wrights "My Love Is Alive". The synths and drum machines eventually become softer on a cover of Carole Bayer Sager's lone top 40 hit "Stronger Than Before" and the slow jam classic (and future Kanye West sample) "Through The Fire".

Overall, some parts of I FEEL FOR YOU are very dated, but it provides a good portriat of what was going on musically in the 1980s.