I would like to know of chaka khans songs that has the best vocal delivery.
I would apreciate it if someone sombody out there can assist me on this.
the songs of chaka khan's I have got are:
I feel 4 U , I'm every woman, hollywood, naughty, move me no mountain,
any love, some love, magic in your eyes, ain't nobody, life is a dance,
sweet thing, tell me something good.

This WHOLE album...


It was her golden moment vocally; start to finish.

I love a lot of the music she did after she split from Rufus....










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Loved her version of Dionne Warwick's classic...


And this her version of Minnie Riperton/Rotary Connection's....


Another fave...

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Don't know if it's one of her best but I've always liked all of Chaka's multitracked vocals on this tune:

Chaka Khan - Twisted







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Harlepolis said:

I basically agree with this but this cannot be ignored :



Fools Paradise, was it very nice?
People Living in a world for material things.
Love has left the heart, that's where the hatred starts.
Because money replacing the joy true love can bring.

It's Just a Fools paradise…..





yeahhhhh

WHO SAYS, THIS PARTY'S OVER?
When I feel like My fun has just begun?

HAVE A GOOD TIME, YEAH!





I refuse to be amused, by somethin that aint right.
I declare I'm well aware, I felt the angels bite.
I can hear you callin, no I'm not stallin.
I'm just a doing something else.
when I'm with you, I'm really with you.
But right now I'm by myself and I
Can feel this fire, such a strange desire strong as life itself

Ooh I like You're loving





Strange vibrations in the air. Is anybody really aware that
EVERYBODY'S GOT AN AURA!




Oh my love has no beginning and my love it has no end
always plus and minus, never breaks it never bends.
you can shape it any way you want, you can turn it left or right
but my love comes in circles and it comes in black and white

and the circle remains unbroken……



I will love you anyway, even though if you cannot stay
I think you are the one for me, here is where you out to be.


Sweet thing....






There is serious heart in this album and it's my favorite for that reason



I do have an extreme affinity for Stay as it stays very true to what a live performance is like from her. She always needs to let go and not be boxed in for the sake of a recorded version. LET LOOSE SISTER!




Ignore the shaking

Pack'd My Bags


I know you'll make it
You deserve it, you know you do
The blues, you'll shake it
I'll, i'll focus our view.



Destiny


We found this place, an endless space

Can't let go, no baby no, it's destiny



Oh, by God's grace there's no other place for me to be

No, don't you go, it's destiny



Oh I'd like to know just what it is

That makes some things the way they are

Oh, what sets the stage, what is that face

That gives me wings to fly


Two of my favorite Chaka Vocal Moments



Song Review by Ed Hogan
"Destiny" could have easily been a cut on Natalie Cole's Thankful LP. Thankful sported a similar track in the light, samba-flavored "La Costa." As it turns out, "Destiny" is a jaunty, tasty track from Rufus' 1978 gold LP, Street Player, co-produced by the band and Roy Halee. The David Batteau/ Richard Holland song is wrapped in a whimsical string arrangement by Claire Fisher. Lead singer Chaka Khan enthusiastically gushes, "By God's grace there's no other place I'd rather be." Never issued as a single, "Destiny" enjoyed radio play as an album cut.
This is probably her best non single track imo.
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That whole album was screaming Me & Tony Maiden were fuckin' the whole time during the recording of every song

Sweet Thing couldn't be born without some serious fuck session, I'll tell you that

THAT.

EMOTICON.





They look like swollen amoebas

Yeah, there is something VERY magical about this album. The last half kind of falls off for me but up to Sweet Thing it's just perfect

Oh, that mouth is going to be my very first tattoo! By March it will be over my heart

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Back in my studio NYC apartment, I had this poster custom-printed as a wall paper on one side of my bedroom, with my bed in the middle


Everytime my neighbor would come in to borrow some sugar,,,,,she would take one look at the wall and shake her head
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Really, it's only the production and material that she was working with that varied... I can't really find a bad Chaka Khan vocal delivery.

Cinnie said:

There u go

Like her Destiny album,,,,,decent album, but in comparision with the others, its better off not mentioned because it really didn't compliment her vocals(outside of 2 songs).

Harlepolis said:

But outside of that, I think her vocals have a very reliable catalog. Never really heard her "phone it in" so to speak.

Harlepolis said:

Awesome, awesome album! And Clare Fischer's strings? Bliss!

Chaka's my #1! I don't think she's ever ceased to amaze me with her delivery. I still get goosebumps from hearing certain songs. Roll Me Through The Rushes, In Love We Grow, Some Love, Pain, And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia), Move Me No Mountain, Got To Be There, Baby Me, Everlasting Love, Stronger Than Before, A Woman in a Man's World, The Message in the Middle of the Bottom, too many to name!!

Cinnie said:

Yep.

My Funny Valentine from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. Brilliant from beginning to end.

piepie1976 said:

My favorite rendition, and I know it's from 1995 and everything but still I have heard a lot of versions. I love Chaka's.

benjaminira said:

Maybe I just need to put this Vinyl on my Ipod and LISTEN because I swear to god everytime I try to play this album I come close to fall asleep.

paisleypark4 said:

Compared to their other albums,this one is very subdued.Not much uptempo stuff going on here,but it is still a superb album.You can't go wrong with songs like "Hollywood" and "Everlasting Love",two of their best songs.

Yea "Everlasting Love" was a really good song. But "Clouds" and "Sweetthing" was so good to me.

SoulAlive said:

The poster, and those two songs were the only times I ever really used this album....I will definitley pull it out again and try.

Her best vocal delivery? That's impossible to narrow down to just a song or two. But, here are some that immediately stand out in my mind: "A Night In Tunisia", "The Be-Bop Medley" and anything from her 1992 CD "The Woman I Am".

paisleypark4 said:

At Midnight as the opening and your fool ass is sleeping?!

"Close the Door" - Get into that sultry smooth groove. LOVE this song.

"Earth Song" - Pure Brilliance, just stunning.

"Everlasting Love" - Listen to those lyrics man!

"Hollywood" - This is just classic

"Magic In Your Eyes" - Again, LISTEN TO THOSE LYRICS! Holy crap


This album is beyond fantastic and maybe you just need to turn them lights down low and stop fighting it

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I will burn it from vinyl then and see what I been missing because I still think Street Player is the best so far. Slammin jams...

paisleypark4 said:

Street Player is my biggest challenge. I have my hooks in barely any of those songs. Stay is GOD to me though

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Stay
Best of Your heart
Finale
Blue Love
Stranger To Love
Destiny

I guess it was because it was the first time I really heard Chaka's voice...and I remember my mom purposley singing Stranger To Love replacing "leave my past...behind" with "my fat...behind!" Oh my jesus.

paisleypark4 said:

Well, this is the one that made me stand up and pay attention



and this whole album...

Thanx for the info and links provided. Much appreciated. damn some of them songs have some fantastic vocals. chaka's a legend.