CHAKA WAS WAY AHEAD OF HER TIME - PURE 80s TECH-SOUL

Why are the reviewers bagging on Chaka's amazing, underrated cover of MY LOVE IS ALIVE? As produced by Arthur Baker collaborator JOHN ROBIE, MY LOVE IS ALIVE is MY favorite track on the entire CD, even better than I FEEL FOR YOU - Why? Robie's brilliant, minimal, Soulsonic Force-style grooves/edits provide TENSION against the fiery, fierce vocal ab libs of CHAKA - simply put, CHAKA HITS NOTES THAT AREN'T IN THE BOOK!!
In an age when most singers get by on flat, breathy lip-syncs, this CD harkens back to the old-school days when singers SANG! What is sad today is that most talented, influential singers like Chaka wouldn't even chart now! Other tracks shines also in a similar 80s electro/funk mode, THIS IS MY NIGHT, EYE TO EYE, and more - I got this LP when it FIRST came out and wore it out DJing at high school dances - two decades later, it's one of Chaka's most consistent, ground-breaking, most purely LISTENABLE albums she's ever recorded - Chaka has great taste in producers (Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, Arif Mardin, et al.), but WHERE IS A NEW CHAKA CD FOR US FANS? Please please please - let's not wait til 2005!!

Essential 80's Grooves

I was 16 when this album came out. Brings back great memories. This is my favourite Chaka Khan album, with This Is My Night as my favourite track. Eye To Eye, written by Michael Sembello (She's A Maniac) is my second favourite. Other highlights are of course I Feel For You and Through The Fire, written by David Foster, which closely resembles another classic balad "After The Love Has Gone, which he wrote for Earth, Wind & Fire. This album is typically 80's sounding because of the heavy use of early analog Synthesizers and 8-bit samplers and drum-machines, thus making it an 80's essential. Some tracks are dull, but overall there's some slick and inovative stuff on this album, especially for that era. If you are looking for that typical 80's groove, then this is a must have album.

I Feel For Chaka

This is an excellent album from Chaka. I highly recommend this album to anyone. What I like most about this album is that every track stands out. I wish more artists today would make albums like this. I truly do like every song, but there are days where you just want to hear certain songs. My favorite songs are Stronger Than Before, Eye To Eye, Caught In The Act, and Hold Her.