Naughty (Chaka Khan album)

Infobox Album
Name = Naughty
Type = studio album
Artist = Chaka Khan


Released = 1980
Recorded =
Genre = R&B
Length = 40:03
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Arif Mardin
Reviews = Rating|3|5 All Music Guide [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfqxqq5ldje~T1 link]
Last album = "Chaka"
(1978)
This album = "Naughty"
(1980)
Next album = "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me"
(1981)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Rufus & Chaka Khan
Type = Album
Last album = "Masterjam"
(1979)
This album =
Next album = "Camouflage"
(1981)

"Naughty" is the sophomore solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980.

Biography

Three singles were released from "Naughty": the club hit "Clouds" (penned by Ashford & Simpson who also wrote Chaka's "I'm Every Woman") (US R&B #10), "Get Ready, Get Set" (#48) and the big hit "Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (#22). "Papillon" featured prominent background vocals from Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston, and her daughter Whitney. On Billboard's charts, the album reached #6 on Black Albums, #43 on Pop Albums.

Following the release of "Naughty" Khan reunited with Rufus for the recording of 1981's "Camouflage". Her third solo album "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" followed later that same year. "Naughty" finally saw a United States CD re-release in 1998 as part of the Warner Bros. Black Music Ol' Skool series.

Track listing

#"Clouds" (Ashford, Simpson) - 4:28
#"Get Ready, Get Set" Anderson, Chase, Haberman, Jacobson) - 3:42
#"Move Me No Mountain" (Ragovoy, Schroeder) - 4:14
#"Nothing's Gonna Take You Away" (Ash, King) - 3:42
#"So Naughty" (Fleischer, Mugrage) - 3:56
#"Too Much Love" (Greer, Kastner, Wilson) - 3:53
#"All Night's All Right" (Parks) - 4:26
#"What You Did" (Khan, Stevens) - 3:58
#"Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (Diamond) - 4:08
#"Our Love's in Danger" (Ashford, Simpson) - 3:36

Personnel

* Chaka Khan - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Mark Stevens - backing vocals, bass guitar
* Cissy Houston - backing vocals
* Whitney Houston - backing vocals
* Charlotte Crossley - backing vocals
* Luther Vandross - backing vocals
* Ullanda McCullough - backing vocals
* Anthony Jackson - bass guitar
* Willie Weeks - bass
* Marcus Miller - bass
* Jeff Mironov - guitar, sitar solo trk 3
* Hamish Stuart - guitar, backing vocals
* Hiram Bullock - guitar solo trk 1, 2, 6
* Phil Upchurch - guitar, guitar solo trk 3
* Steve Khan - guitar
* Arthur Jerkins - percussion, clavinet, electric piano
* Sammy Figueroa - percussion
* Nana Vasconcelos - percussion
* Steve Ferrone - drums
* Leon Pendarvis - piano, electric piano, synthesizer
* Don Grolnick - electric piano
* Ken Bichel - synthesizer
* Richard Tee - synthesizer
* Howard Johnson - tuba
* David Bargeron - tuba
* Robert Stewart - tuba
* Joseph Daley - tuba
* Peter Gordon - french horn
* John Trevor Clark - french horn
* Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
* Harvey Estrin - tenor saxophone
* David Tofani - alto saxophone
* Harvey Estrin - alto saxophone
* Eddie Daniels - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
* Lewis Delgatto - baritone saxophone
* Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
* Randy Brecker - trumpet
* Marvin Stamm - trumpet
* Barry Rogers - trombone
* James Pugh - trombone
* Noel Pointer - electric violin
* Hugh McCracken - harmonica solo trk: 9
* Gene Orloff - concertmaster
* Alan Shulman - strings
* Al Brown - strings
* Anahid Ajemian - strings
* Frederick Zlotkin - strings
* Frederick Buldrini - strings
* Gerald Tarack - strings
* Harold Kohon - strings
* Harry Lookofsky - strings
* Homer Mensch - strings
* Jonathon Abramowitz - strings
* Kermit Moore - strings
* Leo Kahn - strings
* Lewis Eley - strings
* Marilyn Wright - strings
* Matthew Raimindi - strings
* Mitsue Takayama - strings
* Paul Gershman - strings
* Peter Dimitriades - strings
* Richard Maximoff - strings
* Ted Hoyle - strings

Production

* Arif Mardin - record producer, musical arranger (horns, strings)
* Lew Hawn - recording, mix
* Michael O'Reilly - assistant engineer
* George Marino - mastering
* Photography: Glen Wexler

References

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