Chaka Khan ‎– Chaka

Label:  Warner Bros. Records ‎– BSK 3245, Tattoo Records ‎– BSK 3245
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album, Goldisc
Country:  US
Released: 1978
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Disco

Tracklist Credits
A1 I’m Every Woman
Backing Vocals – Chaka Khan
Backing Vocals, Bass – Will Lee
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Piano – Richard Tee
Written-By – Ashford & Simpson  4:05
A2 Love Has Fallen On Me
Alto Saxophone – George Young (2)
Arranged By, Written-By – Charles Stepney
Backing Vocals – Chaka Khan, Cissy Houston, David Lasley
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Anthony Jackson
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Piano – Richard Tee
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Written-By – Lloyd Webber*  4:51
A3 Roll Me Through The Rushes
Backing Vocals – Cissy Houston, Hamish Stuart
Backing Vocals, Written-By – David Lasley
Bass – Will Lee
Drums – Rick Marotta
Electric Piano – Leon Pendarvis
French Horn – Brook Tillotson*, Jim Buffington
Guitar – Cornell Dupree, Phil Upchurch
Harp – Gene Bianco
Written-By – Lana Marrano  4:41
A4 Sleep On It
Backing Vocals – Alan Gorrie, Chaka Khan, Will Lee
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Bass – Anthony Jackson
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Electric Piano – Richard Tee
French Horn – Brook Tillotson*, Jim Buffington
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Synthesizer [S.r.m.] – Ken Bichel
Written-By – Andrew Kastner, Larry John McNally  4:19
A5 Life Is A Dance
Alto Saxophone – George Young (2)
Backing Vocals – Alan Gorrie
Backing Vocals, Arranged By – Chaka Khan
Backing Vocals, Bass – Will Lee
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Clavinet – Richard Tee
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Phil Upchurch
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Written-By – Gavin Christopher  4:19
B1 We Got The Love
Alto Saxophone – George Young (2)
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Phil Upchurch
Congas – Raphael Cruz
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Electric Piano – Arthur Jenkins
Flute – Eddie Daniels, Phil Bodner
Flute [Alto] – George Marge
Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Synthesizer [S.r.m.] – Ken Bichel
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Vocals – Chaka Khan
Vocals, Written-By – George Benson  3:26
B2 Some Love
Alto Saxophone – Dave Sanborn*
Bass, Written-By – Mark Stevens
Drums – Steve Ferrone
French Horn – Brook Tillotson*, John Clark (2)
Guitar – Onnie McIntyre, Phil Upchurch
Percussion – Airto Moreira
Piano – Richard Tee
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker
Vocals, Written-By – Chaka Khan
Written-By – Keith Boyd, Jr., Traude Sapik  5:50
B3 A Woman In A Man’s World
Bass – Phil Upchurch
Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise
Congas – Sammy Figuroea*
Drums – Steve Ferrone
French Horn – Brook Tillotson*, John Clark (2)
Guitar – Hamish Stuart
Guitar, Written-By – Andrew Kastner
Piano – Richard Tee
Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Dave Sanborn*
Synthesizer [S.r.m.] – Ken Bichel
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Written-By – Larry John McNally  3:56
B4 The Message In The Middle Of The Bottom
Bass – Hamish Stuart
Bass Trombone – Paul Faulise
Cello – Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore, Richard Bock (2)
Clavinet – Arthur Jenkins
Congas – Raphael Cruz
Drums – Steve Ferrone
French Horn – Brook Tillotson*, John Clark (2)
Guitar – Onnie McIntyre, Phil Upchurch
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
Trumpet – Randy Brecker
Vocals – Chaka Khan
Written-By – Lalomi Washburn*  4:15
B5 I Was Made To Love Him
Backing Vocals – Chaka Khan, Mark Stevens, Terri Gonzales*, Will Lee
Bass – Anthony Jackson
Drums – Steve Ferrone
Guitar – Hamish Stuart, Phil Upchurch
Piano, Clavinet – Richard Tee
Soloist, Guitar – Tony Maiden
Written-By – Henry Cosby, Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy  3:23

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
Pressed By – Goldisc

Credits
Art Direction – John Cabalka
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Design – Tom Drennon
Engineer [Additional Recording] – Gene Paul
Engineer [Additional Recording], Remix – Lew Hahn
Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Dooley, Michael O’Reilly, Randy Mason, Sheridan Eldridge, Anthony D’Amico*
Engineer [Recording] – James Douglass*
Photography By – Scott Enyart
Producer, Arranged By [Brass, Strings, Woodwind] – Arif Mardin
Strings – F. Buldrini*, E. Bianco*, G. Marge*, G. Lumia*, H. Kohon*, J. Levy*, J. Malin*, J. Abramowitz*, J. Barber*, K. Moore*, M. Morgenstern*, M. Takayama*, P. Winter*, R. Iandiorio*, R. Bock*, R. Sortomme*, S. Allen*, T. Israel*

Notes
℗ 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York.
Additional recording at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles.
Pressed at Goldisc per GoL in runouts.