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Chaka Khan - Life Is A Dance: The Remix Project (1989) [Japan]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 20 Oct 2023 19:26:01

"Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project" is a remix album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released by the Warner Bros. Records label in 1989. The compilation takes its title from a track included on Khan's 1978 solo debut album "Chaka". The album, which was released as a double-record set, on CD and as a limited cassette edition with one bonus track, comprises remixes made in the styles of late 1980s dance music genres like house music, hip hop and acid house of tracks originally recorded between the years 1978 and 1984, including two from Rufus & Chaka Khan's final album Stompin' at the Savoy – Live: "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". "Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project" resulted in three single releases; "I'm Every Woman" ('89 Remix), "Ain't Nobody" ('89 Remix) and "I Feel For You" ('89 Remix). The 1989 remix of "Ain't Nobody" became a #6 hit on the UK Singles Chart while "I'm Every Woman" peaked at #8 hit and Paul Simpson's take on "I Feel for You" peaked at #45. The album itself reached #14 on the UK Albums Chart, making it the best-selling Chaka Khan album in the UK since 1984's I Feel for You. All cuts from the album peaked at number one on the American dance play charts for one week. Life Is a Dance would mark the final time all cuts from an album would make the top spot on the dance play charts.

~Wikipedia

Bouncing between tracks that take great liberties and ones that simply update and stretch the originals, Life Is a Dance (The Remix Project) is a respectful and joyous celebration of Chaka Khan's solo output. The big hits are treated well, with Paul Simpson's softening of the rough edges in "I Feel for You" making it more of a rolling groove, while Marley Marl presents a minimal house take on "This Is My Night." Richard Tee's glistening piano is pumped way up on Dancin' Danny D's mix of "I'm Every Woman," and the lone Rufus track, "Ain't Nobody," gets a slight update by Frankie Knuckles. The album's highlight, "I Know You, I Live You," is extended to nearly eight minutes by Tony Humphries, giving the shimmering disco groove plenty of deserved room. The sleepers are where Life Is a Dance really shines. Hank Shocklee takes the slinky duet with Rick James on "Slow Dancin'" and adds that clunky drum sound that made him famous, while "Clouds" presents one of the final true house mixes from Clivillés & Cole before going pop and pedestrian with C+C Music Factory. Perhaps a sign of the times, none of the remixers get credited on the outside of the disc and a glossary of terms such as "house" and "def" is included. A few of the tracks sounded dated a couple years after the album's release, but overall the collection shows more restraint and good taste than expected.

~Review by David Jeffries

Release of the album: 1989, June, 15 [2xLPs Warner Bros. Records, Cat.# 9 25946-1, 1-25946, USA]
Release of this CD: 1989, June, 25 [CD Warner Bros. Records/Warner Music Japan Inc. (Japan), Cat.# 22P2-2777 / EAN: 4988014727778]
Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company.
© 1989 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
℗ 1978, 1980, 1981, 982, 1983, 1984, 1989 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Printed in Japan.
Made in Japan by Warner Music Japan Inc.

Credits:

Art Direction – Jeri Heiden
Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Lisa Morris
Design – Henk Elenga
Executive-Producer – Benny Medina, Dave E. Shaw
Executive-Producer [Original] – Arif Mardin (tracks: 4)
Illustration – Ty Wilson
Liner Notes – Arif Mardin
Liner Notes [Additional Notes] – Brian Chin, Carol Cooper
Management [Management, Publicity] – Greg Alliapoulos
Mastered By – José Rodriguez
Mastered By [Digital Transfers] – Bob Blank
Producer [Original Producer] – Arif Mardin (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 10, 11), Russ Titelman (tracks: 4, 8, 9)

Tracklist:

01. Life Is A Dance (David Morales Remix) (06:25)
02. I Know You, I Live You (Tony Humphries Remix) (07:47)
03. This Is My Night (Marley Marl Remix) (05:07)
04. Eye To Eye (Paul Simpson Remix) (08:27)
05. Slow Dancin' (feat. Rick James) (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee Remix) (05:39)
06. Fate (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (05:31)
07. I'm Every Woman (Remix Version By Dancin' Danny D) (08:23)
08. One Million Kisses (with Rufus) (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (05:54)
09. Ain't Nobody (with Rufus) (LP Remix Version By Frankie Knuckles) (04:24)
10. Clouds (C+C Remix) (07:37)
11. I Feel For You (Paul Simpson Remix) (08:39)

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