Naughty (album)

Naughty
Studio album by Chaka Khan
Released March 26, 1980
Recorded 1979–1980
Genre
Length 40:03
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Arif Mardin
Chaka Khan chronology
Masterjam (with Rufus)
(1979)String Module Error: Match not found1979		 Naughty
(1980)		 What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
(1981)What Cha' Gonna Do for Me1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau(B+) [2]

Naughty is the second 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"). "Clouds" features background vocals performed by a 16-year-old Whitney Houston and her mother Cissy Houston (US R&B #10), "Get Ready, Get Set" (#48) and the big hit "Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)" (#22). The album track "Our Love's in Danger" featured prominent background vocals from Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston. On Billboard's charts, the album reached #6 on Black Albums, #43 on Pop Albums. Naughty garnered Khan her first American Music Award nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 8th American Music Awards in 1981.

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Clouds"Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson4:28
2."Get Ready, Get Set"Kathy Anderson, Ellison Chase, Bill Haberman, Art Jacobson3:42
3."Move Me No Mountain"Jerry Ragovoy, Aaron Schroeder4:14
4."Nothing's Gonna Take You Away"Deborah Ash, Bill King3:42
5."So Naughty"Charles Fleischer, Michael Mugrage3:56
6."Too Much Love"Dan Greer, Andrew Kastner, Jeff Wilson3:53
7."All Night's All Right"Weldon Dean Parks4:26
8."What You Did"Chaka Khan, Mark Stevens3:58
9."Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)"Gregg Diamond4:08
10."Our Love's in Danger"Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson3:36

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r42219/review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Naughty review". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  3. ↑ Elias, Jason. "Naughty (Review)". Allmusic.
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