Camouflage (Rufus album)

Camouflage
Studio album by Rufus with Chaka Khan
Released	October 1981
Recorded	1981
Studio	Allen Zentz Recording (Hollywood, California) The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Funk/Soul
Length	37:32
Label	MCA Records MCA 5270
Producer	Rufus
Rufus chronology
Party 'Til You're Broke (1981) Camouflage (1981) The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (1982)
Chaka Khan chronology
What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (1981) Camouflage (with Rufus) (1981) Echoes of an Era (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Camouflage is the tenth studio album by funk band Rufus (billed as Rufus with Chaka Khan), released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Camouflage peaked at #15 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and stalled at #98 on Pop. The album includes the singles "Sharing the Love" (US R&B 8, US Pop #91) and "Better Together" (US R&B #66, US Dance #56).

Following the release of Camouflage, Chaka Khan recorded her third, fourth and fifth solo albums What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (1981), Echoes of an Era (1982) and Chaka Khan (1982) and Rufus recorded their third album without Khan, Seal in Red (1983), before they reunited for one final album together later in 1983, the double live/studio set Stompin' at the Savoy – Live.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Better Together"	Tony Maiden, Lalomie Washburn	3:37
2.	"Jigsaw"	Maiden, Chaka Khan	3:54
3.	"Secret Friend"	Maiden, René Moore, Angela Winbush, Allee Willis	3:57
4.	"Music Man (The D.J. Song)"	John Robinson, David Wolinski	3:50
5.	"True Love"	Wolinski	3:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Sharing the Love"	Kevin Murphy	3:37
7.	"Quandary"	Maiden, Khan	4:50
8.	"Lilah"	Wolinski, Willis	4:14
9.	"Losers in Love"	Wolinski, Danny Seraphine	3:04
10.	"Highlight"	Bobby Watson, Moore, Winbush	3:14

Personnel

• Chaka Khan - vocals
• Tony Maiden - guitar, vocals
• Kevin Murphy - keyboards
• Bobby Watson - bass guitar
• David "Hawk" Wolinski - synthesizer, keyboards
• John "J.R." Robinson - percussion, drums
• Angela Winbush - keyboards, background vocals
• René Moore - background vocals
• Lalomie Washburn - background vocals
• Vince Charles - steel drums
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
• Larry Williams - saxophone

Production

• Rufus - record producers
• John VanNest - audio engineer

Charts

Album

Chart (1981)	Peak [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	98
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	15

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	US R&B [3]	US Dance [3]
1981	"Sharing the Love"	91	8	—
1982	"Better Together"	—	66	56

References

1. "Camouflage review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
2. Gersten, Russell (1983). "Rufus". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 438. ISBN 0394721071.
3. "US Charts > Rufus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

• Camouflage at Discogs