Chaka Khan - Destiny (2015) [Hi-Res]

Destiny is the sixth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1986. Destiny was Khan's follow-up to the platinum-selling I Feel for You and was as high tech as its predecessor—symptomatically and characteristically for its period with more producers and sound engineers credited in the liner notes than musicians—but was musically more geared towards rock and pop than soul and R&B, most prominently on tracks such as 'So Close', the self-penned title track 'My Destiny', 'Who's It Gonna Be' and 'Watching the World' featuring Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals.

The album spun off five single releases, the first being 'Love of a Lifetime', co-written, co-produced and featuring backing vocals by Green Gartside of British band Scritti Politti (US Pop #53, US R&B #21, UK #52). The second single 'Tight Fit' was a midtempo R&B ballad, just like 'Eye to Eye' from I Feel for You produced by Russ Titelman, which reached #28 on the US R&B chart. The satirical 'Earth to Mickey' (When are you going to land?), featuring Khan both singing and rapping (and keyboardist Reggie Griffin rapping in the role of 'Mickey'), was released as the third single in early 1987 and only just made the Top 100 of the R&B chart, peaking at #93. The dramatic ballad 'The Other Side of the World', written by Mike Rutherford of Genesis and B. A. Robertson and which had first been released as part of the White Nights soundtrack album in late 1985, reached #81. The fifth single 'Watching the World' never charted. The album itself fared slightly better, reaching #25 on Billboard's R&B albums chart, but stalling at #67 on Pop and #77 in the UK. Destiny however gave Khan another Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female. The track 'My Destiny' was used as the theme song for Richard Pryor's motion picture Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling.

Chaka Khan, lead vocals, backing vocals
Marcus Miller, bass
Fred Maher, drums
Nick Moroch, guitar
David Lebolt, additional keyboards, synthesizer programming
David Gamson, synthesizer, programming
Jason Miles, additional synthesizer programming
Michael Colina, additional synthesizer programming
Robert Gay, alto saxophone
Scott Gilman, tenor saxophone
Matthew Cornish, trumpet
Arif Mardin, special effects editing
Reggie Griffin, Mickey's rap, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, saxophone, guitar
Pino Palladino, bass
David Rosenberg, drums, drum sounds
Phil Collins, drums, backing vocals
Dan Huff, guitar
Joe Mardin, musical conductor, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Tom Malone, trombone
John Faddis, trumpet
Marvin Stamm, trumpet
Michael Mossman, trumpet
Randy Brecker, trumpet
Robbie Buchanan, synthesizer
Anthony Jackson, bass
Steve Ferrone, drums
Randy Fredrix, guitar
Philippe Saisse, keyboards and programming
Gene Orloff, concertmaster for strings
Paul Pesco, guitar
Tony Patler, keyboards, synthesizer bass
Reb Beach, guitar
Beau Hill, synthesizer bass and keyboards
Jimmy Bralower, drum programming
Bob Riley, drum programming
Thomas Oldakowski, drum programming
Sam Rivers, tenor sax solo
Cengiz Yaltkaya, keyboards
John Mahoney, Synclavier programming
Cindy Mizelle, backing vocals
Mark Stevens, backing vocals
Sandra St. Victor, backing vocals
Green Gartside, backing vocals

Produced by Arif Mardin, David Gamson, Joe Mardin, Robbie Buchanan, Chaka Khan, Philippe Saisse, Beau Hill, Reggie Griffin, Russ Titelman, Cengiz Yaltkaya


Digitally remastered