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Numbers (Rufus album)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Numbers
| type = studio
| artist = Rufus
| cover = Numbersrufusalbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1979
| recorded = Dawnbreaker Recording Studios
(San Fernando, California)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Funk/Soul
| length = 40:32
| label = ABC
AA 1098
| producer = Rufus, Roy Halee
| prev_title = Street Player (with Chaka Khan)
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Masterjam (with Chaka Khan)
| next_year = 1979
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} ^[1]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}^[2]
}}Numbers is the seventh studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1978. It was the band's first album without Chaka Khan on lead vocals. Instead, band members Tony Maiden and David "Hawk" Wolinski shared lead vocal duties, with additional female leads by Helen Lowe and Maxayne. The album reached #15 on Billboards R&B Albums chart, #81 on Pop and included the single release "Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)" (US R&B #16).

Khan returned to the band for the recording of the following album Masterjam, produced by Quincy Jones.

Numbers would be Rufus' final album on ABC Records. The label would be purchased and subsequently dissolved by MCA Records, and the band transferred to its roster.

Numbers also marked the debut of drummer John "J.R." Robinson to the lineup. He would remain Rufus's drummer for the rest of their run.

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Ain't Nobody Like You
| writer1 = Tony Maiden, Elainea Robbins
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = You're to Blame
| writer2 = David "Hawk" Wolinski
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)
| writer3 = Allen Toussaint
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Dancin' Mood
| writer4 = Wolinski
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = Red Hot Poker
| writer5 = Bobby Watson
| length5 = 4:30
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Don't You Sit Alone
| writer6 = Wolinski
| length6 = 4:41
| title7 = Bet My Dreams
| writer7 = Wolinski
| length7 = 5:04
| title8 = Pleasure Dome
| writer8 = Maiden, Robbins
| length8 = 4:11
| title9 = Are We?
| writer9 = Wolinski
| length9 = 3:32
| title10 = Life in the City
| writer10 = Watson
| length10 = 4:54
}}

Personnel

Tony Maiden – guitar, lead vocals on "Ain't Nobody Like You", "Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)", "Bet My Dreams", "Pleasure Dome", and "Life in the City", background vocals, clavinet
Kevin Murphy – keyboards
Bobby Watson – bass, guitar, clavinet
John "J.R." Robinson – drums, percussion
David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards, lead vocals on "You're to Blame", "Don't You Sit Alone" and "Are We?", background vocals, guitar
Rufus – lead vocals on "Dancin' Mood"
Everett Bryson – percussion
Richard Mikuls – guitar
Truman Thomas – piano on "Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)"
Chuck "The German" Brooke – tenor saxophone, flute
John "Iron Lips" Erwin – trombone
Bob "The Professor" Greve – baritone saxophone, flute
Dave Grover – trumpet, slide trumpet, trombone
Bill Lamb – trumpet, slide trumpet, trombone, bass trombone
Helen Lowe – lead vocals on "Ain't Nobody Like You", background vocals
Lalomie Washburn – background vocals
Maxayne – lead vocals on "Are We?", background vocals
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet on "Bet My Dreams"
Harvey Mason – drums on "Pleasure Dome"

Production

Rufus – producer, mixing
Roy Halee – producer, engineer, mixing
Thom Wilson – engineer
Allen Zentz – audio mastering
Ernie Freeman – string arrangements and conductor

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	81
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	15

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]
1979	"Keep It Together (Declaration of Love)"	109	16
1979	"Ain't Nobody Like You"	—	—

References

1. ^{{cite web|last= |first= |url={{Allmusic|class=album |id=r48414/review |pure_url=yes}} |title= Numbers review |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=2011-10-18}}
2. ^{{cite book|page=438|last=Gersten|first=Russell|year=1983|chapter=Rufus|title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide|editor1-last=Marsh|editor1-first=Dave|editorlink1=Dave Marsh|editor2-last=Swenson|editor2-first=John|publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone Press|isbn=0394721071}}
3. ^¹²{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5319/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Rufus|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-10-19}}

External links

Numbers at Discogs

5 : 1979 albums|Rufus (band) albums|albums arranged by Ernie Freeman|Albums produced by Roy Halee|ABC Records albums

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