Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection

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Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection
File:Rainbow Connection 1979.jpg
Studio album by Rose Royce
Released August 17, 1979
Recorded Fort Knox Studio
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Funk, soul, disco
Length 44:30
Label Whitfield
Producer Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!
(1978)Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!1978		 Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection
(1979)		 Greatest Hits
(1980)Greatest Hits1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Smash Hits 8/10[2]

Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection is the fourth album released by the Funk band Rose Royce on the Whitfield label in August 1979. It was produced by Norman Whitfield. This would be the last album to include lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

History

The album peaked at #72 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #74 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released from the album, "Is It Love You're After" and "What You Waitin' For". "Is It Love You're After" peaked at #31 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It was more successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13. "What You Waitin' For" failed to chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 2010 by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"   Robert Daniels 3:37
2. "Is It Love You're After"   Miles Gregory 5:01
3. "Shine Your Light"   Robert Daniels 5:26
4. "What You Waitin' For"   Norman Whitfield 8:54
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. "Bad Mother Funker"   Norman Whitfield 4:41
6. "You Can't Run From Yourself"   Norman Whitfield 5:43
7. "Lock It Down"   Miles Gregory 5:59
8. "Pazazz"   Michael Nash 4:47

Personnel

Rose Royce

  • Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
  • Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
  • Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
  • Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
  • Michael Nash – keyboards
  • Henry Garner – drums, vocals
  • Freddie Dunn – trumpet
  • Michael Moore – sax
  • Terry Santiel – congas

Additional Musicians

  • Walter Downing – Clavinet, Rhodes
  • Lafayette Trey Stone, Isy Martin, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
  • Jack Ashford – tambourine, cowbell

Production

  • Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mixing engineer, album concept
  • Michael Nash – producer ("Pazazz")
  • Bruce Miller – string and horn arrangements
  • Leanard Jackson, Steve Smith – recording engineer, mixing engineer
  • Norman Moore – cover design
  • Scott Hensell – photography
  • Tim Bryant/Gribbitt! – art direction
  • Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
[3][4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 74
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 22
UK Albums Chart 72
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[3]		 US
R&B
[3]		 UK
[4]
1979 "Is It Love You're After" 105 31 13
"What You Waitin' For" — — —

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
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