Party 'Til You're Broke

Party 'Til You're Broke
Studio album by Rufus
Released March 1981
Recorded Kendun Recorders
(Burbank, California)
Genre Funk/Soul
Label MCA Records
Producer Rufus, John Stronach
Rufus chronology
Masterjam
(1979)		 Party 'Til You're Broke
(1981)		 Camouflage
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Party Til' You're Broke is the ninth studio album by funk band Rufus, released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Party 'Til You're Broke which was the band's second album not to be fronted by Chaka Khan reached #24 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and #73 on Pop and included the singles "Tonight We Love" (US R&B #18, US Dance #64) and "Hold on to a Friend" (US R&B #56).

Following Party 'Til You're Broke and Khan's second solo album Naughty, which was released in 1980, Rufus reunited with Khan again in 1981 for the recording of Camouflage which was to be their final full-length studio album together.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Tonight We Love"   David "Hawk" Wolinski 4:29
2. "Hold On to a Friend"   Bessie Poindexter, Lalomie Washburn 3:13
3. "Love Is Taking Over"   Gavin Christopher 4:05
4. "Secret Love"   Poindexter, David Batteau 3:48
5. "Party 'Til You're Broke"   Wolinski, Poindexter 3:33
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Can I Show You"   Wolinski, Danny Seraphine 5:10
7. "You're Made for Me"   Poindexter, Washburn 3:30
8. "We Is It"   Wolinski 4:20
9. "We Got the Way"   Bobby Watson, René Moore, Angela Winbush 3:45
10. "Afterwards"   Poindexter, Washburn 3:10

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
1981 Party 'Til You're Broke 73 24

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1981 "Tonight We Love" — 18 64
"Hold On to a Friend" — 56 —

References

  1. ^ "Party 'Til You're Broke review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r67847/review. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  2. ^ "US Albums Charts > Rufus". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5319/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  3. ^ "US Singles Charts > Rufus". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5319/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 

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