| Seal in Red | ||||
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| Studio album by Rufus | ||||
| Released | February 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Ocean Way Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) |
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| Genre | Funk/Soul | |||
| Length | 38:52 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 23753 |
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| Producer | George Duke | |||
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Seal in Red is the eleventh and final studio album by funk band Rufus, their debut on the Warner Bros. Records label, released in 1983. Seal in Red, which was the band's third album to be recorded without Chaka Khan, peaked at #49 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and included the single "Take It to the Top" (US R&B #47).
Despite featuring guest appearances from a host of other distinguished names in the R&B/Soul/Funk/Jazz genres like keyboardist George Duke, who also produced the album, singers Patti Austin and Ivan Neville and saxophonist Ernie Watts, Seal in Red was only a moderate commercial success. Following Seal in Red the band reunited with Chaka Khan for one final album together, the double live/studio set Stompin' at the Savoy - Live, before dissolving in late 1983.
Contents |
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Take to the Top" | Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson, David "Hawk" Wolinski | 4:15 | ||||||
| 2. | "The Time Is Right" | Ivan Neville, George Tillman, Nick Daniels III | 4:22 | ||||||
| 3. | "When I Get Over You" | Wolinski, Tom Jans | 4:28 | ||||||
| 4. | "You Turn Me All Around" | Wolinski, David Williams | 3:11 | ||||||
| 5. | "You, the Night and the Music" | Maxayne Lewis, Wornell Jones | 3:53 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 6. | "Blinded by the Boogie" | Wolinski, Peter Rafelson | 3:27 | ||||||
| 7. | "I'm Saving This Love Song" | Wolinski | 4:01 | ||||||
| 8. | "You're Really Out of Line" | John Robinson, Wolinski | 3:43 | ||||||
| 9. | "Distant Lovers" | Maiden, David Batteau, Don Freeman | 3:31 | ||||||
| 10. | "No Regrets" | Wolinski | 4:01 | ||||||
Album
| Year | Album | Chart positions[2] | |
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| US | US R&B |
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| 1983 | Seal in Red | — | 49 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[3] | |
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| US | US R&B |
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| 1983 | "Take It to the Top" | — | 47 |