Changes (Keni Burke album)

Changes
Studio album by Keni Burke
Released	April 1982
Recorded	1981 at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Soul Funk
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Keni Burke
Keni Burke chronology
You're the Best (1981) Changes (1982) Nothin' But Love (1998)

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Changes is the third solo album by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. It was released in 1982 on RCA Records and includes the often sampled track "Risin' to the Top"

Track listing

1. "Shakin'" (Keni Burke, Robert Wright)
2. "Hang Tight" (Burke, Allan Felder)
3. "Can't Get Enough" (Do It All Night) (Burke, Felder, Dean Gant)
4. "Who Do You Love" (Burke, Felder)
5. "Changes" (Burke)
6. "One Minute More" (Burke, Linda Creed)
7. "Risin' to the Top" (Burke, Felder, Norma Jean Wright)
8. "All Night" (Burke, Felder, Gant)

Personnel

• Keni Burke - Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer (Prophet 5), Percussion, Electric Piano (Wurlitzer), Vocals, Backing Vocals
• Steve Ferrone - Drums
• Ed "Tree" Moore - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
• Leonard "Dockta" Gibbs, Jr. - Percussion
• Vince Montana - Vibraphone
• Don Myrick, Louis Satterfield, Michael Harris, Rhame Lee Davis - Horns
• "Sir" Dean Gant - Synthesizer (Moog Bass), Piano (Acoustic), Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes)
• Ed Walsh - Vocoder (Obx), Synthesizer (Prophet 5)
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette L. Benton, Tawatha Agee, Day Askey Burke, Terri Askey - Backing Vocals
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums, percussion on "Let Somebody Love You"
• Michael Thompson - guitar on "You're The Best"
• Joe Tarsia - recording and mixing
• Edward "Chappie" Johnson - Executive Producer

Charts

Singles

Samples

• Doug E. Fresh sampled "Risin' to the Top" on his song "Keep Risin' to the Top" on his album The World's Greatest Entertainer in 1988.
• Big Daddy Kane sampled "Risin' to the Top" on his song "Smooth Operator" on his album It's a Big Daddy Thing in 1989.
• LL Cool J sampled "Risin' to the Top" on his song "Around the Way Girl" on his album Mama Said Knock You Out in 1990.
• Mary J. Blige sampled "Risin' to the Top" on her song "Love No Limit" on his album What's the 411? Remix in 1993.
• Pete Rock & CL Smooth sampled "Risin' to the Top" on their song "Take You There" on their album The Main Ingredient in 1994.
• O.C. sampled "Risin' to the Top" on his song "Born 2 Live" on his album Word...Life in 1994.

References

External links

• Keni Burke-Changes at Discogs