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{{Album|
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|album name            = Come 2 My House
|album image            = [[Image:Come2myhouse album.jpg|200px|Come 2 My House (Front Cover)]]
|date                  = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 29|29 September 1998]] (USA)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 29|29 March 1999]] (UK)
|length                = 59:51
|label                  = [[NPG Records]]
|studios                =  [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|next year              = 1998
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|introduction          = '''Come 2 My House''' is the tenth solo studio album by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], and her first to be released by [[NPG Records]]. The album was largely co-written and produced by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). It was released in the USA in September 1998, with a UK release six months later.
|Page name    = Come 2 My House}}
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Come2myhouse album.jpg|200px|Come 2 My House (Front Cover)]]
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Album details
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|-
| valign="top" width="25%"| <b>Released:</b>
| [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 29|29 September 1998]] (USA)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March 29|29 March 1999]] (UK)
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Length:</b>
| 59:51
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Label(s):</b>
| [[NPG Records]]
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Studio(s):</b>
| [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|}
'''Come 2 My House''' is the tenth solo studio album by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], and her first to be released by [[NPG Records]]. The album was largely co-written and produced by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). It was released in the USA in September 1998, with a UK release six months later.


The album produced only one commercially-released single, [[Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers|Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] (available in the UK only, where it preceded the album's release), although [[Single: Spoon|Spoon]] was available as promotional single, and a promo sampler for the album was also available in the UK. The album reached number 49 on the US Billboard R&B Album Chart.
The album produced only one commercially-released single, [[Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers|Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] (available in the UK only, where it preceded the album's release), although [[Single: Spoon|Spoon]] was available as promotional single, and a promo sampler for the album was also available in the UK. The album reached number 49 on the US Billboard R&B Album Chart.
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An early configuration of the album, missing the track [[Democrazy]] which had not yet been recorded, was compiled in February 1998, and the album was set for release in July 1998, before being delayed for unknown reasons.
An early configuration of the album, missing the track [[Democrazy]] which had not yet been recorded, was compiled in February 1998, and the album was set for release in July 1998, before being delayed for unknown reasons.
<br>
<br>  
==Track listing==
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===CD===
|tracklisting          = <small>The compact disc version is the original issue.</small>
# <b>[[Come 2 My House]]</b> (4:45) *
# <b>[[Come 2 My House]]</b> (4:45) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]]</b> (0:31) +
# <b>[[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]]</b> (0:31) <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[This Crazy Life Of Mine]]</b> (2:33) +
# <b>[[This Crazy Life Of Mine]]</b> (2:33) <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]]</b> (4:30) ^
# <b>[[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]]</b> (4:30) <sup>3</sup>
# <b>[[Spoon]]</b> (3:49) **
# <b>[[Spoon]]</b> (3:49) <sup>4</sup>
# <b>[[Pop My Clutch]]</b> (4:47) ++
# <b>[[Pop My Clutch]]</b> (4:47) <sup>5</sup>
# <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]]</b> (4:15) ^^
# <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]]</b> (4:15) <sup>6</sup>
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]</b> (4:12) ***
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]</b> (4:12) <sup>7</sup>
# <b>[[Democrazy]]</b> (6:07) +
# <b>[[Democrazy]]</b> (6:07) <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]]</b> (4:16) +++
# <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]]</b> (4:16) <sup>8</sup>
# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b> (4:23) +
# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b> (4:23) <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]</b> (3:15) ^^
# <b>[[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]</b> (3:15) <sup>6</sup>
# <b>[[Hair]]</b> (5:45) ^^^
# <b>[[Hair]]</b> (5:45) <sup>9</sup>
# <b>[[The Drama]]</b> (6:35) ****
# <b>[[The Drama]]</b> (6:35) <sup>10</sup> <br>
<br>
|credits                =
<b>*</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), Robert D. Palmer & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_McCrary Howard McCrary]<br>
| * comment              = <sup>1</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), Robert D. Palmer & [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_McCrary Howard McCrary]<br>
<b>+</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])<br>
<sup>2</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])<br>
<b>^</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and Mark Stevens<br>
<sup>3</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and Mark Stevens<br>
<b>**</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_McCrary Howard McCrary] & Robert D. Palmer<br>
<sup>4</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_McCrary Howard McCrary] & Robert D. Palmer<br>
<b>++</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Kirk Johnson]]<br>
<sup>5</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Kirk Johnson]]<br>
<b>^^</b> written by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])<br>
<sup>6</sup> Written by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])<br>
<b>***</b> written by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], T. Hammer (uncredited) and Vince Reid (uncredited)<br>
<sup>7</sup> Written by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_St._Victor Sandra St. Victor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], T. Hammer (uncredited) and Vince Reid (uncredited)<br>
<b>+++</b> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and [[Larry Graham]]<br>
<sup>8</sup> Written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan], [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and [[Larry Graham]]<br>
<b>^^^</b> Written by [[Larry Graham]]<br>
<sup>9</sup> Written by [[Larry Graham]]<br>
<b>****</b> Written by [[Kirk Johnson]]<br>
<sup>10</sup> Written by [[Kirk Johnson]]<br>
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|other format = LP
 
|content                = This album has not been released in LP format.
==Personnel==
|musicians              = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] - lead vocals
===Musicians===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] - lead vocals
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all instruments, except where noted, background vocals on [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[Democrazy]] and [[The Drama]], guitar on [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) - all instruments, except where noted, background vocals on [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[Democrazy]] and [[The Drama]], guitar on [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone on [[Come 2 My House]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Democrazy]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]] and [[Hair]]
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone on [[Come 2 My House]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Democrazy]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]] and [[Hair]]
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*[[Kirk Johnson]] - all instruments, except where noted, on [[The Drama]]
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - all instruments, except where noted, on [[The Drama]]
*[[Michael B.]] - drums (uncredited, sampled loop from sample cd ''Funky-ass Loops'') on [[Spoon]] and [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]
*[[Michael B.]] - drums (uncredited, sampled loop from sample cd ''Funky-ass Loops'') on [[Spoon]] and [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass (uncredited, sampled loop from sample cd ''Funky-ass Loops'') on [[Spoon]] and [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]
*[[Sonny T.]] - bass (uncredited, sampled loop from sample cd ''Funky-ass Loops'') on [[Spoon]] and [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]]<br>
 
|production            = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] - co-producer on [[Come 2 My House]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]], [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]], [[Democrazy]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]], [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] and [[Hair]]
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===Production===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan Chaka Khan] - co-producer on [[Come 2 My House]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]], [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]], [[Democrazy]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]], [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] and [[Hair]]
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])- co-producer on [[Come 2 My House]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]], [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]], [[Democrazy]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]], [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] and [[Hair]]
*[[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])- co-producer on [[Come 2 My House]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine|Intro]], [[This Crazy Life Of Mine]], [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[Pop My Clutch]], [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye'll Never B Another Fool]][[Eye'll Never B Another Fool|'ll Never B Another Fool]], [[Democrazy]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]], [[Reconsider (U Betta)]], [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]] and [[Hair]]
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - producer on [[The Drama]]
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - producer on [[The Drama]]
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - additional production on [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]] and [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - additional production on [[Betcha Eye|Betcha]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Betcha Eye]], [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Remember U]][[Eye Remember U| Remember U]] and [[Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]<br>
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|thanks                  = None.
==Singles released==
|singles                =  
*[[Single: Spoon|Spoon]] (promo only)
{{AlbumSingles|
*[[Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers|Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
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[[File:Spoon_Single.png|100px|link=Single: Spoon]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:Donttalk2strangers single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
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==Charts==
|Single = [[Single: Spoon|Spoon]] (promo only)
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|B-side = None
! <u>Chart, Country</u>
|Image  = Spoon_Single.png
! <u>Entry Date</u>
|Link  = Single: Spoon
! <u>Peak Position</u>
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! <u>Weeks In Chart</u>
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|Single = [[Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers|Don't Talk 2 Strangers]]
|B-side = [[Spoon]]
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|Link  = Single: Don't Talk 2 Strangers
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| Date            = 17 Oct. 1998  
| Chart (Country) = Billboard R&B Album Chart
| Chart (Country) = Billboard R&B Album Chart
| Peak Position  = 49
| Peak Position  = 49
| Weeks in chart  = 15
| Weeks in chart  = 15
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|awards          =  
 
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==Releases==
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{{NoCertification|
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! colspan="8" |  
|Country = the USA
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| USA || CD || 7-85337-98212-9 ||
|releases              = The album was included in a so called''New Power Pak'' 3CD box-set, released through [[1-800 New Funk]], along with [[New Power Generation]]'s [[Album: Newpower Soul|Newpower Soul]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] [[GCS 2000]]. The box-set included the standard packaging for each album, with a cardboard slipcover around the three CD cases.
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===Variants, special editions and re-releases===
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* The album was included in a so called''New Power Pak'' 3CD box-set, released through [[1-800 New Funk]], along with [[New Power Generation]]'s [[Album: Newpower Soul|Newpower Soul]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station's] [[GCS 2000]]. The box-set included the standard packaging for each album, with a cardboard slipcover around the three CD cases.
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==Album promotion==
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===Time-of-release===
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*A four-track promotional CD sampler was sent out to radio DJs in the UK containing the following tracks:
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|album promotion       = A four-track promotional CD sampler was sent out to radio DJs in the UK containing the following tracks:
# <b>[[Spoon]]</b> (3:49)
# <b>[[Spoon]]</b> (3:49)
# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b> (4:23)
# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b> (4:23)
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[[File:Come2myhouse single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: Come 2 My House]]<br>
[[File:Come2myhouse single.jpg|100px|border|link=Single: Come 2 My House]]<br>
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==Awards, nominations, and certifications==
<br>
* None.
|trivia                =  
==Quotations and trivia==
|alternative            =  
* An earlier configuration of the album, sequenced in February 1998, and missing the track [[Democrazy]], is known, listed below:
{{Alternative|
===February 1998, configuration===
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|config = An earlier configuration of the album, sequenced in February 1998, and missing the track [[Democrazy]], is known, listed below:
* '''<u>February 1998, configuration</u>'''
# <b>[[Come 2 My House]]</b>
# <b>[[Come 2 My House]]</b>
# <b>[[Spoon|Am]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Spoon]][[Spoon| Happy?]]</b> <small>(released as [[Spoon]])'' </small>
# <b>[[Spoon|Am]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Spoon]][[Spoon| Happy?]]</b> <small>(released as [[Spoon]])'' </small>
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# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b>
# <b>[[Reconsider (U Betta)]]</b>
<br>
<br>
==References==
* ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
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Come 2 My House
Come 2 My House (Front Cover)

Album details

Released: 29 September 1998 (USA)
29 March 1999 (UK)
Length: 59:51
Label(s): NPG Records
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
Billboard R&B Album Chart 17 Oct. 1998 49 15
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

Spoon (promo only)
b/w None
Don't Talk 2 Strangers
b/w Spoon

See also

    

Alternate Album Configuration

An earlier configuration of the album, sequenced in February 1998, and missing the track Democrazy, is known, listed below:

  • February 1998, configuration
  1. Come 2 My House
  2. Am Happy? (released as Spoon)
  3. This Crazy Life Of Mine
  4. Remember U
  5. 'll Never B Another Fool
  6. Betcha
  7. Don't Talk 2 Strangers
  8. Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart
  9. The Drama
  10. Hair
  11. Pop My Clutch
  12. Reconsider (U Betta)


Come 2 My House is the tenth solo studio album by Chaka Khan, and her first to be released by NPG Records. The album was largely co-written and produced by Prince (as ). It was released in the USA in September 1998, with a UK release six months later.

The album produced only one commercially-released single, Don't Talk 2 Strangers (available in the UK only, where it preceded the album's release), although Spoon was available as promotional single, and a promo sampler for the album was also available in the UK. The album reached number 49 on the US Billboard R&B Album Chart.

Chaka Khan toured extensively with Prince (as ) on the New Power Soul Tour and the New Power Soul Festival Tour, which was designed to promote this album and the 'companion' albums, the New Power Generation's Newpower Soul and Graham Central Station's GCS 2000, but Chaka Khan's set focused on her catalogue of hit songs rather than this album. She toured independently following the release of the album, but not primarily in support of this album.

The album was recorded between November 1997, and June 1998, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Don't Talk 2 Strangers was originally recorded in 1992, however, while Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart and 'll Never B Another Fool (under it's original title I'll Never Open My Legs Again) were originally recorded in 1995.

Additionally, Hair was a cover of the Graham Central Station song from their 1973 album Graham Central Station (often played live by Prince (as ) in a medley with Days Of Wild). Chaka Khan wrote lyrics to the newer songs on the album, with Prince (as ) contributing music. He appeared as a musician throughout the album, although his specific contributions are uncredited.

An early configuration of the album, missing the track Democrazy which had not yet been recorded, was compiled in February 1998, and the album was set for release in July 1998, before being delayed for unknown reasons.



Track listing
CD LP

The compact disc version is the original issue.

  1. Come 2 My House (4:45) 1
  2. Intro (0:31) 2
  3. This Crazy Life Of Mine (2:33) 2
  4. Betcha (4:30) 3
  5. Spoon (3:49) 4
  6. Pop My Clutch (4:47) 5
  7. Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart (4:15) 6
  8. 'll Never B Another Fool (4:12) 7
  9. Democrazy (6:07) 2
  10. Remember U (4:16) 8
  11. Reconsider (U Betta) (4:23) 2
  12. Don't Talk 2 Strangers (3:15) 6
  13. Hair (5:45) 9
  14. The Drama (6:35) 10

This album has not been released in LP format.


1 Written by Chaka Khan, Prince (as ), Robert D. Palmer & Howard McCrary
2 Written by Chaka Khan and Prince (as )
3 Written by Chaka Khan, Prince (as ) and Mark Stevens
4 Written by Chaka Khan, Howard McCrary & Robert D. Palmer
5 Written by Chaka Khan, and Kirk Johnson
6 Written by Prince (as )
7 Written by Prince (as ), Sandra St. Victor, Chaka Khan, T. Hammer (uncredited) and Vince Reid (uncredited)
8 Written by Chaka Khan, Prince (as ) and Larry Graham
9 Written by Larry Graham
10 Written by Kirk Johnson



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks
  • None.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions

The album was included in a so calledNew Power Pak 3CD box-set, released through 1-800 New Funk, along with New Power Generation's Newpower Soul and Graham Central Station's GCS 2000. The box-set included the standard packaging for each album, with a cardboard slipcover around the three CD cases.

Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
 
USA CD 7-85337-98212-9  
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Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
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Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
  • A four-track promotional CD sampler was sent out to radio DJs in the UK containing the following tracks:
  1. Spoon (3:49)
  2. Reconsider (U Betta) (4:23)
  3. Don't Talk 2 Strangers (3:15)
  4. Betcha (4:30)
  • A separate 4-track 12" sampler was also sent out to radio DJs in the UK containing the following tracks:
A1. Reconsider (U Betta) (4:23)
A2. Spoon (3:49)
B1. Betcha (4:30)
B2. Come 2 My House (4:45)
References
1997
Living Single 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1998
Van Gogh
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