Party 'Til You're Broke

Party 'Til You're Broke
Party 'Til You're Broke
Studio album by Rufus
Released	March 1981
Recorded	1980–1981
Studio	Kendun Recorders; (Burbank, California)
Genre	Contemporary R&B, funk, soul
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Rufus, John Stronach
Rufus chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[2]

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 number 24 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 73 on Pop and included the singles "Tonight We Love" (US R&B number 18, US Dance number 64) and "Hold on to a Friend" (US R&B number 56), making Party 'Til You're Broke the most successful Khan-less album from Rufus.

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.

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.	"What 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

Tony Maiden - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Kevin Murphy - keyboards, vocals
Bobby Watson - bass guitar
David "Hawk" Wolinski - keyboards, vocals
John Robinson - drums, keyboards, vocals

Additional

Louis Johnson - bass on "Tonight We Love"

Production

Rufus, John Stronach - record producers

Charts

Album

Chart (1981)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	73
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	24

Singles

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

References

^ "Party 'Til You're Broke review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ Gersten, Russell (1983). "Rufus". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 438. ISBN 0394721071.
^ ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > Rufus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

Party 'Til You're Broke at Discogs

[1] "Party 'Til You're Broke review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[2] Gersten, Russell (1983). "Rufus". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 438. ISBN 0394721071.

[allmusic-3] "US Charts > Rufus". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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