Rainbow Connection IV

Rainbow Connection IV
Rainbow Connection IV
Studio album by Rose Royce
Released	August 17, 1979
Recorded	Fort Knox Studio; (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Funk, soul, disco
Length	44:30
Label	Whitfield
Producer	Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce chronology
Singles from Rainbow Connection IV
	"Is It Love You're After"; Released: August 1979; "What You Waitin' For"; Released: November 1979;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Smash Hits	8/10^[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[3]

Rainbow Connection IV is the fourth album by the funk band Rose Royce, released on the Whitfield label in 1979.^[4] It was produced by Norman Whitfield. This would be the last album to include lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left the group to embark on a solo career.

History

The album peaked at #22 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached #74 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released from the album, "Is It Love You're After" and "What You Waitin' For". "Is It Love You're After" peaked at #31 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It was more successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13. "What You Waitin' For" failed to chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD in 2010 by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"	Robert Daniels	3:37
2.	"Is It Love You're After"	Miles Gregory	5:01
3.	"Shine Your Light"	Robert Daniels	5:26
4.	"What You Waitin' For"	Norman Whitfield	8:54

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Bad Mother Funker"	Norman Whitfield	4:41
6.	"You Can't Run From Yourself"	Norman Whitfield	5:43
7.	"Lock It Down"	Miles Gregory	5:59
8.	"Pazazz"	Michael Nash	4:47

Personnel

Rose Royce

Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
Kenny Copeland – trumpet, lead vocals
Kenji Brown – guitar, lead vocals
Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass, vocals
Michael Nash – keyboards
Henry Garner – drums, vocals
Freddie Dunn – trumpet
Michael Moore – saxophone
Terry Santiel – congas

Additional musicians

Walter Downing – clavinet, Rhodes piano
Lafayette Trey Stone, Isy Martin, Wah Wah Watson – guitar
Jack Ashford – tambourine, cowbell

Production

Norman Whitfield – producer, arranger, mixing engineer, album concept
Michael Nash – producer ("Pazazz")
Bruce Miller – string and horn arrangements
Leanard Jackson, Steve Smith – recording engineer, mixing engineer
Norman Moore – cover design
Scott Hensell – photography
Tim Bryant/Gribbitt! – art direction
Bill Whitfield – album coordinator

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak ^[5]^[6]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	74
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	22
UK Albums Chart	72

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[5]	US R&B ^[5]	UK ^[6]
1979	"Is It Love You're After"	105	31	13
1979	"What You Waitin' For"	—	—	—

References

^ Henderson, Alex. Rainbow Connection IV review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits. No. September 20 – October 3, 1979. p. 25.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 286.
^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 278.
^ ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
^ ^a ^b "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.

External links

Rainbow Connection IV at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Henderson, Alex. Rainbow Connection IV review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.

[2] Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits. No. September 20 – October 3, 1979. p. 25.

[3] Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 286.

[4] Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 278.

[allmusic-5] "US Charts > Rose Royce". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-23.

[uk-6] "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-11-23.

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