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Rhino & Warner Brothers Are Crazy!

chakasworld | Atlanta, GA United States | 08/08/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"'Chaka Khan - The Platinum Collection' ? Wow, just what serious 'Chakaholics' need...another collection of songs we've owned for years, and it's amazing that Rhino/Warner Brothers refuses open the vaults & release the music fans are interested in buying (the rare 'Chaka Khan' CD for example!). 'Chaka Khan' (1982) is one of Chaka's critically acclaimed (& Grammy Award Winning!) CDs, but Rhino insists on rehashing hits in a variety of packages, like this Platinum Collection for example. Shoot, Rhino / Warner Brothers is so screwed up that they even used a 25 year old picture of Chaka for the cover art, and you have to really wonder what they're smoking at the Warner Brothers Headquarters!



No wonder Chaka ran away from this fu**** up company in the first place! Serious 'Chakaholics' will walk past this mess of a CD, and wait patiently for La Khan's UPCOMING Burgundy Records (Sony/BMG) debut, featuring production by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and others! Sorry, but this so-called 'Platinum Collection' is a waste of retail space, and I can't rate it higher than 1 star. Fans have made better compilations at home!

SD

(fr.'Chaka's World')



P.S. The Remixes included on this CD are THE SAME crappy

versions on the 'Remix Project' CD from the mid 80's, so

don't even hope for something special on this 'Platinum

Collection', which SHOULD be called a Piece Of Sh**!!"

Disservice For Chakafiles

Andre S. Grindle | Brewer Maine | 03/24/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"...Or Chakaholics as some call them Warner Bros. have done the same disservice to Chaka's music that has been done to Motown artists and the Isley Brothers;reissue their music in endless compilation packages that completely gloss over their career and make them seem more popular then they were.And 'The Platinum Collection' does the same to Chaka-her best compilation is Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 which she hand picked the tracks for herself.Otherwise if you seriously love listening to Chaka Khan (as I do) stick with the original albums.AND GET THAT 1982 SELF TITLED ALBUM BACK OUT!!!It won a friggin' GRAMMY;put it out on a 20'th Century Masters with another bonus disk,just like Diana (Deluxe Edition) and Bad Girls recieved!And what bothers me more is that I see that only her first two solo albums,plus I Feel for You' and The Woman I Am are still in print domestically in the US-that leaves an enormous chunk of her recorded output either as pricey import CD's and OOP nuggets.The same fate has met Rufus with classics like Street Player,Masterjam plus their 1973 debut in OOP land.Now that Motown is rectifying their policies along with the Isleys to focus on full lengh album reissues as opposed to compilations I think Chaka's people should get on the ball as well;she really deserves better then this."

Love The Songs, No Doubt About It, But Why Are You Releasing

E. Elliott | Denver, CO-MILE HIGH CITAAAAYY! | 07/03/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Any true fans of Chaka Khan will avoid this silly rehashing of all the material she has done since 1978! This dosent even belong in her section at all! We all love the music believe me, but Warners and Rhino wanna be cheap. Generic. COST EFFECTIVE.....Even at the cost of one of the most legendary female vocalists of our time! Frankly, Ill say what a lot of us think: Why keep wasting money on these rehashes when you could make money on a nice 4-6 disc boxset with all of her rarities and maybe a nice dvd with some videos and deleted ones? at least release Dare You To Love Me and Chaka Khan (1982)! Chaka Khan dosent deserve this neglect! POWER 2 THE PEOPLE, KEEP PRESSING ON MUSIC LOVERS!!!!!"