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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Reprise / Wea
Salesrank: 64463
Released: November 12, 1996 |
| Our Price: $3.89 |
| Used Price: $1.74 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 Track Listing:
1. Ain't Nobody
2. Papillon (aka Hot Butterfly)
3. Tell Me Something Good [Live]
4. I Feel for You
5. I Know You, I Live You
6. I'm Every Woman
7. Love Me Still
8. End of a Love Affair
9. And the Melody Still Lingers On (A Night in Tunisia)
10. Through the Fire
11. What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
12. Everywhere
13. Never Miss the Water
14. Somethin' Deep
15. Your Love Is All I Know
16. Every Little Thing
Editorial Review:
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track.
Description of Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1:
Whether with the groundbreaking group Rufus or on her own, Chaka Khan has one of the most distinctive and influential voices in R&B. She's able to wail at full emotive throttle or deliver a love song with nuanced jazz-inflected tones, and sometimes even do both within the same track. This 1996 collection gathers some of Khan's biggest and most beloved solo efforts. Included here are the classic tangy attack of "Ain't Nobody" and the turntable-enhanced smash "I Feel for You" (penned by admirer and recent collaborator Prince). There's also the anthemic original version of "I'm Every Woman," the moody "Through the Fire," and her 1996 collabo with Me'Shell Ndegeocello, "You Never Miss the Water." As all great vocalists do, Khan takes control of every song, breathing fire and life into the words and interpreting them without overpowering their meaning. One listen to Epiphany and it's abundantly clear that, even though she's been AWOL from the charts for a while, Chaka Khan remains a founding mother of soul and funk, armed with a potent voice that can both illuminate and elevate. --Amy Linden
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 Reviews:
They never delivered. 
2009-09-03 - I waited and waited and finally received an email that I wouldn't be receiving my CD. It was a birthday gift and I had to scramble.
Through the Fire! 
2008-06-02 - Chaka Khan has a sensuous and lovely vocal range. The songs in this collection include "Ain't Nobody;" "Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly)" (great song and sound); "Tell Me Something Good" (great song, reminds me of an episode on that "70's Show;" "I Feel For You" (introduced Chaka Khan to my generation); "I Know You, I Live You;" "I'm Every Woman" (beats Whitney Houston's any day); "Love Me Still;" "The End Of A Love Affair;"
"And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia);" "Through The Fire" (my absolute favorite Chaka Khan song); "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me;" "Everywhere;" "Never Miss The Water;" "Somethin' Deep;" "Your Love Is All I Know;" and "Every Little Thing." This disc has captured the soul of one of America's best known singers, Chaka Khan. Today's generation could learn a thing or two from her if not more especially about endurance and longevity.
I play this one often 
2007-11-01 - Chaka has a powerful voice, and a powerful band, that will take you on an emotional ride. And this is a long album that is consistently good. The only thing that would make me hesitant to recommend this is the possibility that there may be better options out there from the same artist. She has cut quite a lot of discs over the years.
Ain't Nobody and Through The Fire (as recently mangled by Kanye West) are the highlights for me. Papillon and Tell Me Something Good (live) are awesome too. There are some ballads here, and Love Me Still is the best of these.
For the first song alone, it's worth it!
2007-06-14 - I must have played, and can verify via iTunes, "Ain't Nobody" at least 50 times since I've gotten this CD. I've missed this song, and it remains my favorite Chaka song. The lead guitar rocks. As a singer, Chaka is first class. Her enunciation and pronunciation is pristine, not the sloppy drivel you hear with today's youngsters. Hear how she sings of "sweet surrenDER", of love warm and "tenDER". Thank you! She sings in ENGLISH, like the best singers do. She reminds me so much of Aretha Franklin in this. I refused to listen to Rufus and other groups because of the exploitative lyrics, but this collection is proof one need not dismiss Chaka Khan as too "street". She has moved beyond Rufus and has matured into a singer of class.
I chose to revisit Ms. Khan when I heard she did an album of standards that was well-received. I don't have that one yet, but I'm definitely encouraged to buy it because of the material on this CD. At $8, it was hardly a big risk. Now I'm hoping Vol. 2 has the other song of hers I'm familiar with and love, her duet with Steve Winwood!
Start your Chaka collection with this
2007-06-06 - This is awesome. I have most of her solo albums as well but most of them are patchy. (I do like the Prince produced "Come 2 My House" album and the 1991 album "The Woman I Am". No tracks from these 2 albums are on this release) There are also some new/bonus tracks which are worthwhile.
Everyone talks about a track which is missing which should have been on the album. Really a double disc release would have been better for Chaka, but you will love this. A double disc would have included tracks from her 1982 self titled album which is super rare, released on CD only in Japan as well as Clouds,and possibly my favorite track from Chaka which appears on the Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrack feat Michael McDonald "Time To Be Lovers". This is easily the best option for a casual fan as it has the main hits on it and even though it's a compilation, it flows very well and doesn't seem dated even though most of the tracks are from the early 80's.
