The Woman I Am
The Woman I Am is the eighth studio album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. It was Khan's first studio album since 1988's "CK" and due to artistic differences between Khan and Warner Bros. Records it was also to be her final full-length release for the label. The entire album is dedicated to her friend Miles Davis, who died the previous year. Composition. The album mainly focuses on material from the contemporary R&B, soul and funk genres and was Khan's debut as executive producer  in charge of production. The main producer on the album was the Grammy Award winning jazz multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller but it also includes Khan's first collaborations with Arif Mardin since 1986's "Destiny"; "This Time" and the closing track "Don't Look at Me That Way", both co-produced by Mardin's son Joe Mardin. "Love You All My Lifetime" saw Khan teaming up with Scritti Politti's David Gamson – who incidentally had also produced the opening track on "Destiny" with its confusingly similar title; "Love of a Lifetime". The single track "I Want" features a guest appearance  by William Galison on harmonica and the suggestive ballad "You Can Make the Story Right" was recorded with bassist and producer Wayne Braithwaite, best known for his work with Will Downing and Kenny G. Singles. "The Woman I Am" includes seven single releases; "Love You All My Lifetime" written by German composer duo Klarmann/Weber which became a number one on "Billboard"'s Dance Singles chart as well as #2 on R&B (Pop #68, UK #49), "You Can Make the Story Right" written by Gabrielle Goodman & Wayne Bathwaite reached #8 on the US R&B Billboard charts, "I Want" (US R&B  #62), "Give Me All", "Facts of Love" and the Diane Warren-penned ballad "Don't Look at Me That Way" (UK #73), "The Woman I Am" written by Dyan Cannon, Chaka Khan & Brenda Russell, failed to chart in the UK. Both lead single "Love You All My Lifetime" and "Give Me All" were issued in a wide variety of dance remixes by among others Frankie Knuckles. Commercial success. "The Woman I Am" became Khan's highest-charting album on the US R&B Albums chart since 1984's "I Feel for You", peaking at #9. The album won Khan a Grammy  Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female in 1993. Since Khan's 1995 album "Dare You to Love Me" was shelved by the Warner Bros. Records label and instead only partly made available on greatest hits compilations and movie soundtracks, it was to be six years before she released another full-length album, the Prince co-produced "Come 2 My House" on his label NPG Records. As of 2005, "The Woman I Am" has sold 197,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Critical reception. In his review of "The Woman I Am", AllMusic's Alex Henderson describes the  album as "high-tech, yet warm instead of mechanical. And on songs ranging from the melancholy "Telephone" to the introspective title song and the appealing single "Love You All My Lifetime," it's clear that Khan was given strong material to work with."