Ask Rufus
by Rufus & Chaka Khan

Ask Rufus by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-00-00
Overall rank: 25,933rd   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 34 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (275th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,985th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,933rd)

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Rufus & Chaka Khan bestography

Ask Rufus is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Rufus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rufus is Rufusized which is ranked number 7200 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 176.

Rufus & Chaka Khan album bestography « Higher ranked (17,584th)
Rags To Rufus
This album (25,933rd)
Ask Rufus
Lower ranked (31,244th) »
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

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Ask Rufus rankings

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Overall rank: 25,933rd | 1970s rank: 2,985th | 1977 rank: 275th

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71/100 (from 34 votes)
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From 11/22/2021 00:02 | #276533
I found this record to be a bit disappointing as it played, for me, like a more tame and corporatized version of some earlier work, particularly Rags to Rufus.

Not bad, per se, and ends on what to me is the most interesting part of the record, but I’m only so-so for the record as a whole.
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From 03/07/2021 14:17 | #267053
About a third of this is solid, but the rest is uneven and, by the end, downright ponderous.
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From 04/22/2018 14:58 | #213419
Chaka Khan's voice is sublime. Very good album
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