Rainbow Connection IV

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Rainbow Connection IV | type = Studio album | artist = Rose Royce | cover = Rainbow Connection 1979.jpg | alt = | released = August 17, 1979 | recorded = Fort Knox (Los Angeles, California) | venue = | studio = | genre = Funk, soul, disco | length = 44:30 | label = Whitfield | producer = Norman Whitfield | prev_title = Strikes Again | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Greatest Hits | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Rainbow Connection IV | type = Studio | single1 = Is It Love You're After | single1date = August 1979 | single2 = What You Waitin' For | single2date = November 1979 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r2031559 |tab=review |label=''Rainbow Connection IV'' review |first=Alex |last=Henderson |accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Smash Hits'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|magazine=Smash Hits|issue=September 20 – October 3, 1979|page=25}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul'' |rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=286}}</ref> }} '''''Rainbow Connection IV''''' is the fourth album by the funk band Rose Royce, released on the Whitfield label in 1979.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Funk |date=2001 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=278}}</ref> 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 No. 22 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 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 No. 31 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. It was more successful on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 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== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = | title1 = I Wonder Where You Are Tonight | note1 = | length1 = 3:37 | writer1 = Robert Daniels | extra1 = | title2 = Is It Love You're After | note2 = | length2 = 5:01 | writer2 = Miles Gregory | extra2 = | title3 = Shine Your Light | note3 = | length3 = 5:26 | writer3 = Robert Daniels | extra3 = | title4 = What You Waitin' For | note4 = | length4 = 8:54 | writer4 = Norman Whitfield | extra4 = | total_length = }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title5 = Bad Mother Funker | writer5 = Norman Whitfield | length5 = 4:41 | title6 = You Can't Run From Yourself | writer6 = Norman Whitfield | length6 = 5:43 | title7 = Lock It Down | writer7 = Miles Gregory | length7 = 5:59 | title8 = Pazazz | writer8 = Michael Nash | length8 = 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== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1979) !Peak position |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Top LPs<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5307/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Rose Royce|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2012-11-23}}</ref> |align="center"|74 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Soul LPs<ref name="allmusic"/> |align="center"|22 |- |UK Albums Chart<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/rose%20royce/|title=UK Charts > Rose Royce|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2012-11-23}}</ref> |align="center"|72 |- |}

;Singles {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US <ref name="allmusic"/> ! width="40"| US R&B <ref name="allmusic"/> ! width="40"| UK <ref name="uk"/> |- | rowspan="2"|1979 | align="left"| "Is It Love You're After" | 105 | 31 | 13 |- | align="left"| "What You Waitin' For" | — | — | — |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{discogs master|111765|Rainbow Connection IV}}

Category:1979 albums Category:Rose Royce albums Category:Albums produced by Norman Whitfield Category:Whitfield Records albums