How 'Bout Us Explained

How 'Bout Us
Type:	studio
Artist:	Champaign
Cover:	Champaign - How Bout Us album cover.jpg
Studio:	Universal Recording Studio (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre:	R&B
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Leo Graham
Next Title:	Modern Heart
Next Year:	1983

How Bout Us is the debut studio album by American rhythm and blues group Champaign, released in 1981 via Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 53 on the Billboard 200; and its single of the same name peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]

Personnel

Champaign

• Pauli Carman – lead vocals
• Michael Day – keyboards, guitars, vocals
• Dana Walden – keyboards, synthesizers
• Leon Howard Reeder – guitars, vocals
• Michael Reed – bass
• Rocky Maffit – percussion, vocals
• Rena Jones – vocals

Additional musicians

• Paul Richmond – bass
• Morris Jennings – drums
• Tommy Radke – Syndrums
• Ken Soderblom – alto sax solo (5)
• Leo Graham – rhythm arrangements
• James Mack – horn, rhythm and string arrangements

Production

• Leo Graham – producer
• James Mack – co-producer
• Stuart Walder – engineer
• Michael Ferraro – assistant engineer
• Tom Miller – assistant engineer
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Nancy Donald – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	83
US Billboard 200^[3]	53

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Champaign - Chart history Billboard. Billboard. Eldridge Industries. August 17, 2017.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 59.
3. Web site: Champaign, TLP. Billboard. March 15, 2021. subscription.
4. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1981. dutchcharts.nl. March 15, 2021.