09/04/2023

Patrice Rushen "Straight From The Heart" (1982) -Contemporary R&B / Smouth Soul-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Forget Me Nots (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington & Terry McFadden)
02 - I Was Tired Of Being Alone (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr., Freddie Washington & Angela Ehigiator)
03 - All We Need (Patrice Rushen & Roy Galloway)
04 - Number One (Instrumental) (Patrice Rushen)

Side Two

01 - Where There Is Love (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington & Lynn Davis)
02 - Breakout! (Patrice Rushen & Brenda Russell)
03 - If Only (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr. & Syreeta Wright)
04 - Remind Me (Patrice Rushen & Karen Evans)
05 - (She Will) Take You Down To Love (Patrice Rushen & Fay Hauser)


Produced by Charles Mims Jr. & Patrice Rushen
Executive Producer : Patrice Rushen for Baby Fingers, Inc.
Recorded by Peter Chaikin
Remixed by F. Byron Clark, except : Philip Moores (06, 07, 11, 14)
Additional Recording : Philip Moores
Assistant Engineer : Grieg Stout
Recorded at Conway Studios, Hollywood
All Selections Arranged by Patrice Rushen except Horns on "I Was Tired Of Being Alone" Arranged by Patrice Rushen & Charles Mims Jr. & Synthesizers on "If Only" Arranged by Patrice Rushen & Charles Mims Jr.
Vocal Arrangement on "All We Need" by Patrice Rushen & Roy Galloway

Personnel :
Patrice Rushen : Lead & Backing vocals (01-03, 05-11, 13, 14), Electric Piano (01, 03, 05, 07, 08, 10, 13), Synthesizers (01, 05, 07, 08, 10, 13), Piano (02), Percussion (02, 03, 05, 08), Clavinet (03, 06, 11, 14), Guitar (09)
Keyboards : Charles Mims Jr. - Electric Piano (02), Male "Breakout!" (06, 11, 14), Piano (07), Synthesizers (07)
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. (02, 03, 06, 07, 11, 14) - Acoustic Guitar (05), Wali Ali (05), Marlo Henderson - Lead Guitar, Guitar Solo (06, 11, 14)
Bass : Freddie Washington (01-03, 05-07, 10, 11, 13, 14)
Drums : Melvin Webb (01, 02, 10, 13), Tony St. James (03, 07), James Gadson (05, 08), Ollie E. Brown (06, 11, 14)
Percussion : Ulysses Dyprée (03), Paulinho Da Costa (09)
Horns : The Madagascar Horns - Raymond Lee Brown (Trumpet, Flugelhorn), Gerald Albright (Saxes), Clay Lawry (Trombones)
Backing vocals : Roy Galloway (01, 02, 05, 07-10, 13) - Lead vocal (03), Jeanette Hawes (02), Lynn Davis (03, 05-08, 11, 13), Karen Evans (03), Brenda Russell (06, 11, 14)