Straight from the Heart (Patrice Rushen album)

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Straight from the Heart
Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre
Length39:54
LabelElektra
Producer
Patrice Rushen chronology
Posh
(1980) 		Straight from the Heart
(1982) 		Now
(1984)
Singles from Straight from the Heart
  1. "Forget Me Nots"
    Released: April 2, 1982
  2. "Breakout!"
    Released: 1982
  3. "I Was Tired of Being Alone"
    Released: 1982

Straight from the Heart is the seventh

Best R&B Instrumental Performance
for "Number One".

The album is Rushen's most successful album to date, peaking inside the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart at number 14. The success of "Forget Me Nots" is considered the major contributor to the album's popularity at the time of its release.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

In a contemporary review for

vamp" over the songwriting on side two by Rushen, whom he called a fashionable "ingenue".[4] In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Andy Kellman called it "an early-'80s jazz-pop-R&B synthesis as durable and pleasing as any other".[3]

In 2018, Pitchfork ranked Straight From the Heart #194 on its list of the 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Forget Me Nots"Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden, Freddie Washington4:45
2."I Was Tired of Being Alone"Angela Ehgiator, Rushen, Washington, Charles Mims Jr.3:52
3."All We Need"Roy Galloway, Rushen5:54
4."Number One" (Instrumental)Rushen4:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Where There Is Love"Lynn Davis, Rushen, Washington3:11
6."Breakout!"Rushen, Brenda Russell4:07
7."If Only"Mims Jr., Rushen, Syreeta Wright3:23
8."Remind Me"Karen Evans, Rushen5:18
9."(She Will) Take You Down to Love"Fay Hauser, Rushen4:24
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Forget Me Nots" (12" Version)Rushen, McFadden, Washington7:17
11."Breakout!" (12" Version)Rushen, Russell5:49
12."Number One" (Instrumental) (12" Version)Rushen6:48
13."Forget Me Nots" (Single Version)Rushen, McFadden, Washington4:10
14."Breakout!" (Single Version)Rushen, Russell3:38

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Pop Albums[6] 14
US Billboard Top R&B Albums 4
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 74
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 24

Personnel

  • Patrice Rushen – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, electric piano (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 5, 7, 8), acoustic piano (2), percussion (2, 3, 5, 8), horn arrangements (2), clavinet (3, 6), vocal arrangements (3), synthesizer arrangements (7), guitar (9)
  • Charles Mims Jr. – electric piano (2), horn arrangements (2), backing vocals (6), acoustic piano (7), synthesizers (7), synthesizer arrangements (7)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 3, 6), acoustic guitar (5)
  • Wali Ali – electric guitar (5)
  • Marlo Henderson – lead guitar (6), guitar solo (6)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
  • Melvin Webb – drums (1, 2)
  • Tony St. James – drums (3, 7)
  • James Gadson – drums (5, 8)
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums (6)
  • Ulysses Duprée – percussion (3)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (9)
  • Gerald Albright – saxophone (1, 2)
  • Clay Lawry – trombone (2), bass trombone (2)
  • Ray Brown
    – trumpet (2)
  • Roy Galloway – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9), lead vocals (3), vocal arrangement (3)
  • Jeanette Hawes – backing vocals (2)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3, 5-8)
  • Karen Evans – backing vocals (3)
  • Brenda Russell – backing vocals (6)

Production

  • Executive Producer – Patrice Rushen
  • Produced by Patrice Rushen and Charles Mims Jr.
  • Recorded by Peter Chaikin
  • Additional Recording by Philip Moores
  • Assistant Engineer – Greg Stout
  • Remixing – F. Byron Clark (Tracks 1-5, 8 & 9); Phillip Moores (Tracks 6 & 7).
  • Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Copyist – Greg Modster
  • Art Direction – Ron Coro
  • Design – John Barr and Ron Coro
  • Photography – Bobby Holland

References

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen : Release Information". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Straight From the Heart - Patrice Rushen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 6, 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. 10 September 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Billboard Albums & Singles chart history.
  7. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .

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