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1982 studio album by Patrice Rushen
Straight from the Heart
Released April 14, 1982 Recorded October 1981 – February 1982 Studio
Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre Length 39 :54
Label
Elektra
Producer
Posh (1980)
Straight from the Heart (1982)
Now (1984)
"
Forget Me Nots " Released: April 2, 1982
"Breakout!" Released: 1982
"I Was Tired of Being Alone" Released: 1982
Straight from the Heart is the seventh
studio album by American recording artist
Patrice Rushen , released on April 14, 1982, by
Elektra Records .
[1] It features her most recognizable song, "
Forget Me Nots ", the oft-sampled "Remind Me" and the popular instrumental workout "Number One". Straight from the Heart scored Rushen her first two nominations at the
1983 Grammy Awards for
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Forget Me Nots" and
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 Source Rating
AllMusic
[3]
In a contemporary review for
The Village Voice , music critic
Robert Christgau gave Straight from the Heart a "C+" and said that he prefers side one's "dancy
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 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Forget Me Nots "
Patrice Rushen , Teri McFadden,
Freddie Washington 4:45 2. "I Was Tired of Being Alone" Angela Ehgiator, Rushen, Washington, Charles Mims Jr. 3:52 3. "All We Need" Roy Galloway, Rushen 5:54 4. "Number One" (Instrumental) Rushen 4:59
Side two Title Writer(s) 5. "Where There Is Love"
Lynn Davis , Rushen, Washington 3:11 6. "Breakout!" Rushen,
Brenda Russell 4:07 7. "If Only" Mims Jr., Rushen,
Syreeta Wright 3:23 8. "Remind Me" Karen Evans, Rushen 5:18 9. "(She Will) Take You Down to Love" Fay Hauser, Rushen 4:24
CD bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 10. "
Forget Me Nots " (12" Version) Rushen, McFadden, Washington 7:17 11. "Breakout!" (12" Version) Rushen, Russell 5:49 12. "Number One" (Instrumental) (12" Version) Rushen 6:48 13. "Forget Me Nots" (Single Version) Rushen, McFadden, Washington 4:10 14. "Breakout!" (Single Version) Rushen, Russell 3:38
Charts
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
^ Kellman, Andy.
"Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen : Release Information" .
AllMusic . Retrieved August 6, 2013 .
^
"Straight From the Heart - Patrice Rushen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" .
AllMusic .
^
a
b Kellman, Andy.
"Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen" . AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013 .
^
Christgau, Robert (July 6, 1982).
"Christgau's Consumer Guide" .
The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved August 6, 2013 .
^
"The 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s" . Pitchfork. 10 September 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
^
Billboard Albums & Singles chart history.
^
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
External links
Studio albums Collaborative albums Compilation albums Singles