Patrice (album)

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Patrice
Patrice cover
Studio album by Patrice Rushen
Released October 17, 1978
Genre Jazz
Length 43:49
Label Elektra
Producer Charles Mims, Jr., Reggie Andrews, Patrice Rushen
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars [1]
Patrice Rushen chronology
Let There Be Funk: The Best Of Patrice Rushen
(1976)		 Patrice
(1978)		 Pizzazz
(1979)

Patrice is the fourth, self-titled album by R&B singer Patrice Rushen. This was also Patrice's first album with Elektra Records after making three jazz-oriented albums with Prestige Records. With this album Rushen changes genre from jazz to a more R&B/pop music style. The album was heavily criticized by jazz's hardcore audience. Jazz instrumentalists Like Roy Ayers, George Duke, George Benson, and others accused Rushen of being a sellout. While others vilified her in the jazz media due to her transition as Jazz lovers believed that the reason for her transition was due for commercial reasons.

In this album Patrice demonstrated that she could be an expressive, charming singer, and her writing or co-writing is solid on cuts that range from the funky "Hang It Up" and the lovely ballad "Didn't You Know?" to the socio-political "Changes (In Your Life)." With Patrice, the Los Angeles native made it clear that she has the talent that is appealing as an R&B/pop singer as she had been as a jazz pianist/keyboardist. Her next album to be released would be Pizzazz.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Music of the Earth" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen)
  2. "When I Found You" (P. Rushen, Tony Coleman, A. Rushen)
  3. "Changes (In Your Life)" (P. Rushen, A. Rushen)
  4. "Wishful Thinking" (P. Rushen)
  5. "Let's Sing a Song of Love" (Reggie Andrews)
  6. "Hang It Up" (P. Rushen)
  7. "Cha-Cha" (P. Rushen, Sheree North, A. Rushen)
  8. "It's Just a Natural Thing" (P. Rushen, Freddie Washington)
  9. "Didn't You Know?" (P. Rushen, Sheree Brown)
  10. "Play!" (P. Rushen, Charles Mims Jr.)

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