Patrice (album)

Patrice
Studio album by Patrice Rushen
Released October 17, 1978
Recorded 1978 at Conway Recording, Hollywood, CA, Group IV Recording, Los Angeles, CA and The Sound Factory Los Angeles, CA
Genre Soul, Funk
Length 43:49
Label Elektra Records
Producer Charles Mims, Jr., Reggie Andrews, Patrice Rushen
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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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. Rushen found herself accused 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.

The album got re-released on CD in 2003 by Wounded Bird Records.

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.)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 98
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 27
Billboard Top Jazz Albums[2] 5

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
R&B
1979 "Hang It Up" 16
"When I Found You" 87

Samples & Covers

External links

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Patrice Rushen: Patrice > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 06 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Patrice Rushen US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5325/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
  3. ^ "Patrice Rushen US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5325/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-09-06.