Straight from the Heart (Patrice Rushen album)
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".
The album is Rushen's most successful album to date, reaching #14 on the album charts. The success of "Forget Me Nots" is perhaps considered the major contributor to the album's popularity at the time of its release.[2]
Critical reception
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".[3] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Andy Kellman gave it four out of five stars and called it "an early-'80s jazz-pop-R&B synthesis as durable and pleasing as any other".[4]
Track listing
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Drums: Ollie Brown, James Gadson, Melvin Webb, Tony St. James
- Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa, Patrice Rushen, Ulysses Duprée
- Bass: Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington
- Guitars: Patrice Rushen, Paul M. Jackson, Jr., Wali Ali, Marlo Henderson
- Keyboards: Charles Mims Jr., Patrice Rushen
- Saxophone: Gerald "Wonderfunk" Albright
- Trumpet: Ray Brown
- Trombone: Clay Lawry
- Vocal arrangements by Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway, and Patrice Rushen
- Horn arrangements by Charles Mims, Jr.
Production
- Executive Producer: Patrice Rushen
- Produced By Patrice Rushen & Charles Mims Jr.
- Engineers: Peter Chaikin
- Re-Mixing: F. Byron Clark, Phillip Moores
- Mastering: John Golden
- Remastering: Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
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