Patrice (album) explained

Patrice
Type:studio
Artist:Patrice Rushen
Cover:PRPatrice78.jpg
Released:October 17, 1978
Recorded:1978
Studio:
Length:43:49
Label:Elektra Records
Prev Title:Shout It Out
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Pizzazz
Next Year:1979

Patrice is the fourth, self-titled album by R&B singer Patrice Rushen.

Reception

This marked Patrice's first album with Elektra Records after making three jazz-oriented albums with Prestige Records. With this album, Rushen makes a switch from jazz to a more R&B/pop music style. The album was heavily criticized by jazz's hardcore audience and Rushen was accused of being a sellout. She was vilified in the jazz media due to this transition, as many believed that the reason for her transition was due to commercial reasons.

In this album Patrice demonstrated that she could be an expressive, charming singer, and her writing on cuts range from the funky "Hang It Up" and the ballad "Didn't You Know?" to the socio-political "Changes (In Your Life)." With Patrice, the Los Angeles native made it clear that she could appeal to the R&B and pop markets, just as her success 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) - 3:58
  2. "When I Found You" (Patrice Rushen, Tony Coleman, Angela Rushen) - 5:20
  3. "Changes (In Your Life)" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen) - 4:08
  4. "Wishful Thinking" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:08
  5. "Let's Sing a Song of Love" (Patrice Rushen, Reggie Andrews) - 3:43
  6. "Hang It Up" (Patrice Rushen) - 5:11
  7. "Cha-Cha" (Patrice Rushen, Sheree North, Angela Rushen) - 3:22
  8. "It's Just a Natural Thing" (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington) - 3:20
  9. "Didn't You Know?" (Patrice Rushen, Sheree Brown) - 5:17
  10. "Play!" (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims, Jr.) - 4:36

Personnel

Handclaps and Fingersnaps

Strings (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9)

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[1] 98
Billboard Top Soul Albums27
Billboard Top Jazz Albums5

Singles

YearSingleChart positions[2]
US
R&B
1979"Hang It Up"16
"When I Found You"87

Samples & Covers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5325/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Patrice Rushen US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-06.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5325/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Patrice Rushen US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-06.