| Permanent/Play Mode | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Randy Crawford |
| Cover: | Randy Crawford - Play Mode.jpg |
| Released: | February 13, 2001 |
| Studio: | Nomis Studios, London, England |
| Genre: | Soul music, smooth jazz |
| Length: | 52:59 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Peter Smith |
| Prev Title: | Every Kind of Mood — Randy, Randi, Randee |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Feeling Good with Joe Sample |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Permanent (US) or Play Mode (Europe) is a studio album by Randy Crawford, released in 2001 by Warner Records and produced by Peter Smith.[1] Boorstyn. Andrew. Sep 22, 2001. Albums. Reviews & Previews. Paoletta. Michael. Billboard. 18. 2023-07-13. 113. 38. The album peaked at No. 14 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart, No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, and No. 13 on the German Pop Albums chart.[2] [3]
AllMusic rated the album 4 out of 5 stars. Billboard labeled the album as a "Critic's Choice".
"Permanent" reached number 32 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.
| 1 | Wild Is the Wind | Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington | 03:22 | |
| 2 | Merry Go Round | Albert Hammond | 03:42 | |
| 3 | Free the Child | Peter Smith | 04:21 | |
| 4 | Permanent | Albert Hammond | 03:38 | |
| 5 | Sweetest Thing | Peter Smith | 04:15 | |
| 6 | Fire and Rain | Peter Smith | 04:03 | |
| 7 | When I Get over You | Brian Foreman, Ken Foreman | 05:44 | |
| 8 | Alfie | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 03:24 | |
| 9 | When the Evening Comes | Judy Cheeks, Simon Ellis, Steve Lee | 04:21 | |
| 10 | All I Do | Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder | 04:14 | |
| 11 | When Will I Be Free of Love's Taboo | Randy Crawford | 03:21 | |
| 12 | Tell It to Your Heart | Burt Bacharach | 04:10 | |
| 13 | I Get a Little Burned | Albert Hammond | 04:24 |