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An enormous commercial success, 1981's The Dude is a cross-cultural success blending jazz, Latin music, soul ballads, and straight pop into an admittedly slick but never over-produced or soulless stew. The album opens with a surprise: "Ai No Corrida" is a synthesizer-driven yet still-funky Latin dance track written by Chaz Jankel of Ian Dury & the Blockheads, suggesting that unlike a lot of musicians his age, Quincy Jones kept his ears open to new music. The proto-rap title track accomplishes the same thing. The rest of the album is more conventional, with James Ingram and Patti Austin trading vocals on a smooth collection of tracks highlighted by the masterful love ballads "One Hundred Ways" and "Just Once," staples of adult contemporary stations, and the haunting instrumental "Velas." The Dude is an outstanding collection that was massively influential on the '80s R&B scene.
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
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KENNY YOUNG, ComposerLyricist - Dúné, FeaturedArtist - Bruce Swedien, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Hugh May, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chaz Jankel, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patti Austin, ComposerLyricist - James Ingram, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stephanie Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Patti Austin, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patti Austin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Jim Gilstrap, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patti Austin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benjamin Wright, ComposerLyricist - Kathy Wakefield, ComposerLyricist - Tony Coleman, ComposerLyricist - James Ingram, MainArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - IVAN LINS, ComposerLyricist - VITOR MARTINS, ComposerLyricist - Toots Thielemans, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MIKE BUTCHER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc., under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patti Austin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
An enormous commercial success, 1981's The Dude is a cross-cultural success blending jazz, Latin music, soul ballads, and straight pop into an admittedly slick but never over-produced or soulless stew. The album opens with a surprise: "Ai No Corrida" is a synthesizer-driven yet still-funky Latin dance track written by Chaz Jankel of Ian Dury & the Blockheads, suggesting that unlike a lot of musicians his age, Quincy Jones kept his ears open to new music. The proto-rap title track accomplishes the same thing. The rest of the album is more conventional, with James Ingram and Patti Austin trading vocals on a smooth collection of tracks highlighted by the masterful love ballads "One Hundred Ways" and "Just Once," staples of adult contemporary stations, and the haunting instrumental "Velas." The Dude is an outstanding collection that was massively influential on the '80s R&B scene.
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:16
- Main artists: Quincy Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Jazz
© 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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