Straight From The Heart

An early-'80s jazz-pop-R&B synthesis as durable and pleasing as any other, Straight from the Heart was Patrice Rushen's most successful album, at least from a sales standpoint: it peaked at number 14 on the pop chart, 25 slots higher than 1980's Pizzazz. Still working with a core group of associates -- including Freddie Washington, Charles Mims, Paul M. Jackson, and Marlo Henderson (along with a still young Gerald Albright) -- that went back to her earlier Elektra albums, the material here is as slick as ever, but not at the expense of lighter rhythms or less memorable melodies. Much of the album's popularity can be attributed to the club hit "Forget Me Nots," Rushen's most-known single -- a breezy, buoyant mixture of handclaps, fingersnaps, twisting bass, and Rushen's typically blissful (and not overplayed) electric piano, not to mention the incorporation of a bad bass-and-percussion breakdown. (If you were born after the mid-'70s or so, you'd be more likely to recognize the song as the basis of Will Smith's "Men in Black.") Beyond a forgettable ballad or two, the only disappointment is the Brenda Russell collaboration on "Breakout!," where rock affectations (gnarling electric guitar, grimacing vocal tactics that suit neither Rushen nor Russell) damage what could've been a bigger hit. "Remind Me," despite not being released as a single, is a sweet and low-slung groove that has been sampled and interpolated by no less than a dozen significant rap and R&B songs -- including Faith Evans' "Fallin' in Love," Notorious B.I.G.'s "Unbelievable," MoKenStef's "He's Mine," and Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "I Need You Tonight." But it's not like anything about this album requires that kind of validation. [Rhino's 1996 reissue adds the 12" versions of all three singles, including seven very replayable minutes of "Forget Me Nots," as well as two single edits.]

昆西琼斯首席女弟子，首位拿到音乐博士学位音乐家，三届格莱美音乐总监，爵士钢琴家，她是：帕特里斯 鲁申 百年不遇的奇才！

1982年的专辑，非常棒！包含Funk .Disco . Soft rock .R&B等，耳朵木听不出全部，总会挑出伴你入眠的晚安曲，大家晚安，好梦[星星]

我19年听还是觉得它那么前卫，并且好听[亲亲]

Alicia Keys最喜欢的25张专辑之一？

1)1954年9月出生于加州的Patrice Rushen是美国著名爵士/R&B艺人，身兼创作/歌唱/制作/乐手等多项才能；1973年踏进乐坛与Prestige唱片签约；1974年起发行三张爵士专辑 建立起声名；1978年跳槽至Elektra唱片,转型成偏向流行味的R&B/Funk歌手，虽歌曲仍带有不少爵士元素,也成功在主流R&B市场搏得一席之地

2）1982年春天发行第七张大碟，由她跟Charles Mims Jr共同制作。首支主打[Forget Me Nots]的成功让专辑登上美国专辑榜＃14 灵魂榜＃4，是Rushen事业最成功大碟；国际方面──英国榜＃8──Rushen唯一Top 10，纽西兰＃8 爱尔兰＃19 荷兰＃24 澳洲＃29。 隔年为她赢得格莱美最佳R&B女歌手+最佳R&B器乐