Released April 14, 1982 Straight from the Heart
(1982) Now
(1984) Release date 14 April 1982 | Length 39:54 Artist Patrice Rushen Label Elektra Records | |
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Recorded October 1981-February 1982 Producer Charles Mims Jr.
Patrice Rushen (also exec.) Genres Soul music, Funk, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B Similar Pizzazz, Haven't You Heard – The Be, Prelusion, Before the Dawn, Now | ||
Patrice rushen straight from the heart 1982 full album
Straight from the Heart is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Patrice Rushen, released on April 14, 1982, by Elektra Records. It features her most recognizable song, "Forget Me Nots", the oft-sampled "Remind Me" and the popular instrumental workout "Number One".
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- Patrice rushen straight from the heart 1982 full album
- Patrice rushen forget me nots
- Critical reception
- Musicians
- Production
- Songs
- References
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.
Patrice rushen forget me nots
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". 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".
Musicians
Production
Songs
1Forget Me Nots4:43
2I Was Tired of Being Alone3:49
3All We Need5:50