Straight from the Heart (Patrice Rushen album)

"Forget Me Nots"
Straight from the Heart
Studio album by Patrice Rushen
Released	April 14, 1982
Recorded	October 1981-February 1982 at Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Genre	Jazz-pop; R&B;
Length	39:54
Label	Elektra
Producer	Charles Mims Jr.; Patrice Rushen (also exec.);
Patrice Rushen chronology
Singles from Straight from the Heart
	"Forget Me Nots"; Released: April 2, 1982; "Breakout!"; Released: 1982; "I Was Tired of Being Alone"; Released: 1982;

Straight from the Heart is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Patrice Rushen, released on April 14, 1982, by Elektra Records.[1] It features her most recognizable song, "Forget Me Nots", the oft-sampled "Remind Me" and the popular instrumental workout "Number One". Straight from the Heart scored Rushen her first two nominations at the 1983 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Forget Me Nots" and Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "Number One".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

The album is Rushen's most successful album to date, peaking inside the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart at number 14. The success of "Forget Me Nots" is perhaps considered the major contributor to the album's popularity at the time of its release.[2]

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".[3] In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Andy Kellman gave it four and a half out of five stars and called it "an early-'80s jazz-pop-R&B synthesis as durable and pleasing as any other".[4]

In 2018, Pitchfork ranked Straight From the Heart #194 on its list of the 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Forget Me Nots"	Patrice Rushen, Teri McFadden, Freddie Washington	4:45
2.	"I Was Tired of Being Alone"	Angela Ehgiator, Rushen, Washington, Charles Mims Jr.	3:52
3.	"All We Need"	Roy Galloway, Rushen	5:54
4.	"Number One" (Instrumental)	Rushen	4:59

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Where There Is Love"	Lynn Davis, Rushen, Washington	3:11
6.	"Breakout!"	Rushen, Brenda Russell	4:07
7.	"If Only"	Mims Jr., Rushen, Syreeta Wright	3:23
8.	"Remind Me"	Karen Evans, Rushen	5:18
9.	"(She Will) Take You Down to Love"	Fay Hauser, Rushen	4:24

CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Forget Me Nots" (12" Version)	Rushen, McFadden, Washington	7:17
11.	"Breakout!" (12" Version)	Rushen, Russell	5:49
12.	"Number One" (Instrumental) (12" Version)	Rushen	6:48
13.	"Forget Me Nots" (Single Version)	Rushen, McFadden, Washington	4:10
14.	"Breakout!" (Single Version)	Rushen, Russell	3:38

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	74
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	24

Personnel

Musicians

Patrice Rushen – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, electric piano (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), synthesizers (1, 5, 7, 8), acoustic piano (2), percussion (2, 3, 5, 8), horn arrangements (2), clavinet (3, 6), vocal arrangements (3), synthesizer arrangements (7), guitar (9)
Charles Mims Jr. – electric piano (2), horn arrangements (2), backing vocals (6), acoustic piano (7), synthesizers (7), synthesizer arrangements (7)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 3, 6), acoustic guitar (5)
Wali Ali – electric guitar (5)
Marlo Henderson – lead guitar (6), guitar solo (6)
Freddie Washington – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Melvin Webb – drums (1, 2)
Tony St. James – drums (3, 7)
James Gadson – drums (5, 8)
Ollie E. Brown – drums (6)
Ulysses Duprée – percussion (3)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (9)
Gerald Albright – saxophone (1, 2)
Clay Lawry – trombone (2), bass trombone (2)
Ray Brown – trumpet (2)
Roy Galloway – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9), lead vocals (3), vocal arrangement (3)
Jeanette Hawes – backing vocals (2)
Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3, 5-8)
Karen Evans – backing vocals (3)
Brenda Russell – backing vocals (6)

Production

Executive Producer – Patrice Rushen
Produced by Patrice Rushen and Charles Mims Jr.
Recorded by Peter Chaikin
Additional Recording by Philip Moores
Assistant Engineer – Greg Stout
Re-Mixing – F. Byron Clark (Tracks 1-5, 8 & 9); Phillip Moores (Tracks 6 & 7).
Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
Copyist – Greg Modster
Art Direction – Ron Coro
Design – John Barr and Ron Coro
Photography – Bobby Holland

References

Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen : Release Information". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-from-the-heart-mw0000691216
Christgau, Robert (July 6, 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
"The 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

Straight from the Heart at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen : Release Information". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

[2] ttp://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-from-the-heart-mw0000691216

[3] Christgau, Robert (July 6, 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

[Allmusic-4] Kellman, Andy. "Straight from the Heart - Patrice Rushen". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

[Pitchfork-5] "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[aus-6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.