The Dude (album)

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The dude
Quincy Jones' studio album

Publication
(s)

1981

Label (s) AT THE

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Jazz , pop music , rhythm and blues

Title (number)

9

running time

41 min: 02 sec

occupation

production

Quincy Jones

Studio (s)

Westlake Audio Studio, Los Angeles , California , 1981

chronology
Sounds ... and Stuff Like That !!
(1978) 		The dude Back on the Block
(1989)

The Dude is a studio album by the American musician and producer Quincy Jones , released in 1981. The Dude featured a variety of talent under Jones-directed alongside well-known musicians such as Herbie Hancock , Stevie Wonder , Ernie Watts , Michael Jackson and Ian Underwood , received 12 Grammy nominations and won four of them.

background

The album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 , the official US album charts, and number 3 on the Billboard Jazz and Billboard R&B charts.

reception

The album, the title and the musicians received multiple awards; the album itself received a Grammy in the category of best performance by a duo or a group with singing - pop , the title Velas a Grammy in the category of best instrumental arrangement . The title Ai No Corrida received the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal Accompaniment and James Ingram for singing on One Hundred Ways for Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B .

Richard S. Ginell awarded three out of five stars on Allmusic and wrote:

“… Quincy Jones still owed one more album to A&M - and he gave them a blockbuster, one that reached number ten, yielded three hit pop singles and made a star out of soul balladeer James Ingram. Ai No Corrida , and the leadoff track, is the Quincy Jones hit method par excellence - great pacing, superb sound, a catchy tune, a hot Ernie Watts tenor sax solo and you can dance to it, too. …. Obviously, though, the main purpose here is to make hit pop singles, and The Dude does a pretty good job of that. "

“... Quincy Jones owed A&M yet another album - and he gave them a blockbuster, one that hit number ten, had three pop singles in the hits, and made soul singer James Ingram a star. Ai No Corrida , the first piece, is the Quincy Jones hit method par excellence - great speed, excellent sound, a catchy tune, a hot tenor saxophone solo by Ernie Watts, and you can dance to it ... but obviously it is The main purpose here is to make pop hit singles and The Dude does that pretty well. "

Track list

  1. Ai No Corrida (Chaz Jankel / James Kennith Young / Kenny Young) - 6:18
  2. The Dude (Patti Austin / Quincy Jones / Rod Temperton) - 5:35
  3. Just Once ( Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil ) - 4:32
  4. Betcha 'Wouldn't Hurt Me (Stephanie Andrews / Stevie Wonder ) - 3:33
  5. Somethin 'Special ( Rod Temperton ) - 4:03
  6. Razzamatazz (Rod Temperton) - 4:20
  7. One Hundred Ways (Tony Coleman / Kathy Wakefield / Ben Wright / Benjamin F. Wright) - 4:19
  8. Velas ( Ivan Lins / Victor Martins / Victor Martins) - 4:05
  9. Turn on the Action (Rod Temperton) - 4:17

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Dude at discogs.com. Retrieved February 16, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Quincy Jones biography at allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved February 16, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b The Dude Awards. Retrieved February 16, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Review of the album at allmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2013 .