Straight From the Heart

by Patrice Rushen

Straight From the Heart cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 April 1982
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:21
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boasting the monumental crossover hit 'Forget Me Nots,' 'Straight From the Heart' stands as a definitive document of the post-disco boogie era. The arrangements highlight sophisticated jazz-funk progressions tailored meticulously for club floors, cementing its stature through endless sampling in subsequent decades of hip-hop and dance music.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, soulful, piano, groove-laden, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Forget Me Nots (4:42)
  2. I Was Tired Of Being Alone (3:49)
  3. All We Need (5:50)
  4. Number One (Instrumental) (4:55)
  5. Where There Is Love (3:07)
  6. Breakout! (4:04)
  7. If Only (3:19)
  8. Remind Me (5:15)
  9. (She Will) Take You Down To Love (4:20)

Credits

  • Greg Modster - copyist
  • The Madagascar Horns - horns
  • Gerald Albright - saxophone
  • Clay Lawrey - trombone, bass trombone
  • Ray Brown - trumpet
  • Roy Galloway - backing vocals, written-by, arranged by [vocals], lead vocals
  • Freddie Washington - bass, written-by
  • Melvin Webb - drums

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