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The Dude (1981)

Where the lyrics of The Dude take you, and where it was really made.

The album's dance hit "Ai No Corrida" is a re-recording of a song Chaz Jankel had already put on his own 1980 album.

Key places

Recorded at Westlake Recording Studios (1981)

Recording site Westlake Recording Studios — The personnel listing names Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles as the studio used for this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• The Dude: studio album by American musician and producer Quincy Jones
• Released March 26, 1981 by A&M Records
• Three singles released in the US, all of which charted on the US Top 40
• Lead single "Ai No Corrida" gained heavy dance airplay
• The album also contains "Razzamatazz", with vocals by Patti Austin
• The figure of "The Dude" on the album cover was created by Zambian sculptor Fanizani Akuda

Background

• Jones worked as a producer and assembled a long list of collaborators, including musicians and singers
• The album introduced many talents under Jones's direction
• Well-known musicians on the album include Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Ernie Watts, Michael Jackson and Ian Underwood
• The title track is credited to Patti Austin, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton

Recording

• The personnel listing names Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California as the studio
• Personnel details are adapted from the album's liner notes

Cover

• The cover figure was made by Zambian sculptor Fanizani Akuda

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Tracklist

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Artist

Career

• Born March 14, 1933 in Chicago; died November 3, 2024 in Los Angeles at age 91.
• American record producer, musician and composer; a career spanning seven decades.
• Received 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award; seven Academy Award nominations.
• Began as a jazz arranger and conductor in the 1950s, touring with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.
• Produced all four million-selling singles for Lesley Gore in the early-to-mid 1960s, including "It's My Party".
• Arranged and conducted for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and others.
• Scored The Pawnbroker, In the Heat of the Night, The Italian Job and The Color Purple.
• Produced Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
• Produced and conducted "We Are the World" (1985) to raise famine relief for Ethiopia.
• Founded Qwest Productions and later Qwest TV, a jazz subscription video service.

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Reception

At release

• Released March 26, 1981 by A&M Records
• Lead single "Ai No Corrida" reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart
• "Razzamatazz", with vocals by Patti Austin, reached No. 11 in the United Kingdom
• "Razzamatazz" was Jones's biggest solo hit in the United Kingdom

Reappraisal

• AllMusic critic Richard S. Ginell gave the album three out of five stars

Records

• Billboard Hot 100: "Just Once" No. 17 and "One Hundred Ways" No. 14, both featuring James Ingram
• Billboard 200: No. 10
• Billboard Jazz and Billboard R&B charts: No. 3 each
• Grammy Awards: twelve nominations, including Album of the Year
• 24th Grammy Awards: three wins for Best Instrumental Arrangement, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Instrumental Arrangement (Accompanying Vocalists)
• James Ingram received three Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist, and won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "One Hundred Ways"

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Trivia

• "Just Once" appeared in the 1982 film The Last American Virgin
• "Velas" was sampled by Jodeci on their 1996 single "Get On Up" and by Shut Up and Dance on "Waking Up", from Nicolette's album Now Is Early
• "Velas" was also used as background music on The Weather Channel
• "One Hundred Ways" was sampled by MF Doom on "Rhymes Like Dimes" from his debut solo album Operation: Doomsday
• "Ai No Corrida" is a re-recording of a Chaz Jankel song from his 1980 album Chaz Jankel

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