Product Description

An enormous commercial success, 1981's THE DUDE is a cross-cultural success blending jazz, Latin music, soul ballads, and straight pop into an admittedly slick but never over-produced or soulless stew. The album opens with a surprise; "Ai No Corrida" is a synthesizer-driven yet still funky Latin dance track written by Chaz Jankel of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, suggesting that unlike a lot of musicians his age, Quincy Jones kept his ears open to new music.
The proto-rap title track accomplishes the same thing. The rest of the album is more conventional, with James Ingram and Patti Austin trading vocals on a smooth collection of tracks highlighted by the masterful love ballads "One Hundred Ways" and "Just Once", staples of adult-contemporary stations, and the haunting Stevie Wonder-penned instrumental "Velas". THE DUDE is an outstanding collection that was massively influential on the'80s R&B scene.

Track Listing

1. Ai No Corrida
2. The Dude
3. Just Once
4. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me
5. Something Special
6. Razzamatazz
7. One Hundred Ways
8. Velas - Quincy Jones, Toots Thielemans
9. Turn On The Action

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20677 in Music
• Released on: 1991-03-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 41 minutes

Customer Reviews

fantastic album quincy jones wow!!
quincy jones has worked with some legends in his time ray charles,duke ellington,dinah washington,frank sinatra,michael jackson he is a fab talent in his own right!! walking into space was good and of course he worked with duke ellington and frank sinatra on an album way back and he was good mates with ray charles!! here we have anouther rod temperton classic aswell as thriller,off the wall,and he worked on the karen carpenters only solo album wow karen carpenter what a voice!! buy this album its fab!!

Diva
I bought 'The Dude' as an audio tape when it first came out and it travelled the world with me when I went on holiday. Absolutely amazing sounds when chillin' around the pool. If you've ever been in a relationship it's impossible to listen to the words of 'Just Once' and not empathise. I still have the tape (cover faded with the sun) but bought the CD when that came out and continue to get as much pleasure from listening to it as I did in the 80's. If you haven't got it in your collection and you're a lover of perfection then I urge you to buy it!

Listen to the words
This album takes me back to pre exams, my dad bought it for me and my friend and I played it all summer long when the sun shone in summer holidays! Am I getting old. 'Betcha wouldn't hurt me' did not get very far, but listen to the words, '100 Ways' is just lovely and we can all dance and sing to 'razzamatazz' and 'Ai no corrida'. Smooth album witha bit of Jazz I have to say it is one of my favourites but that maybe because I associate with happy memories, so why not buy it close your eyes and share with me. QJ wrote and produced for the old Michael Jackson when he was recognisable! My favourite is 'JUST ONCE' If you liked 'Off the Wall' you'll love this, even though not as fast. The guy's a genius...just buy it!!!