Now (Expanded Edition), by Patrice Rushen

Now (Expanded Edition)

by Patrice Rushen

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Bryan Lambert The vinyl sounds perfect. Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) (Dub Version)! Get Off (You Fascinate Me) (12" Version)! Favorite track: Get Off (You Fascinate Me).

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A1 FEELS SO REAL (Won’t Let Go)
A2 GONE WITH THE NIGHT
A3 GOTTA FIND IT
A4 SUPERSTAR
A5 HEARTACHE HEARTBREAK

B1 GET OFF (You Fascinate Me)
B2 MY LOVE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE
B3 PERFECT LOVE
B4 HIGH IN ME
B5 TO EACH HIS OWN

C1 GET OFF (You Fascinate Me) (Dance Version)
C2 GET OFF (You Fascinate Me) (Instrumental)

D1 FEELS SO REAL (Won’t Let Go) (Radio Edit)
D2 FEELS SO REAL (Won’t Let Go) (Dub Version)

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1.	Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) 06:49	info	buy track
2.	Gone With the Night 04:41	info	buy track
3.	Gotta Find It 04:28	info	buy track
4.	Superstar 04:57	info	buy track
5.	Heartache Heartbreak 04:11	info	buy track
6.	Get Off (You Fascinate Me) 06:19	info	buy track
7.	My Love's Not Going Anywhere 04:19	info	buy track
8.	Perfect Love 04:57	info	buy track
9.	High In Me 04:14	info	buy track
10.	To Each His Own 04:14	info	buy track
11.	Get Off (You Fascinate Me) (12" Version) 06:29	info	buy track
12.	Get Off (You Fascinate Me) (Instrumental) 03:37	info	buy track
13.	Feels So Real (Edit) 04:52	info	buy track
14.	Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) (Dub Version) 07:05	info	buy track

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Strut continue their Patrice Rushen original album reissue series with the definitive edition of her influential classic ‘Now’ from 1984.

Released after the global success of ‘Straight From The Heart’ and the huge hit ‘Forget Me Nots’, ‘Now’ stripped back the arrangements and explored a new sonic palette, combining top level musicianship with the evolving studio technology of the mid-‘80s. “By this time, I had built a little home studio,” explains Patrice, “and the new synthesizers and drum machines opened a lot of possibilities. A lot of the pieces on ‘Now’ started off as demos based on these instruments and we just went with it quite naturally, adding guitar, bass and drums.”

The album continued Patrice’s unerring skill in fusing intricate jazz musicianship with infectious grooves. The solid boogie classic ‘Get Off (You Fascinate Me)’ lit up dancefloors and ‘Feels So Real’ became one of Patrice’s best loved songs, an effortless mid-tempo soul stepper. The album is also celebrated for the tender ‘Gotta Find It’ and one of Patrice’s most poignant ballads, the intricate and politically charged ‘To Each His Own’.

The album marked the end of Rushen’s tenure with Elektra before a move to Arista and remains a much-referenced part of her career. “I think it was a great representation of where we were at the time and it may have even been a little bit ahead of its time”, she reflects. Famously, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had become fans, attending her live shows, and, allegedly, the feel of Janet Jackson’s debut album ‘Control’ two years later was heavily influenced by Rushen’s approach on ‘Now’.

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released September 30, 2022

2022, Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH

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