Patrice (Remastered), by Patrice Rushen

Patrice (Remastered)

by Patrice Rushen

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A1 MUSIC OF THE EARTH
A2 WHEN I FOUND YOU
A3 CHANGES (IN YOUR LIFE)
A4 WISHFUL THINKING
A5 LET’S SING A SONG OF LOVE

B1 HANG IT UP
B2 CHA-CHA
B3 IT’S JUST
B4 A NATURAL THING
B5 DIDN’T YOU KNOW?
B6 PLAY!

C1 MUSIC OF THE EARTH (DANNY KRIVIT EDIT)
C2 HANG IT UP (12" VERSION)

D1 PLAY! (12" VERSION)
D2 DIDN’T YOU KNOW (EXTENDED VERSION)

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1.	Music of the Earth 03:57	info	buy track
2.	When I Found You 05:21	info	buy track
3.	Changes 04:09	info	buy track
4.	Wishful Thinking 05:09	info	buy track
5.	Let's Sing a Song of Love 03:42	info	buy track
6.	Hang It Up 05:10	info	buy track
7.	Cha-Cha 03:23	info	buy track
8.	Just a Natural Thing 03:19	info	buy track
9.	Didn't You Know 05:15	info	buy track
10.	Play 04:35	info	buy track
11.	Music of the Earth (Danny Krivit Edit) 08:07	info
12.	Hang It Up (12" Version) 07:27	info
13.	Play! (Extended Take) 08:19	info
14.	Didn't You Know (Extended Take) 06:00	info

about

Strut revisit the early years of Patrice Rushen’s time with Elektra Records with the definitive 2LP edition of the ‘Patrice’ album from 1978.

After a series of jazz funk albums on Prestige, Patrice moved to Elektra as the label tapped into the burgeoning “sophisticated R&B” market at the tail end of the disco era. “By this time, I had already made some great in-roads, made some great friends and picked up valuable knowledge which definitely paid off in terms of the music and the way the records sounded,” Patrice remembers. As a brilliant pianist, songwriter and arranger from a young age, Rushen was perfectly placed to bring the class and musicianship that the label needed and now also began to assume the role of lead vocalist for the first time. She enlisted the production prowess of high school friend Charles Mims, Jr. and long-time mentor Reggie Andrews.

Recorded at the newly opened Conway Studios in L.A., ‘Patrice’, Rushen brought in heartfelt lyrics, vulnerability and messages of hope into her music for the first time on yearning tracks like ‘Didn’t You Know’ and ‘When I Found You’ alongside simply forgetting your troubles on the singles ‘Hang It Up’ and Play!’. Clubs played an important part in the interest in her music. While her record label didn’t fully get behind her as an artist until the early ‘80s, influential club and black radio DJs consistently supported her and recognised Patrice as a unique talent. ‘Music Of The Earth’ became an underground New York club favourite and Danny Krivit’s extended edit has endured in its own right, included here.

“So much of what happened with these records happened after they had come out, like years afterwards, as people discovered them,” reflects Patrice. “but with this album, all of the things that I wanted to do were possible without limitation - the recording, the writing, the execution with the musicians, the production. Everything was, “Okay, let’s do it.” And we did it.”

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released September 30, 2022

2022, Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH

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