The Dude

by Quincy Jones

Overview

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 & 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 instrumental "Velas." The Dude is an outstanding collection that was massively influential on the '80s R&B scene. ~ Rovi Staff

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	A&M / Interscope
UPC:	0075021324824
Rank:	1041

Tracks

1. Ai No Corrida
2. The Dude
3. Just Once
4. Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me
5. Somethin' Special
6. Razzamatazz
7. One Hundred Ways
8. Velas
9. Turn on the Action

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quincy Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals,Trumpet
Dune   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Toots Thielemans   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Guitar,Harmonica
James Ingram   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Cynthia Weil   Guest Artist
Herbie Hancock   Guest Artist,Piano,Piano (Electric)
Patti Austin   Guest Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Stevie Wonder   Guest Artist,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Michael Jackson   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Casey Cysik   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Craig Hundley   Microtonal Metal
Lalomie Washburn   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Michael Boddicker   Vocals,Vocoder,Synthesizer
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass
Tom Bahler   Vocals,Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Yvonne Lewis   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Syreeta Wright   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Robbie Buchanan   Piano,Strings,Keyboards,Piano (Electric),Synthesizer Strings
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kasey Cisyk   Vocals (Background)
David Foster   Piano,Piano (Electric)
Larry Williams   Flute,Saxophone,Flute,Saxophone
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums,Handclapping
Lenny Castro   Percussion,Handclapping
Jerry Hey   Horn,Trumpet
Louis Johnson   Bass,Handclapping,Guitar (Bass)
Paulinho Da Costa   Vocals,Percussion
Steve Lukather   Guitar
Ian Underwood   Synthesizer
Chuck Findley   Trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft   Flute,Saxophone
Craig Huxley   Synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes   Synthesizer,Handclapping,Piano (Electric)
Charles May   Vocals,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Ernie Watts   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
David "Hawk" Wolinski   Clavinet,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Synthesizer Bass

Technical Credits

Quincy Jones   Vocal Arrangement,Rhythm Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Mike Butcher   Engineer
Anthony Coleman   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Synthesizer Arrangements
Stephanie Andrews   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Benjamin Wright   Composer
Anthony T. Coleman   Composer
Benjamin F. Wright, Jr.   Composer
Jerry Hey   Arranger,Brass Arrangement,String Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Chaz Jankel   Composer
Tony Coleman   Composer
Patti Austin   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Ian Underwood   Synthesizer Programming
Kenny Young   Composer
Ivan Lins   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
James Kennith Young   Composer
Benjamin F. Wright   Composer
Ben Wright   Composer
Johnny Mandel   Arranger,String Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Vitor Martins   Composer
Rod Temperton   Composer,Vocal Arrangement,Rhythm Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Kathy Wakefield   Composer
David "Hawk" Wolinski   Synthesizer Programming