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~ Quincy Jones
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (14 Mar 1991)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B000026CS4
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,772 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Ai No Corrida 6:29£0.69
Listen  2. The Dude 5:36£0.69
Listen  3. Just Once 4:33£0.69
Listen  4. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me 3:35£0.69
Listen  5. Something Special 3:56£0.69
Listen  6. Razzamatazz 4:15£0.69
Listen  7. One Hundred Ways 4:19£0.69
Listen  8. Velas 4:05£0.69
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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.

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Fantastic, 25 Jan 2005
By Arun Phillips - See all my reviews
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I couldn't agree more with Rebecca's review.

The Dude is a supremely sublime album, the production is flawless and of course features that smooth sound that Q is so famous for. Q and Bruce Swedien developed a process which they called "acusonic" and this is the process that gives us that silky tone that we also hear with all of Q's later work.

Well, what about the songs, for me the best song on the entire album is Just Once, a song so powerfully moving that even now after some 24 years I feel my hairs stand on end. This was the album that gave us James Ingram and boy what a voice, One Hundred Ways as Rebecca pointed out is about the essence of true romance (the way it was meant to be, I guess), another beautiful song. Something Special is also superb with the wonderful Patti Austin.

The jazzier tunes, Razzamatazz, Ai No Corrida, Betch You Wouldn't Hurt Me (written by Stevie Wonder) are also top notch.

I have played this album, first on Vinyl way back in 1981 maybe 200 times or more and I simply never tire of it.

I guess another reason why this album means so much to me is that I was with someone very special at the time of it's release so I will always remember it by that too.

I believe that this album was/is the most nominated in Grammy History. Bravo Q, for me this is best album from you.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Up there Amongst The Best, 9 Jul 2006
By C. Perry "Flying Dutchman" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Basically with the same team that gave us Give Me The Night and Off The Wall this is a standout in several simultaneous areas which makes the entirerty such a great album: the songwriting from Rod Temperton; the session guys have from Off The Wall who all got their own jazz fusion contracts/careers; Quincys production and an amazing array of vocaltalent interpreting the songs. To some this might sound a bit overproduced - I can understand that, but for anyone growing up at the time this came out and listened to it then, this was as good as it got.

Sublime arrangements, not a bad track on the album. If I had to pick my favourites I would choose Velas, Ai No Corrida & Something Special, but really you can't go wrong.

At £6.00 - Snap this up!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite soul/pop crossover albums, 26 Nov 1999
By s.forrester@dtn.ntl.com (Welwyn Garden City, UK) - See all my reviews
A great album for those who liked Michael Jackson's album 'Off The Wall' and are curious about producer Quincy Jones' own material. 'Ai No Corrida' gets the feet tapping, 'The Dude' is a sort-of jazz/rap crossover, whilst 'Just Once' is a ballad about a relationship that keeps going wrong, with a memorable vocal performance by James Ingram. 'Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me' is from the pen of Stevie Wonder, and sung by Patti Austin. Among the more mellow tracks are the Ingram-sung 'One Hundred Ways' and a lovely harmonica-led instumental, 'Velas'. This is an album that has a track for almost every mood that a person can be in, and the musicianship and guest vocals are of the highest order.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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!! Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. S. L. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars 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. Read more
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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. Read more
Published 23 months ago by T. V. Holloway

5.0 out of 5 stars One to remember
Quincy Jones continues to influence music today but this is the only album that I know of that he put his name too. Read more
Published on 14 April 2002 by john.p.rees@lineone.net

5.0 out of 5 stars One of those albums that you just lay back and enjoy .
What can you say about a man that brings memmories flooding back the moment you put the album on ? One classic after another ,as a mobile d.j. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite soul/pop crossover albums
A great album for those who liked Michael Jackson's album 'Off The Wall' and are curious about producer Quincy Jones' own material. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 1999 by s.forrester@dtn.ntl.com

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