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Posh (album)

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Posh
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1980
Recorded1980
Studio
GenreR&B
Length46:42
LabelElektra
Producer
Patrice Rushen chronology
Let There Be Funk: The Best of Patrice Rushen
(1980)
Posh
(1980)
Straight from the Heart
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Posh is a 1980 album released by R&B singer Patrice Rushen, her third album for Elektra Records and sixth album overall. The album was recently re-released on Wounded Bird Records, as were several other Rushen albums from the time. Following the Pizzazz album, Posh was the continuation of a string of R&B/pop albums that established Rushen as an R&B singer.

"Look Up!," "I Need Your Love," "The Funk Won't Let You Down," "Time Will Tell" highlighted Patrice's reach into R&B territory. Whereas, songs such as the Stevie Wonder-esque "I Need Your Love" and the rock-leaning "Time Will Tell" were representative of her new progressive sound.

This album was released just before her 1982 breakthrough album, Straight from the Heart.

Track listing

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  1. "Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be)" (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington) - 6:50
  2. "Don't Blame Me" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen, Clarence Bell) - 6:31
  3. "Look Up!" (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims, Jr., Sheree Brown) - 3:41
  4. "I Need Your Love" (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims, Jr., Angela Rushen) - 4:25
  5. "Time Will Tell" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen) - 5:09
  6. "The Dream" (Patrice Rushen, Washington, Freddie Brown) - 4:54
  7. "The Funk Won't Let You Down" (Patrice Rushen) - 7:35
  8. "This Is All I Really Know" (Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis); Featuring Lynn Davis - 4:41

Personnel

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  • Patrice Rushen – lead and backing vocals, percussion, arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 5, 7, 8), synth solo (1), rhythm arrangements (1, 3, 4), electric piano (2, 4-7), synthesizers (2), bass (3), synth strings (4), vocal arrangements (8)
  • Charles Mims Jr. – acoustic piano (3), synthesizers (3, 4), rhythm arrangements (3, 4)
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 2, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (6)
  • David T. Walker – guitar (1, 6, 8)
  • Wali Ali – lead vocals (1), guitar (2, 4)
  • Marlo Henderson – guitar (3, 5, 7)
  • Freddie Washington – bass (1, 2, 4-8), backing vocals (1), rhythm arrangements (1)
  • James Gadson – drums (1, 8)
  • Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2, 3, 6)
  • Melvin Webb – drums (4, 5)
  • Gerry Brown – drums (7)
  • Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion (1, 3)
  • Kenneth Yerke – high whistling (6)
  • Roy Galloway – backing vocals (1, 5-8)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3-8), vocal ad-lib solo (8), vocal arrangements (8)
  • Wanda Vaughn – backing vocals (3)
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (7, 8)

Handclaps

  • Kevin R. Carter Sr.
  • Ulysses Duprée
  • Tony Lewis
  • Charles Mims Jr.
  • Lindsey Redmond
  • Larry Robinson
  • Patrice Rushen
  • Freddie Washington

Horns

  • Don Myrick – alto saxophone
  • William Green – tenor saxophone
  • Clay Lawrey – trombone, baritone
  • Maurice Spears – bass trombone
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Raymond Lee Brown – trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelhorn solo (4), horn contractor

Strings

  • Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster, violin solo (6)
  • Rosemary McLean – contractor
  • Paula Hochhalter and Nils Oliver – cello
  • Denyse Buffam, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski and Barbara Thomason – viola
  • Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Frank Foster, Endre Granat, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade and Kenneth Yerke – violin

Production

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  • Patrice Rushen – producer, executive producer
  • Charles Mims Jr. – producer
  • Freddie Washington – production assistance (3)
  • Peter Chaikin – recording engineer
  • Phil Moores – additional recording
  • Jeff Titmus – additional rhythm recording (7)
  • F. Byron Clark – remixing
  • Jeff Sanders – mastering
  • Crystal Sound (Los Angeles, California) – mastering location
  • Ron Coro – art direction, design
  • Norm Ung – art direction, design
  • Bobby Holland – photography
  • Shayne Fair – additional photography
  • Pam Robinson – additional photography
  • Joel Leonard – set design consultant

References

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  1. ^ "Posh Review by Alex Henderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 173. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.