クインシー・ジョーンズの1981年アルバム『The Dude』のLP再発
180g重量盤ブラック・ヴァイナル
大ヒット・シングル「Ai No Corrida」や、ジェイムス・イングラムのシンガー・デビューとなった「Just Once」「One Hundred Ways」を収録。「Razzamatazz」は全英シングル・チャートで11位を記録。
グラミー賞でもアルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤーを含む12部門でノミネーションを受け、「Best Instrumental Arrangement」「Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal」「Best Instrumental Arrangement (Accompanying Vocalists)」の3部門を受賞。ジェイムス・イングラムにも「Best New Artist」「Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (Just Once)「Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (One Hundred Ways)」 の受賞をもたらした。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2021/04/30)
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
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