Posh

Artist: Patrice Rushen
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 664140030220
EAN: 0664140030220
ASIN: B00008BNUF

Release Date: 2003-02-25

Posh

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Tracks:

Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be)
Don't Blame Me
Look Up!
I Need Your Love
Time Will Tell
Dream
Funk Won't Let You Down
This Is All I Really Know

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Album Description

Patrice Rushen was an R&B-jazz vocalist/pianist/songwriter who in the 70's and 80's had numerous albums make the Billboard charts. The majority of her work originally came out on Elektra Records but has never been issued on CD anywhere in the world until now. Posh was originally released in 1971 and reached #71 on the charts. Wounded Bird Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2007-01-16

I've been looking for this CD for years and now I have it

Thanks

A MUST HAVE - CLASSIC PATRICE!!!!!.......2006-02-01

Up until I started hearing her music sampled by Rap and R & B artists in the 90's, I thought that my cousin Cheryl and I were Patrice Rushen's only true fans. I am delighted to see that there are others who appreciate this musical genius and as a teenager in the 80's, Patrice Rushen was one of my musical she-roes! This woman plays many instruments and she also writes, produces, and arranges her own material [which is why she is still around today, working behind the scenes]. She was then, and is now, light years ahead of her musical contemporaries.

Of all of her albums, "Posh" is still my favorite. I can still listen to every song on this album without skipping a track! It is one of the only albums (Yes, I said "Albums"!) that I have a copy of on vinyl, cassette, and now on CD. From beginning to end, the songs on this album blend together beautifully. From the blaring horn intro to "Never Gonna Give You Up" to the concerto-esque opening to "This Is All I Really Know", this album will musically and lyrically take you through all of the emotions of life and love. It is extremely difficult for me to suggest a stand-out song on this album because I love all of these songs. I highly recommend this album to anyone who has ever heard a song with a Patrice Rushen sample in it. (Most recently Kirk Franklin used the Patrice Rushen "Haven't You Heard" sample (from "Pizzazz") for his song Looking For You and Michael Lyttle had the nerve to say the following in his amazon.com review, "One is hard pressed to not remember the Love Unlimited Orchestra when hearing `Looking for You'..." Come on amazon.com! Please give Patrice Rushen her proper credit where credit is due!)

Genius!.......2005-05-16

By Patrice's third Elektra release, she had found a genius knack of creating classic R & B songs, and had a unique sound, all her own - a sound that still hasn't been duplicated.

All the songs on "Posh" stand the test of time - each of the eight songs is different and all feature Patrice's various vocal and instrumental powers to great effect.

R&B, funk, soul, gospel, disco, classical, rock ...... you name the genre - everything is here; all within these eight songs.

Patrice's Elektra work is far too important not to be heard.

Anyone with R & B/jazz sensibilites should own at least one Patrice Rushen album - and there's no better place to start than this one! Then go on and buy the rest!!

Boy This Is Nice!.......2004-05-23

As indicated 'Pizzazz' is Patrice Rushen's R&B breackthrough
but she REALLY finds her legs on 'Posh'.The music is solid,the
funk is more muscular and her singing has grown in confidance!
"Never Gonna Give You Up","Don't Blame Me","Look Up!" and the
THUMPASAURUS fonk of "Funk Won't Let You Down" tune down the pop and bring up the grooves even as she rocks out on hard-edged "Time Will Tell" and excersises her piano playing ability in the superbly arranged "The Dream".Patrice Rushen had at last discovered a way to be poppy,soulful,funky AND herself all at once and it wouldn't be very long at all until she parlayed these ideas into a hit-making factory in the pop world!

A perfect album!!!!!.......2004-04-30

I remember this album from back in the early 1980's. I bought in on cassette becuase I heard and loved the song "This Is All I Really Know" on the radio. At the time, I only paid scant attention to the other songs. Of course, the tape wore out and I had trouble tracking down the album. I purchased her greatest hits CD which had a few songs from "Posh" but not "This Is All I Really Know". Finally, someone wised up and put this album out on CD.

"Posh" is a delight from start to finish. The uptempo tunes "Look Up" and "Never Gonna Give You Up" are fun. It is nice to hear dance music which is also great music period. The mid-tempo mover "Don't Blame Me" is a winner as well.
I remember originally not liking "The Funk Won't Let You Down" but now I think it is also a great song.

Of course the ballads are supberb. You can't get much better than "I Need Your Love" and the gospel closer, "This Is All I Really Know". I am not sure if she is singing to God or a person in this song, but you can apply either to the song. I would love to find an arrangement of this and sing it at my church! The piano playing is beautiful as well, especially the introduction. "I Need Your Love" seems like a fairly simple song at first, but has a wonderful, soothing arrangement.

The semi-classical sounding "The Dream" is another wonderous track.

It is really a shame that Ms. Rushen has been relegated to One Hit Wonder status with "Forget Me Nots". It is a great song, but there is so much more to her music. When I tell friends I like Patrice Rushen they usually either say "Who?" or "the lady who sang 'Forget Me Nots'".

This album in particular reminds me of a great period during the late 1970's-early 1980's when some great non-disco/non-rap soul music (Deniece Williams; Brothers Johnson; Champaign, Brenda Russell, Ray Goodman & Brown, George Benson etc)came out. Unfortunately, most people associate soul music from this period with either disco or rap or the more commercial sounds of Lionel Richie or Whitney Houston. Richie and Houston are fine artists, but I find their songs a little too pop/commerical oriented.

Anyway, enough rantings and ravings from me. This album is a gem. Even if you are not that familiar with Patrice Rushen and like Quiet Storm/Smooth Jazz stylings with some uptempo but soothing sounds thrown in, you should enjoy this album! This is good place to get to know Ms. Rushen.

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Merengue Encendido ~ Joseph Portes

Fun House ~ Dana Gould

Dear Oscar Tribute to Oscar P

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Reach Out ~ Hank Mobley

Lo Nuevo y lo Mejor ~ Control

Rodven Machine Caliente ~ Various Artists

Muñeca Ojos de Miel ~ Los Capos de Mexico

Joyas Musicales: Coleccion de Oro - Tres Reinas ~ Chelo, Mercedes Castro, Chayito Valdez