Posh (album)

''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

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

Personnel

* 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

* 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

Later Samples

*"This Is All I Really Know"
**"These Are Our Heroes" by Nas from the album ''Street's Disciple''
*"The Dream"
*"Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Go)"
**"Two Takes It (feat. Carmen Castro)" by Mr. Oizo from the album "Lambs Anger"

References

External links

*

Patrice Rushen albums
1980 albums
Elektra Records albums

{{1980s-R&B-album-stub