The Dude (Quincy Jones album) explained

The Dude is a 1981 studio album by the American musician and producer Quincy Jones. Jones used many studio musicians.

Three singles were released from the album in the US, all of which charted on the US Top 40. "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" both feature vocalist James Ingram's debut and reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gained moreover heavy dance airplay for lead single "Ai No Corrida", which reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The album also contains "Razzamatazz" (with vocals by Patti Austin) which reached No. 11 in the United Kingdom, Jones's biggest solo hit in that country.

The Dude was nominated for twelve Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year) and won three at the 24th Grammy Awards: for Best Instrumental Arrangement; Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; and Best Instrumental Arrangement (Accompanying Vocalists). It also earned Ingram three Grammy nominations for Best New Artist, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (for "Just Once") and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for "One Hundred Ways"), which he won.^[1]

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album's liner notes.^[2]

• Quincy Jones – producer, backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (1–4, 7), rhythm arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), synthesizer arrangements (1, 4, 6)
• Patti Austin – lead vocals (4–6, 9), backing vocals (1–6, 9), vocal arrangements (1)
• Tom Bahler – backing vocals (1, 5)
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer and vocoder (2)
• Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano and string synthesizer (3)
• Mike Butcher – engineer for Toots Thielemans (8)
• Lenny Castro – handclaps (2, 9)
• Ed "Big Julie" Cherney – assistant engineer
• Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–6, 8, 9), mouth percussion (1)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
• David Foster – acoustic and electric piano (3)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1, 2, 5)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Herbie Hancock – electric piano (1, 5, 6, 9)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1–3, 5–7, 9), horn arrangements (1–3, 5–7, 9), string arrangements (6, 9), synthesizer arrangements (1, 4, 6, 9)
• Craig Hundley – beam-microtonal tubulons (1)
• Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (1–3, 5–7), flute (2, 3, 5–7)
• James Ingram – lead vocals (2, 3, 7), backing vocals (2)
• Michael Jackson – backing vocals (2)
• Louis Johnson – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (3, 9)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (1–7, 9), guitar solo (1, 6)
• Johnny Mandel – string and synthesizer arrangements (3, 7, 8)
• Charles May (Dune) – lead vocals (1)
• Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (1, 3–6, 8, 9), electric piano (2–4, 7–9), handclaps (1, 4), synthesizer solo (7)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
• John Robinson – drums, handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9)
• Bruce Swedien – engineering and mixing
• Rod Temperton – vocal and rhythm arrangements (2, 5, 6, 9), synthesizer arrangements (5, 6, 9)
• Jean "Toots" Thielemans – guitar, harmonica and whistle (8)
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer (1, 3, 5-9), synthesizer programming (1, 3–9)
• Gerald Vinci – concertmaster (3, 6–9)
• LaLomie Washburn – backing vocals (2)
• Ernie Watts – saxophone (1–3, 5–7), flute (2, 3, 5–7), tenor saxophone solo (1, 2, 9), alto saxophone solo (5), tenor saxophone solo fills (7)
• Larry Williams – saxophone and flute (2)
• David J. "Hawk" Wolinski – Clavinet (1, 9), mini-Moog synthesizer (5), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer bass (6), synthesizer programming (5, 9)
• Stevie Wonder – Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer (4), rhythm arrangements (4), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer solo (2, 4), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer solo fills (4)
• Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (2)

Charting history

Album

Year-end chart performance for The Dude! Chart (1982)! Position

US Billboard 200[4]	25
US R&B Albums[5]	9
US Jazz Albums[6]	6

Charting singles

Title! colspan="9"

Chart positions
US [7]	US R&B [8]	US Dance [9]	US AC [10]	AUS	GER [11]	UK [12]
"Ai No Corrida"	28	10	5	—	74	28	14
"Just Once" (with James Ingram)	17	11	—	7	—	—	—
"Razzamatazz" (with Patti Austin)	—	17	—	—	—	—	11
"One Hundred Ways" (with James Ingram)	14	10	—	5	—	—	—
"Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	52

Notes

• The figure of "The Dude" featured in the album cover was created by Zambian sculptor Fanizani Akuda.^[13]
• "Just Once" was featured in the 1982 film The Last American Virgin.
• "One Hundred Ways" was sampled by MF Doom for the track "Rhymes Like Dimes", from his debut solo album, .
• "Velas" was sampled by Jodeci on their 1996 single "Get On Up",^[14] as well as by producers Shut Up and Dance for the track "Waking Up", which appeared on Nicolette's first album, Now Is Early. The track was also featured as background music on The Weather Channel.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Gonzales, Michael A. 'The Dude': Remembering Quincy Jones’ Most Important Album Ever Ebony. April 5, 2016
2. The Dude . 1981 . booklet . A&M.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 161.
4. Top Billboard 200 Albums of 1982 . Billboard . 4 April 2020.
5. Top R&B/Soul LPs of 1982 . Billboard . 5 April 2020.
6. Top Billboard Jazz Albums of 1982 . Billboard . 5 April 2020.
7. Billboard Hot 100 Chart History: Quincy Jones. Billboard. January 29, 2023.
8. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart History: Quincy Jones. Billboard. January 29, 2023.
9. Dance Club Songs Chart History: Quincy Jones. Billboard. January 29, 2023.
10. Adult Contemporary Chart History: Quincy Jones. Billboard. January 29, 2023.
11. Web site: German Chart - Quncy Jones . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125945/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=quincy+jones&x=5&y=9&country=de&kategorie=single . dead . August 19, 2014 . charts.de . 8 August 2014.
12. Web site: UK Single Official Charts Companyrmation . . 2012-08-11.
13. Lindeque, Brent "Quincy Jones' Grammy award winning album inspired by South African farm worker" goodthingsguy.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
14. Jodeci. "The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel" (Album Notes). Uptown Records / MCA Records. 1995.
15. Web site: Local forecast music by artist (Q) / Audio / TWC Classics. twcclassics.com. 2020-01-27.