The Dude (Quincy Jones album)

The Dude
The Dude
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	March 26, 1981 (US) (LP); October 25, 1990 (US) (CD)
Recorded	1981
Studio	Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop; R&B; jazz;
Length	41:02 (CD) (LP)
Label	A&M
Producer	Quincy Jones;
Quincy Jones chronology
Singles from The Dude
	"Ai No Corrida"; Released: March 1981; "Just Once"; Released: September 1981; "One Hundred Ways"; Released: December 1981;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The New York Times	(favourable)^[2]
Pitchfork	8.1/10^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

The Dude is a 1981 studio album released and recorded by Quincy Jones. Jones utilized a lengthy list of studio musicians to perform the tracks.

Three singles were released from the album in the USA, all of which charted on the U.S. Top 40. "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" 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.^[5]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocalist	Length
1.	"Ai No Corrida"	Chaz Jankel, Kenny Young	Dune (aka Charles May)	6:18
2.	"The Dude"	Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton, Patti Austin	James Ingram	5:35
3.	"Just Once"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	James Ingram	4:32
4.	"Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me"	Stevie Wonder	Patti Austin	3:33
5.	"Somethin' Special"	Temperton	Patti Austin	4:03
6.	"Razzmatazz"	Temperton	Patti Austin	4:20
7.	"One Hundred Ways"	Kathy Wakefield, Ben Wright, Tony Coleman	James Ingram	4:19
8.	"Velas"	Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins	n/a	4:05
9.	"Turn On the Action"	Temperton	Patti Austin	4:17
Total length:				41:02

Personnel[]

Personnel adapted from album's liner notes.^[6]

Quincy Jones – Producer (all tracks), Vocal Arrangements (1-4, 7), Rhythm Arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8), Synth Arrangements (1, 4, 6), Backing Vocals (2)
Patti Austin - Lead Vocals (4-6, 9), Backing Vocals (1-6, 9), Vocal Arrangements (1)
Tom Bahler - Backing Vocals (1, 5)
Michael Boddicker – Voice Synthesizer (2)
Robbie Buchanan - Acoustic Piano & Synth Strings (3)
Mike Butcher - Engineer (8)
Lenny Castro - Handclaps (2, 9)
Ed Cherney - Assistant Engineer (all tracks)
Casey Cysick - 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 - Electric & Acoustic 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), Synth Arrangements (1, 4, 6, 9), String Arrangements (6, 9)
Craig Hundley - Beam-microtonal Tubulons
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, 3-7, 9), Guitar Solo (1, 6)
Johnny Mandel - String & Synth Arrangements (3, 7, 8)
Charles May - 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 (all tracks), Handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9)
Bruce Swedien - Engineering & Mixing (all tracks)
Rod Temperton – Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements (2, 5, 6, 9), Synth Arrangements (5, 6, 9)
Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Harmonica, & Whistle (8)
Ian Underwood – Synth 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 Sax Solo (1, 2, 7, 9), Alto Sax Solo (5)
Larry Williams – Saxophone & Flute (2)
David J. "Hawk" Wolinski - Clavinet (1, 9), Mini-Moog (5), Bass Synthesizer (6), Synth Programming (5, 9)
Stevie Wonder - Synthesizer (2, 4), Rhythm Arrangements (4)
Syreeta Wright - Backing Vocals (2)

Charting History[]

Album[]

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	9
R&B	1
Jazz	1
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	63

Year End Chart (1982)	Peak position^[8]^[9]^[10]
U.S. Billboard 200	25
R&B	9
Jazz	6

Charting Singles[]

Title	Chart positions
Title	US	US R&B	US Dance	US AC	AUS ^[7]	GER ^[11]	UK ^[12]
"Ai No Corrida"	28	10	5	-	74	28	14
"Just Once" (w/ 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

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes[]

The figure of "The Dude" featured in the album cover was created by Zambian sculptor Fanizani Akuda.^[14]
"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, Operation: Doomsday.
"Velas" was sampled by Jodeci on their 1996 single "Get On Up",^[15] 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.^[16]

References[]

^ Staff, Rovi. "Quincy Jones: The Dude". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
^ Holden, Stephen (April 26, 1981). "TWO TASTEFULLY OPULENT RELEASES". The New York Times.
^ Mlynar, Philip (January 17, 2018). "Quincy Jones The Dude". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 379–380.
^ Gonzales, Michael A. 'The Dude': Remembering Quincy Jones’ Most Important Album Ever Ebony. April 5, 2016
^ The Dude (booklet). A&M. 1981.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 161. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Soul LPs of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^ "Top Billboard Jazz Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^ "German Chart - Quncy Jones". charts.de. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
^ "UK Single Official Charts Companyrmation". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
^ "American album certifications – Quincy Jones – The Dude". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Lindeque, Brent "Quincy Jones’ Grammy award winning album inspired by South African farm worker" goodthingsguy.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
^ Jodeci. “The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel” (Album Notes). Uptown Records / MCA Records. 1995.
^ "Local forecast music by artist (Q) / Audio / TWC Classics". twcclassics.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.