The album featured the debut of vocalist James Ingram on the singles "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways", and Patti Austin on the single "Razzamatazz".
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.
He won the Grammy award for best R&B vocal performance for his work on the album.
Belgian harmonica player and puccaloist Toots Thielemans also contributed to the album, appearing on the instrumental track "Velas".
The album also gained heavy dance airplay for the songs "Ai No Corrida" (a remake of Chaz Jankel's song), is the Quincy Jones hit method par excellence -- great pacing, superb sound, a catchy tune, a hot Ernie Watts tenor sax solo and you can dance to it, too. Stevie Wonder's irresistible synthesizer hooks lift his "Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me," and Q and omnipresent composer Rod Temperton are far-seeing enough on the title track to anticipate the rise of rap.
Obviously, though, the main purpose here is to make hit pop singles, and The Dude does a pretty good job of that.
Tracklist
1. "Ai No Corrida" - (6:18)
2. "The Dude" (with James Ingram, Michael Jackson) - (5:35)
3. "Just Once" (with James Ingram) - (4:32)
4. "Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me" (with Patti Austin) - (3:33)
5. "Somethin' Special" (with Patti Austin - (4:03)
6. "Razzamatazz" (with Patti Austin) - (4:20)
7. "One Hundred Ways" (with James Ingram) - (4:19)
8. "Velas" (with Toots Thielemans) - (4:05)
9. "Turn On The Action" (with Patti Austin) - (4:17)
Personnel
- 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, 5, 9)
- 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)
Notes
Released: March 26, 1981
Recorded: 1981 Studio Westlake, Los Angeles, California
Genre: Soul, Funk
Length: 41:02
Producer: Quincy Jones
Label - A&M Records
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