Straight From the Heart [2LP]

Patrice Rushen's 1982 album, her biggest, with the much-sampled hit "Forget Me Nots" plus "Breakout!" and "Number One". Strut's remastered edition adds a second LP of 12-inch versions. Rushen wrote, arranged and produced, mixing jazz chops with sleek boogie and R&B.

• 1. Forget Me Nots
• 2. I Was Tired of Being Alone
• 3. All We Need
• 4. Number One
• 5. Where There Is Love
• 6. Breakout!
• 7. If Only
• 8. Remind Me
• 9. (She Will) Take You Down to Love
• 10. Forget Me Nots (12" Version)
• 11. Breakout (12" Version)
• 12. I Was Tired of Being Alone (12" Version)
• 13. Number One (12" Version)