# The Dude (Quincy Jones album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The New York Times | (favourable) |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
The Dude is the twenty-fifth studio album by the American musician and producer Quincy Jones. It was released on March 26, 1981, by A&M Records. 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.

## Personnel

Personnel adapted from album's liner notes.
* 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

Weekly chart performance for The Dude :
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | 63 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 54 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 8 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 12 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 19 |
| US Billboard 200 | 9 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
Year-end chart performance for The Dude :
| Chart (1982) | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 25 |
| US R&B Albums | 9 |
| US Jazz Albums | 6 |

### Charting singles

Chart performance for singles from The Dude :
| Title | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Title | US | US R&B | US Dance | US AC | AUS | GER | UK |
| "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 |

## Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for The Dude :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Japan | — | 329,010 |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum | 1,000,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||