Posh (album)

Posh is a 1980 album released by R&B singer Patrice Rushen, her third album for Elektra Records and sixth album overall. The album was recently re-released on Wounded Bird Records, as were several other Rushen albums from the time. Following the Pizzazz album, Posh was the continuation of a string of R&B/pop albums that established Rushen as an R&B singer.

"Look Up!," "I Need Your Love," "The Funk Won't Let You Down," "Time Will Tell" highlighted Patrice's reach into R&B territory. Whereas, songs such as the Stevie Wonder-esque "I Need Your Love" and the rock-leaning "Time Will Tell" were representative of her new progressive sound.

This album was released just before her 1982 breakthrough album, Straight from the Heart.

Track listing

 * 1) "Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be)" (Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington) - 6:50
 * 2) "Don't Blame Me" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen, Clarence Bell) - 6:31
 * 3) "Look Up!" (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims, Jr., Sheree Brown) - 3:41
 * 4) "I Need Your Love" (Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims, Jr., Angela Rushen) - 4:25
 * 5) "Time Will Tell" (Patrice Rushen, Angela Rushen) - 5:09
 * 6) "The Dream" (Patrice Rushen, Washington, Freddie Brown) - 4:54
 * 7) "The Funk Won't Let You Down" (Patrice Rushen) - 7:35
 * 8) "This Is All I Really Know" (Patrice Rushen, Lynn Davis); Featuring Lynn Davis - 4:41

Personnel

 * Patrice Rushen – lead and backing vocals, percussion, arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 5, 7, 8), synth solo (1), rhythm arrangements (1, 3, 4), electric piano (2, 4-7), synthesizers (2), bass (3), synth strings (4), vocal arrangements (8)
 * Charles Mims Jr. – acoustic piano (3), synthesizers (3, 4), rhythm arrangements (3, 4)
 * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1, 2, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (6)
 * David T. Walker – guitar (1, 6, 8)
 * Wali Ali – lead vocals (1), guitar (2, 4)
 * Marlo Henderson – guitar (3, 5, 7)
 * Freddie Washington – bass (1, 2, 4-8), backing vocals (1), rhythm arrangements (1)
 * James Gadson – drums (1, 8)
 * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2, 3, 6)
 * Melvin Webb – drums (4, 5)
 * Gerry Brown – drums (7)
 * Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion (1, 3)
 * Kenneth Yerke – high whistling (6)
 * Roy Galloway – backing vocals (1, 5-8)
 * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (3-8), vocal ad-lib solo (8), vocal arrangements (8)
 * Wanda Vaughn – backing vocals (3)
 * Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (7, 8)

Handclaps
 * Kevin R. Carter Sr.
 * Ulysses Duprée
 * Tony Lewis
 * Charles Mims Jr.
 * Lindsey Redmond
 * Larry Robinson
 * Patrice Rushen
 * Freddie Washington

Horns
 * Don Myrick – alto saxophone
 * William Green – tenor saxophone
 * Clay Lawrey – trombone, baritone
 * Maurice Spears – bass trombone
 * Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Raymond Lee Brown – trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelhorn solo (4), horn contractor

Strings
 * Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster, violin solo (6)
 * Rosemary McLean – contractor
 * Paula Hochhalter and Nils Oliver – cello
 * Denyse Buffam, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski and Barbara Thomason – viola
 * Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Frank Foster, Endre Granat, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade and Kenneth Yerke – violin

Production

 * Patrice Rushen – producer, executive producer
 * Charles Mims Jr. – producer
 * Freddie Washington – production assistance (3)
 * Peter Chaikin – recording engineer
 * Phil Moores – additional recording
 * Jeff Titmus – additional rhythm recording (7)
 * F. Byron Clark – remixing
 * Jeff Sanders – mastering
 * Crystal Sound (Los Angeles, California) – mastering location
 * Ron Coro – art direction, design
 * Norm Ung – art direction, design
 * Bobby Holland – photography
 * Shayne Fair – additional photography
 * Pam Robinson – additional photography
 * Joel Leonard – set design consultant