Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One (1983)

Artist:  Patti Austin
Title:  Every Home Should Have One
Release:  1981
Format:  LP
Label:  QWEST Records
Catalog#  QW 56931

“Every Home Should Have One” is a studio album by R&B/jazz singer Patti Austin. Released on Qwest Records in 1981, it includes the number-one hit duet with James Ingram, "Baby Come to Me",
The talented Patti Austin launched a successful jazz album career on CTI by the mid-'70s. Working with Quincy Jones since 1976, “Every Home Should Have One” was her long-awaited solo album with Jones as a producer. The hit singles "Do You Love Me" and "Every Home Should Have One" are polished pleasing but derivative. Rod Temperton who did four songs here, including the smooth "The Genie" comes up with a true gem, the classic Austin and James Ingram duet "Baby Come to Me." The most telling aspect of “Every Home Should Have One” isn't the L.A. pop/R&B Austin could do standing on her head, it's the most meditative offerings. A cover of Thom Bell and Linda Creed's "Stop, Look and Listen" gets an effortless treatment. The album-closing "The Island," with music from Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, seems best suited for Austin as she gives a sensual and flawless reading. “Every Home Should Have One” doesn't possess Quincy Jones' all-encompassing production style of albums like “The Dude” and George Benson's “Give Me the Night”. While this seems like a debut album, it's far from it, but it's a perfect introduction to Austin and her more pop-orientated work.


Side one
1.  Do You Love Me  (3:24)
2.  Love Me to Death  (4:08)
3.  The Way I Feel  (4:19)
4.  Every Home Should Have One  (3:24)
5.  Baby, Come to Me (duet with James Ingram)  (3:31)

Side two
1.  The Genie  (3:57)
2.  Stop, Look, Listen  (3:06)
3.  Symphony of Love  (3:39)
4.  Oh No Margarita  (3:52)
5.  The Island  (3:46)

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