Breakin' Away (album)
Breakin' Away is an album by Al Jarreau, released on June 30, 1981, through the Warner Bros. Records label. To quote Allmusic, "Breakin' Away became the standard bearer of the L.A. pop and R&B sound."[1]
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| Released | June 30, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Crossover jazz, rhythm and blues, funk | |||
| Length | 41:07 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jay Graydon | |||
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Charts and awards
Breakin' Away remains Al Jarreau's most popular album. It spent two years on the Billboard 200 and peaked at #9.[3] The album also hit #1 on both the Jazz and R&B charts.
Four single releases made the charts: "We're in This Love Together", "Breakin' Away", "Teach Me Tonight", and "Roof Garden", the latter being only released in The Netherlands, Belgium and France.
At the Grammy Awards in 1982 the album was given the prize for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, while "(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk" received the award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year
Album
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 9 |
| R&B | 1 |
| Jazz | 1 |
| Year End Chart (1982) | Peak position[4] |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 21 |
| R&B | 13 |
| Jazz | 1 |
Charting singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions[5][6][7] | |||||||||
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| US Pop | US R&B | US A/C | CA A/C | UK | NZ | NL | BR | FR | |||
| 1981 | "We're in This Love Together" | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 24 | — | — | — | |
| 1982 | "Roof Garden" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 134 | |
| "Breakin' Away" | 43 | 25 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Teach Me Tonight" | 70 | 51 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Canning, Jay Graydon and Al Jarreau, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Closer to Your Love" | 3:54 |
| 2. | "My Old Friend" (Steve George, John Lang, Richard Page) | 4:26 |
| 3. | "We're in This Love Together" (Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall) | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Easy" | 5:23 |
| 5. | "Our Love" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Breakin' Away" | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Roof Garden" | 6:19 |
| 8. | "(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk" (Dave Brubeck) | 4:44 |
| 9. | "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul) | 4:13 |
Personnel
- Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3-7, 9), rhythm arrangements (1-7, 9), vocal arrangements (8)
- Jay Graydon – electric guitar (1-7, 9), synthesizer programming (1, 2), rhythm arrangements (1-7, 9), vocal arrangements (8)
- Steve Lukather – electric guitar (2, 3)
- Dean Parks – electric guitar (9)
- Tom Canning – acoustic piano (1), Fender Rhodes (1, 4, 9), synthesizers (1-4, 8), rhythm arrangements (1-7, 9), vocal arrangements (8)
- David Foster – acoustic piano (2, 5, 6), Fender Rhodes (2, 5, 6), synthesizers (2, 5, 6), string arrangements (5)
- Michael Omartian – synthesizers (3), Fender Rhodes (3)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming (2, 8), synthesizers (3-6, 8)
- J. Peter Robinson – synthesizers (4)
- Larry Williams – synthesizer solo (4)
- George Duke – Fender Rhodes (7)
- Milcho Leviev – acoustic piano (8), rhythm arrangements (8)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 9)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (6)
- Steve Gadd – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 9)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (6)
- Bob Zimmitti – percussion (4)
- Billy Byers – string arrangements (9)
- Frank DeCaro – string contractor (5, 9)
- Tom Scott – horns (1)
- Lon Price – alto saxophone (3, 9)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (6, 7)
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (2), trumpet (6, 7), horn arrangements (6, 7)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet (6, 7)
- Richard Page – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
- Steve George – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
- Bill Champlin – backing vocals (7)
Production
- Producer, Mixing – Jay Graydon
- Associate Producer – Tom Canning
- Engineer – Joe Bogan
- Second Engineer – Debbie Thompson
- Basic tracks recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios (San Fernando, CA).
- Basic track recording for "Breakin' Away" by Larry Brown at Pasha Music (Hollywood, CA); Second Engineers – Mikey Davis and Csaba Petocz.
- Strings recorded by Humberto Gatica at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA).
- Overdubs and mixing at Garden Rake Studios (Studio City, CA).
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction and Design – Christine Sauers
- Photography – Susan Jarreau
Notes
- "Allmusic review".
- "RIAA – Searchable Database: Al Jarreau". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 183, 495.
- "Top BIllboard 200 Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- "Al Jarreau – Chart history – Billboard".
- "Al Jarreau – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company".
- "Al Jarreau – dutchcharts.nl".
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