Splashdown (Breakwater album)
Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.
| Splashdown | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–80 | |||
| Genre | Funk, funk rock, soul | |||
| Label | Arista AB 4264 | |||
| Producer | Kae Williams Jr., Rick Chertoff | |||
| Breakwater chronology | ||||
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The album is most notable for containing the song "Release The Beast", which was sampled in "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.
Background
For the week ending July 5, 1980, the album reached its peak position of number 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.[1]
Track listing
Side A
- "Splashdown Time"
- "Love of My Life"
- "Release the Beast"
- "The One in My Dreams"
Side B
- "You"
- "Say You Love Me Girl"
- "Let Love In"
- "Time"[2]
Personnel
- James Gee Jones – drums, vibraphone, vocals
- Steve Green – bass, vocals
- John "Dutch" Braddock* – congas, percussion, timbales
- Linc "Love" Gilmore – guitar
- Gene Robinson, Jr. – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, trumpet
- Kae Williams, Jr. – producer, vocals, synthesizers (ARP 2600, Mini-Moog, Prophet 5, ARP Omni), Fender Rhodes, piano, clavinet
- Greg Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, lyricon, horn arrangements
- Leonard "Dr." Gibbs, Jr. – timbales (track: B2 only)
- Bill Reichenbach – trombone
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Jerry Hey – trumpet
- Larry G. Hall – trumpet
- Linc "Love" Gilmore* – vocals
- Vince Garnell – vocals, woodwind
Production
- Rick Chertoff – producer
- Don Murray – engineer
- William Wittman – engineer
- Daniel Protheroe – assistant engineer
Managerial and design
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Gary Gross – photography
- Alan Spielman – management
- William Eib – management
- City Lights Management, Inc. – management
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References
- Billboard, July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
- "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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