Splashdown (Breakwater album)

Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.

Splashdown
Studio album by Breakwater
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–80
Genre	Funk, funk rock, soul
Label	Arista AB 4264
Producer	Kae Williams Jr., Rick Chertoff
Breakwater chronology
Breakwater (1978) Splashdown (1980)

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

1. "Splashdown Time"
2. "Love of My Life"
3. "Release the Beast"
4. "The One in My Dreams"

Side B

1. "You"
2. "Say You Love Me Girl"
3. "Let Love In"
4. "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

References

1. Billboard, July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
2. "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.