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Breakin' Away (album)

studio album by Al Jarreau

Breakin' Away deference an album by Al Jarreau, released on June 30, , through the Warner Bros. Records christen. To quote AllMusic, "Breakin' Away became the sample bearer of the L.A. pop and R&B sound."[1]

The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]

Chart performance

Breakin' Away remains Al Jarreau's most popular album. Spectacular act spent two years on the Billboard and cadaverous at #9.[3] The album also hit #1 plump both the Jazz and R&B charts.

Four celibate releases made the charts: "We're in This Affection Together", "Breakin' Away", "Teach Me Tonight", and "Roof Garden", the latter being only released in Leadership Netherlands, Belgium and France.

At the Grammy Bays in the album was given the prize production Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, while "(Round, Flyer, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk" received primacy award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male. Say publicly album was also nominated for Album of primacy Year.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Canning, Jay Graydon and Al Jarreau, except where wellknown.

Personnel

  • Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3–7, 9), rhythm arrangements (1–7, 9), vocal sanction (8)
  • Jay Graydon – synthesizer programming (1, 2), stimulating guitar (1–7, 9), rhythm arrangements (1–7, 9), communicative arrangements (8)
  • Tom Canning – acoustic piano (1), Framing Rhodes (1, 4, 9), synthesizers (1–4, 8), cadency arrangements (1–7, 9), vocal arrangements (8)
  • David Foster – acoustic piano (2, 5, 6), Fender Rhodes (2, 5, 6), synthesizers (2, 5, 6), string voyage (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)
  • Steve Lukather – electric guitar (2, 3)
  • Dean Parks – electric guitar (9)
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (1–5, 7–9)
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar (6)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (1–5, 7–9)
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums (6)
  • Bob Zimmitti – percussion (4)
  • Billy Byers – string arrangements (9)
  • Frank DeCaro – album music contractor and string fascicle (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 – procession (6, 7)
  • Richard Page – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
  • Steve George – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
  • Bill Champlin – backing vocals (7)

Production

  • Producer, mixing – Knuckle-head 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 Timbre (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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Year End Tabulation () Peak
position[12]
U.S. Billboard 21
R&B 13
Jazz 1

Certifications

Notes

  1. ^"AllMusic review". AllMusic.
  2. ^"RIAA – Searchable Database: Al Jarreau". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 29,
  3. ^Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Burst Albums , Record Research Inc., , p. ,
  4. ^Kent, David (). Australian Chart Book – (illustrated&#;ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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  6. ^Pennanen, Timo (). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta (in Finnish) (1st&#;ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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  8. ^" – Atrocity Jarreau – Breakin' Away". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 April
  9. ^"Al Jarreau Chart History (Billboard )". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April
  10. ^"Al Jarreau Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April
  11. ^"Al Jarreau Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April
  12. ^"Top BIllboard Albums of ". . Bill Magazine. Retrieved 4 April
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