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As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.[3][4]

As We Speak
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, CA) Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA) George Massenberg Studio (Santa Monica, CA) Mediasound and Soundworks (New York City, NY)
Genre	Smooth Jazz
Length	39:26
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Robert Margouleff
David Sanborn chronology
Voyeur (1981) As We Speak (1982) Backstreet (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[5]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Port of Call"	Michael Sembello, Dan Sembello	4:26
2.	"Better Believe It"	Marcus Miller	3:31
3.	"Rush Hour"	Miller	4:42
4.	"Over and Over"	Don Freeman, Miller	4:13
5.	"Back Again"	Belfield, Freeman	3:45

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"As We Speak"	Sanborn, Michael Sembello	4:17
7.	"Straight to the Heart"	Miller	3:26
8.	"Rain on Christmas"	Sanborn	4:46
9.	"Love Will Come Someday"	Michael Sembello, David Batteau	6:20

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), saxophone section (1, 4), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Don Freeman – keyboards (1-9), synthesizers (2, 7, 8)
• Michael Sembello – guitar (1-9), lead vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (5)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar (1-9), synthesizers (4)
• Omar Hakim – drums (1-9), tambourine (4)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-9)

Additional musicians

• George Duke – clavinet (1)
• Buzz Feiten – rhythm guitar (1)
• Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet (1)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (2, 8)
• James Skelton – Hammond B3 organ (4)
• Bill Evans – saxophone (4), saxophone section (4)
• Spike – synthesizer and IRT strings (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Malando Gassama – percussion (5)
• Robert A. Martin – French horn (9)
• Cruz Baca Sembello – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• Robert Margouleff – producer
• Howard Siegel – engineer, mixing
• Karat Faye – second engineer
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Gregg Mann – assistant engineer
• Mike Morongell – assistant engineer
• Wayne Yurglin – assistant engineer
• Barbara Rooney – assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, CA).
• Ilyce Weiner – production coordinator
• Christine Sauers – art direction, design
• Richard Seireeni – art direction
• Kohei Onashi – illustration
• Michael Halsband – photography
• Patrick Raines & Associates – management

Sources:[6]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard 200[7]	70
	Billboard Top Black Albums[8]	32
	Billboard Jazz Albums[5]	1

References

External links

• As We Speak at Discogs

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