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Partners in Crime is the fifth studio album by British-American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes, released on August 5, 1979. The album was Holmes's most commercially successful record and includes all three of Holmes's solo top 40 hits: "Him", "Answering Machine", and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)." "Escape" was the Billboard #1 hit of December 1979 and January 1980; it was the only single to hold the #1 position in both years and in different decades. Although "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" was released as a single on Infinity Records, "Him" was released on MCA Records; the Infinity catalog had been absorbed by MCA at the time the latter single was released. The album itself reached #33 on the Billboard Album Charts.

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Partners in Crime
Studio album by Rupert Holmes
Released	August 5, 1979
Recorded	January – July 1979
Studio	Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Soft rock pop rock yacht rock
Length	42:40
Label	Infinity MCA
Producer	Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Rupert Holmes chronology
Pursuit of Happiness (1978) Partners in Crime (1979) Adventure (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Smash Hits	7/10[2]

Track listing

All songs are written and arranged by Rupert Holmes.

Personnel

Musicians

• Rupert Holmes – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, saxophone
• Dean Bailin – guitar
• Frank Gravis – bass
• Leo Adamian – drums (all tracks), double drums (track 1)
• Victoria – percussion
• Peter Gordon – French horn
• Wayne Andre – trombone
• Dave Taylor – bass trombone
• The Gene Orloff Section – strings[3]
• Steve Jordan – double drums (track 1)
• Chrissy Faith – background vocals (track 7)
• Bob Gurland – voiced trumpet (track 9)

Production

• Rupert Holmes – production
• Jim Boyer – production, engineering, mixing
• Eric Bloch – associate engineering
• Ollie Cotton – associate engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Normand Kurtz – executive production

Artwork

• Peter Corriston – art direction, cover concept and design
• Brian Hagiwara – photography

Charting History

Charting Singles

Single	Chart	Position
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)	Canada (RPM)	1
	Netherlands Singles Top 100	13
	Official New Zealand Music Chart	4
	UK Singles Chart	23
	U.S.Billboard Hot 100	1
	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	8
Him	Canada (RPM)	14
	Netherlands Singles Top 100	18
	Official New Zealand Music Chart	8
	UK Singles Chart	31
	U.S.Billboard Hot 100	6
	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
Answering Machine	Canada (RPM)	85
	U.S.Billboard Hot 100	32
	U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	12

References

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