music.wikisort.org - CompositionThis Time is the fourth studio album by Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The release marked a change in Jarreau's sound to a more R&B-oriented flavor. As a result, the album achieved more success on the mainstream charts than his previous works, while also topping the Jazz Charts. It also reached No. 6 on the R&B charts and No. 27 on the Billboard 200.[2]" In 1981 "Never Givin' Up" gave Jarreau a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
1980 studio album by Al Jarreau
This Time |
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Released | 1980 |
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Studio | Dawnbreaker Studios (San Fernando, CA) |
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Genre | Jazz R&B |
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Length | 42:19 |
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Label | Warner Bros. |
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Producer | Jay Graydon |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
This Time marked Jarreau's first foray into the top 40 on the Hot 200 or top 10 on the R&B charts, as well as his first No. 1 on the Jazz charts.[3] His next album would prove even more successful, topping both the Jazz and R&B charts.
Track listing
Title | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Never Givin' Up" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau | 3:56 |
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2. | "Gimme What You Got" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau | 3:43 |
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3. | "Love Is Real" | Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock | 4:23 |
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4. | "Alonzo" | Jarreau | 5:25 |
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5. | "(If I Could Only) Change Your Mind" | Tom Canning, Allee Willis | 4:16 |
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6. | "Spain (I Can Recall)" | Chick Corea, Jarreau, Artie Maren | 6:31 |
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7. | "Distracted" | Jarreau | 5:51 |
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8. | "Your Sweet Love" | Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock | 4:13 |
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9. | "(A Rhyme) This Time" | Jarreau, Earl Klugh | 3:42 |
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Charts & Awards
Album
Chart (1980) |
Peak position |
U.S. Billboard 200 |
27 |
R&B |
6 |
Jazz |
1 |
Year End Chart (1980) |
Peak[4] |
Jazz |
40 |
Charting Singles
Year |
Song |
Peak chart positions[5] |
US Pop |
US R&B |
1980 |
"Distracted" |
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61 |
"Gimmie What You Got" |
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63 |
"Never Givin' Up" |
102 |
26 |
"Never Givin' Up" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1981, Jarreau's first nomination in the R&B field. It lost to Jarreau's Warner Bros. labelmate George Benson for the Give Me the Night album,[6] who had recently undergone a similar change in sound.[7]
Personnel
- Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), vocal percussion (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (1-4, 7, 8, 9)
- Greg Mathieson – rhythm arrangements (1), acoustic piano (1), string synthesizer (1, 3, 4, 5)
- Jay Graydon – synthesizer programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), rhythm arrangements (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
- Tom Canning – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 5, 8), Fender Rhodes (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 5, 8), bells (8)
- David Foster – acoustic piano (2), Fender Rhodes (3, 9)
- Michael Omartian – string synthesizer (2, 8)
- Larry Williams – synthesizers (3, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (6)
- Steve George – synthesizers (7)
- George Duke – Fender Rhodes (8)
- Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (1)
- Dean Parks – electric guitar (3, 5)
- Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (9), rhythm arrangements (9)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
- Ralph Humphrey – drums (1, 4, 5, 9), percussion (4)
- Carlos Vega – drums (2, 3)
- Steve Gadd – drums (6, 7, 8)
- Earl Lon Price – saxophones (7)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (3, 7)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 7)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (1, 3, 7), flugelhorn (1, 2, 7, 8), trumpet (3, 7)
- Tom Kellock – rhythm arrangements (3)
- Les Thompson – harmonica solo (5)
Production
- Producer – Jay Graydon
- Engineers – Joe Bogan and Jay Graydon
- Second Engineer – Debbie Thompson
- Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios (San Fernando, CA).
- Remixed and Overdubbed at Garden Rake Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA).
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Mastering Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Art Direction – Richard Seireeni
- Cover Photography – Richard Avedon
- Sleeve Photography – Michael Rice and Susan Jarreau
- Still Life – Harry Mittman
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