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1980 studio album by Al Jarreau
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This 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 .
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) 1. "Never Givin' Up" Tom Canning, Al Jarreau 3:56 2. "Gimme What You Got" Steve George, John Lang, Richard Page 3:43 3. "Love Is Real" Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock 4:23 4. "Alonzo" Jarreau 5:25 5. "(If I Could Only) Change Your Mind" Tom Canning, Allee Willis 4:16 6. "Spain (I Can Recall) " Chick Corea , Jarreau, Artie Maren6:31 7. "Distracted" Jarreau 5:51 8. "Your Sweet Love" Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock 4:13 9. "(A Rhyme) This Time" Jarreau, Earl Klugh 3:42
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"
-
61
"Gimmie What You Got"
-
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 (1-9)
Ralph Humphrey – drums (1, 4, 5, 9), percussion (4)
Carlos Vega – drums (2, 3)
Steve Gadd – drums (6, 7, 8)
Earl Lon Price – saxophone (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
References
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