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Splashdown (Breakwater album)

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Splashdown
Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1979–1980
StudioSanta Barbara Sound Recording, Santa Barbara, California; Soundmixers, New York City
Genre
Length37:10
LabelArista
Producer
Breakwater chronology
Breakwater
(1978)
Splashdown
(1980)

Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.

The album is most notable for containing the song "Release the Beast", which was sampled in "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.

Reception

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In review issued on May 3, 1980, Billboard said that the music of the album "veers to the tired galactic rock concept a bit too much, but its sound is versatile and strong".[1] For the week ending July 5, 1980, the album reached its peak position of number 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Kae Williams Jr.; except where noted.

Side A

  1. "Splashdown Time" (Kae Williams Jr., James Gee Jones, Rick Chertoff, Vince Garnell) – (5:56)
  2. "Love of My Life" – (4:25)
  3. "Release the Beast" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson, Vince Garnell) – (4:57)
  4. "The One in My Dreams" (4:44)

Side B

  1. "You" (3:46)
  2. "Say You Love Me Girl" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson) – (4:46)
  3. "Let Love In" (4:40)
  4. "Time" (3:56) [3]

Personnel

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  • James Gee Jones – drums, vibraphone, vocals
  • Steve Green – bass, vocals
  • John "Dutch" Braddock – congas, percussion, timbales
  • Linc "Love" Gilmore – guitar
  • Gene Robinson, Jr. – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, trumpet
  • Kae Williams, Jr. – producer, vocals, synthesizers (ARP 2600, Mini-Moog, Prophet 5, ARP Omni), Fender Rhodes, piano, clavinet
  • Greg Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, lyricon, horn arrangements
  • Leonard "Dr." Gibbs, Jr. – timbales (track B2 only)
  • Bill Reichenbach – trombone
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet
  • Larry G. Hall – trumpet
  • Linc "Love" Gilmore – vocals
  • Vince Garnell – vocals, woodwind

Production

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  • Rick Chertoff – producer
  • Don Murray – engineer
  • William Wittman – engineer
  • Daniel Protheroe – assistant engineer

Managerial and design

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  • Donn Davenport – art direction
  • Gary Gross – photography

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Review: Breakwater — Splashdown" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  2. ^ Billboard, July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
  3. ^ "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.