Partners in Crime (album)

Partners in Crime
Studio album by Rupert Holmes
Released August 5, 1979
Recorded January – July 1979; Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Soft rock
Label Infinity, MCA
Producer Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Rupert Holmes chronology
Pursuit of Happiness
(1978)Pursuit of Happiness1978		 Partners in Crime
(1979)		 Adventure
(1980)Adventure1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

Partners in Crime is an album by British American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes. 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. The album itself reached #33 on the Billboard Album Charts. 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.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Rupert Holmes

  1. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" – 4:34
  2. "Partners in Crime" – 5:14
  3. "Nearsighted" – 2:49
  4. "Lunch Hour" – 4:38
  5. "Drop It" – 4:10
  6. "Him" – 4:04
  7. "Answering Machine" – 3:33
  8. "The People That You Never Get to Love" – 3:46
  9. "Get Outta Yourself" – 4:43
  10. "In You I Trust" – 4:49

Personnel

  • Rupert Holmes - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, saxophone
  • Dean Bailin - guitar
  • Frank Gravis - bass
  • Leo Adamian - drums
  • Steve Jordan - "double drums" with Adamian on "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
  • Peter Gordon - French horn
  • Wayne Andre - trombone
  • David Taylor - bass trombone
  • Victoria - percussion
  • Bob Gurland - voiced trumpet on "Get Outta Yourself"
  • Chrissy Faith - background vocals on "Answering Machine"
  • Gene Orloff Section - strings[3]

Production

  • Producers - Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
  • Mastering engineer - Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound
  • Normand Kurtz - executive production
  • Peter Corriston - cover design and concept
  • Brian Hagiwara - photography

References

  1. ↑ Jason Elias. "Partners in Crime - Rupert Holmes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 7–20): 31.
  3. ↑ "Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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