Splashdown (Breakwater album)

Splashdown
Studio album by Breakwater
Released 1980
Genre Funk, funk rock, soul
Label Arista AB 4264
Producer Kae Williams Jr., Rick Chertoff
Breakwater chronology
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(1980)

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

Background

For the week ending July 5, 1980, the Album had spent its 8th week in the Billboard charts had moved up from 35 to 34.[1] At its 13th week, it was sitting at 57, holding the position it was at the previous week.[2] By September 13, after spending 18 weeks in the chart, the album had slipped down to no 71.[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Splashdown Time"
  2. "Love Of My Life"
  3. "Release The Beast"
  4. "The One In My Dreams"

Side B

  1. "You"
  2. "Say You Love Me Girl"
  3. "Let Love In"
  4. "Time"[4]

Personnel

  • 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

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

Managerial and design

  • Donn Davenport – art direction
  • Gary Gross – photography
  • Alan Spielman – management
  • William Eib – management
  • City Lights Management, Inc. – management

References

  1. ↑ Billboard, July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
  2. ↑ Billboard, August 9, 1980 – Page 18 Billboard Soul LP's
  3. ↑ Billboard, September 13, 1980 – Page 37 Billboard Soul LP's
  4. ↑ "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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