There & Back (Jeff Beck album)
There & Back | ||||
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Studio album by Jeff Beck | ||||
Released | June 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Ramport Studios in London[1] | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, instrumental rock | |||
Length | 35:39 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Jeff Beck, Ken Scott | |||
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There & Back is the third studio solo album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in June 1980 through Epic Records.[3] The album reached No. 10 and 21 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively,[4] and No. 36 on the Swedish albums chart.[5]
The album showcases Beck's stylistic shift towards instrumental rock whilst largely retaining the jazz fusion elements of his two previous releases, Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). "Star Cycle" was used for a number of years as the theme song for both Mid-South Wrestling in the United States and the British music programme The Tube; "The Pump" was featured in the 1983 film Risky Business; "Too Much to Lose" is an instrumental cover of a song composed by keyboardist Jan Hammer that was originally featured on the Jan Hammer Group's 1977 album Melodies.
Track listing
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Star Cycle" | Jan Hammer | 4:59 |
2. | "Too Much to Lose" | Hammer | 2:59 |
3. | "You Never Know" | Hammer | 4:03 |
4. | "The Pump" | Tony Hymas, Simon Phillips | 5:50 |
5. | "El Becko" | Hymas, Phillips | 4:01 |
6. | "The Golden Road" | Hymas, Phillips | 4:58 |
7. | "Space Boogie" | Hymas, Phillips | 5:10 |
8. | "The Final Peace" | Jeff Beck, Hymas | 3:38 |
Total length: | 35:39 |
Personnel
- Jeff Beck – guitar, production
- Jan Hammer – keyboard (tracks 1–3), drums (track 1)
- Tony Hymas – keyboard (tracks 4–8)
- Simon Phillips – drums (tracks 2–7)
- Mo Foster – bass
- Ken Scott – production
Chart performance
Year | Chart | Position |
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1980 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 10[4] |
Billboard 200 | 21[4] | |
Swedish albums chart | 36[5] |
References
- ↑ "Jeff Beck Part 2". Guitar Tricks. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ↑ "Jeff Beck - The Final Peace (song)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "There and Back - Jeff Beck". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- 1 2 3 "There and Back - Jeff Beck | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- 1 2 "Jeff Beck - There and Back (album)". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-05.