Released 1980 All Fly Home(1978) This Time(1980) | Length 42:19 Release date 1980 Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Al jarreau this time 1980 wmv
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 #6 on the R&B charts and #27 on the Billboard 200."
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- Al jarreau this time 1980 wmv
- Al jarreau a rhyme this time
- Track listing
- Charts Awards
- Personnel
- Production
- Songs
- References
This Time marked Jarreau's first foray into the top 40 on the Hot 200 or top ten on the R&B charts, as well as his first #1 on the Jazz charts. His next album would prove even more successful, topping both the Jazz and R&B charts.
Al jarreau a rhyme this time
Track listing
- "Never Givin' Up" (Tom Canning, Jarreau) – 3:56
- "Gimme What You Got" (Tom Canning, Jarreau) – 3:43
- "Love Is Real" (Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock) – 4:23
- "Alonzo" (Jarreau) – 5:25
- "(If I Could Only) Change Your Mind" (Tom Canning, Allee Willis) – 4:16
- "Spain (I Can Recall)" (Chick Corea, Jarreau, Artie Maren) – 6:31
- "Distracted" (Jarreau) – 5:51
- "Your Sweet Love" (Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock) – 4:13
- "(A Rhyme) This Time" (Jarreau, Earl Klugh) – 3:42
Charts & Awards
"Never Givin' Up" peaked at #26 R&B, while "Distracted" and Gimme What You Got" peaked at #61 and #63 on the R&B charts.
"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, who had recently undergone a similar change in sound.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Never Givin' Up3:59
2Gimme What You Got3:45
3Love Is Real4:26