Backstreet (album)

Backstreet
Backstreet
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	September 14,1983
Recorded	February–May 1983
Studio	Minot Sound (White Plains, New York)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	44:27
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Marcus Miller, Ray Bardani, Michael Colina
David Sanborn chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

Backstreet is a 1983 album by David Sanborn. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Traditional Jazz albums chart on January 27, 1984.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Told U So"	David Sanborn Hiram Bullock	5:02
2.	"When You Smile at Me"	Sanborn	5:46
3.	"Believer"	Marcus Miller	6:34
4.	"Backstreet"	Sanborn	5:27
5.	"A Tear for Crystal"	Sanborn, Miller	7:02
6.	"Bum's Cathedral"	Sanborn Michael Colina	4:40
7.	"Blue Beach"	Sanborn, Miller	4:50
8.	"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"	Jim Weatherly	5:06
Total length:			44:27

Personnel

David Sanborn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto sax solos
Marcus Miller – acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha GS2, Oberheim OB-Xa, vocoder, Moog bass, guitars (rhythm, lead and acoustic), Fender bass, fretless bass, percussion, steel drums, timpani, backing vocals (1, 3), BGV arrangements (1)
Michael Colina – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 4, 6), Roland Jupiter-8 (1, 2, 4, 6), vocoder (1, 2, 4, 6)
Hiram Bullock – Fender Rhodes (1), Yamaha GS2 (1), Moog bass (1), rhythm and lead guitars (1)
Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
Ralph MacDonald – congas (2, 8), percussion (2, 8)
Barry Johnson – backing vocals (3)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (8)
Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (8)
Luther Vandross – backing vocals (8)

Production

Marcus Miller – producer
Michael Colina – producer
Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing
Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer, technical maintenance
Wayne Warnecke – assistant engineer
George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
Katherine Jewel – music contractor
Shirley Klein – album coordinator
Marc Silag – assistant production manager
Simon Levy – art direction
Laura LiPuma – design
Lou Beach – front cover college
Desiree Rohr – back cover illustration
Patrick Raines & Associates – management

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	81
US Traditional Jazz (Billboard)^[3]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	21

References

^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1255. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.
^ ^a ^b "David Sanborn Chart History (Traditional Jazz)". Billboard. 27 January 1984. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "David Sanborn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "David Sanborn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[Penguin-1] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1255. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RS-2] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.

[BB1-3] "David Sanborn Chart History (Traditional Jazz)". Billboard. 27 January 1984. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[BB3-4] "David Sanborn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[BB2-5] "David Sanborn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

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