Splashdown (Breakwater album)
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1980 | |||
| Studio | Santa Barbara Sound Recording, Santa Barbara, California; Soundmixers, New York City | |||
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| Length | 37:10 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.
The album is most notable for containing the song "Release the Beast", which was sampled in "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.
Reception
[edit]In review issued on May 3, 1980, Billboard said that the music of the album "veers to the tired galactic rock concept a bit too much, but its sound is versatile and strong".[1] For the week ending July 5, 1980, the album reached its peak position of number 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Kae Williams Jr.; except where noted.
Side A
- "Splashdown Time" (Kae Williams Jr., James Gee Jones, Rick Chertoff, Vince Garnell) – (5:56)
- "Love of My Life" – (4:25)
- "Release the Beast" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson, Vince Garnell) – (4:57)
- "The One in My Dreams" (4:44)
Side B
- "You" (3:46)
- "Say You Love Me Girl" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson) – (4:46)
- "Let Love In" (4:40)
- "Time" (3:56) [3]
Personnel
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Rick Chertoff – producer
- Don Murray – engineer
- William Wittman – engineer
- Daniel Protheroe – assistant engineer
Managerial and design
[edit]- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Gary Gross – photography
See also
[edit]- "Robot Rock" (song), a 2005 Daft Punk song that samples "Release the Beast"
References
[edit]- ^ "Review: Breakwater — Splashdown" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 18. 3 May 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
- ^ Billboard, July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
- ^ "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
