Backstreet (album)

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

As We Speak
(1982)

Backstreet
(1983)

Straight to the Heart
(1984)

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]

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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.

v t e David Sanborn
Solo albums	Taking Off David Sanborn Promise Me the Moon Hideaway Voyeur As We Speak Backstreet A Change of Heart Another Hand Upfront Inside Time Again Here and Gone
Live albums	Straight to the Heart
Collaborations	Double Vision
Compilations	Love Songs
Soundtracks	Lethal Weapon (soundtrack)

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