Splashdown (Breakwater album)

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]

All tracks composed by Kae Williams Jr.; except where noted.

Side A

1. "Splashdown Time" (Kae Williams Jr., James Gee Jones, Rick Chertoff, Vince Garnell) – (5:56)
2. "Love of My Life" – (4:25)
3. "Release the Beast" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson, Vince Garnell) – (4:57)
4. "The One in My Dreams" (4:44)

Side B

1. "You" (3:46)
2. "Say You Love Me Girl" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson) – (4:46)
3. "Let Love In" (4:40)
4. "Time" (3:56) ^[3]

• 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

• "Robot Rock" (song), a 2005 Daft Punk song that samples "Release the Beast"