Routes (album)
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| Routes | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Allen Toussaint, Larry Dunn | |||
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Routes is a studio album by American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, produced by Larry Dunn and Allen Toussaint[1] and released in 1980 by Columbia Records.[2][3] The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
The Washington Informer called the album "a mixture of African and Caribbean flavor," deeming it "a further extension of Ramsey Lewis' innovation."[7] The Boston Globe called it "little more than funky cocktail lounge music which smoothly blends into the woodwork."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whisper Zone" | Al McKay, Jon Lind, Larry Dunn | 3:00 |
| 2. | "High Point" | Al McKay, Larry Dunn | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Tondelayo" | Larry Dunn, Lenny White | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Caribbean Blue" | Larry Dunn | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Looking Glass" | Ramsey Lewis | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Come Back Jack" | Terry Marie Poret | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Colors In Space" | Larry Dunn, Maurice White | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Crystals 'N Sequence" | Allen Toussaint | 2:39 |
| 9. | "You Are The Reason" | James L. Mack | 4:56 |
| 10. | "Hell On Wheels" | Allen Toussaint | 4:08 |
