This Time (Al Jarreau album)
1980 studio album by Al Jarreau
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This Time is the fourth studio album by Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The release marked a change in Jarreau's sound to a more R&B-oriented flavor. As a result, the album achieved more success on the mainstream charts than his previous works, while also topping the Jazz Charts. It also reached No. 6 on the R&B charts and No. 27 on the Billboard 200.[2]" In 1981 "Never Givin' Up" gave Jarreau a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
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| Released | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 42:19 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jay Graydon | |||
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This Time marked Jarreau's first foray into the top 40 on the Hot 200 or top 10 on the R&B charts, as well as his first No. 1 on the Jazz charts.[3] His next album would prove even more successful, topping both the Jazz and R&B charts.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Never Givin' Up" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Gimme What You Got" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Love Is Real" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau, Tom Kellock | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Alonzo" | Al Jarreau | 5:25 |
| 5. | "(If I Could Only) Change Your Mind" | Tom Canning, Allee Willis | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Spain (I Can Recall)" | Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, Artie Maren | 6:31 |
| 7. | "Distracted" | Al Jarreau | 5:51 |
| 8. | "Your Sweet Love" | Tom Canning, Al Jarreau, Tom Kellock | 4:13 |
| 9. | "(A Rhyme) This Time" | Al Jarreau, Earl Klugh | 3:42 |
Charts & Awards
Album
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 27 |
| R&B | 6 |
| Jazz | 1 |
| Year End Chart (1980) | Peak[4] |
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| Jazz | 40 |
Charting Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions[5] | |||||||||
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| 1980 | "Distracted" | - | 61 | ||||||||
| "Gimmie What You Got" | - | 63 | |||||||||
| "Never Givin' Up" | 102 | 26 | |||||||||
"Never Givin' Up" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1981, Jarreau's first nomination in the R&B field. It lost to Jarreau's Warner Bros. labelmate George Benson for the Give Me the Night album,[6] who had recently undergone a similar change in sound.[7]
Personnel
Musicians
- Al Jarreau – vocals, backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7), vocal percussion (1, 4)
- Greg Mathieson – acoustic piano (1), string synthesizer (1, 3–5)
- Jay Graydon – synthesizer programming (1–3, 5, 8), electric guitar (1–3, 5, 7, 8)
- Tom Canning – Fender Rhodes (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 5, 8), bells (8)
- David Foster – acoustic piano (2), Fender Rhodes (3, 9)
- Michael Omartian – string synthesizer (2, 8)
- Larry Williams – synthesizers (3, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (6)
- Steve George – synthesizers (7)
- George Duke – Fender Rhodes (7)
- Oscar Castro-Neves – gut-string guitar (1)
- Dean Parks – electric guitar (3, 5)
- Earl Klugh – gut-string guitar (9)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Ralph Humphrey – drums (1, 4, 5, 9), percussion (4)
- Carlos Vega – drums (2, 3)
- Steve Gadd – drums (6–8)
- Earl Lon Price – alto sax solo (7)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (3, 7)
- Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 7)
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1, 2, 7, 8), trumpet (3, 7)
- Les Thompson – harmonica solo (5)
Music arrangements
- Al Jarreau – rhythm arrangements (1–4, 7–9)
- Tom Canning – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 5, 8)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (1, 3, 7)
- Greg Mathieson – rhythm arrangements (1)
- Jay Graydon – rhythm arrangements (2–4, 7–9)
- Tom Kellock – rhythm arrangements (3)
- Earl Klugh – rhythm arrangements (9)
Production
- Jay Graydon – producer, remix engineer, overdub engineer
- Joe Bogan – basic track engineer
- Debbie Thompson – second basic track engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Mastering Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Richard Seireeni – art direction
- Richard Avedon – cover photography
- Susan Jarreau – sleeve photography
- Harry Mittman – still life
- Patrick Rains & Associates – management