A Foreign Affair (Spyro Gyra album)

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A Foreign Affair
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Studio album by
Spyro Gyra
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011 (2011-09-13)
Studio
  • Clubhouse Recording Studios (Rhineback, NY)
  • Menekeys Recording Studios (Union City, NY)
Genre Jazz
Length60:47
Label Amherst
Producer Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Down the Wire
(2009)		A Foreign Affair
(2011)		The Rhinebeck Sessions
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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A Foreign Affair is an album by American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. The album is the story of five men and their love affair with music. The album contains a Hindi song Khuda sung by Arijit Singh, composed by Sandeep Chowta and co-produced by Chowta and Spyro Gyra. It is the first time a Western group has released a song with lyrics entirely in Hindi. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Caribe" Jay Beckenstein Spyro Gyra5:27
2."Khuda"Shabbir Ahmed, Sandeep Chowta Arijit Singh 4:44
3."Sweet Ole Thang"Bonnie BonaparteSpyro Gyra4:26
4."Falling Walls" Julio Fernández Spyro Gyra6:31
5."Shinjuku" Tom Schuman Spyro Gyra5:08
6."Chileno Boys" David Broza, Alberto Ríos Fernandez6:23
7."Samba for Two"SchumanSpyro Gyra5:18
8."Canção de Ninar"BeckensteinSpyro Gyra4:21
9."Antigua"BeckensteinSpyro Gyra6:29
10."Last Call" Fred Knoblock, Danny O'Keefe Keb' Mo' 4:36
11."Dancing on Table Mountain" Scott Ambush Spyro Gyra7:24
Total length:60:47

Release and chart history

The album was released on September 13, 2011. Upon release the album was positioned at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. [2]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesSeptember 13, 2011CDAmherst
IndiaDigital Sony [3]
United KingdomFebruary 13, 2012CDIn-Akustik

Critical reception

AllMusic's Jonathan Widran opined that "the most interesting tracks are the beautiful, poignant vocal tracks by Keb' Mo' and Fernandez" and stated the band "still had something fresh to say while fearlessly entering their fifth decade of recording". [4] JazzTimes's Brian Soergel concluded the review stating "this is the CD that many casual Spyro Gyra fans have been waiting for". [5] Howard Dukes from Soul Tracks praised the songs in the album and stated "The ease in which the band amalgamates different international influences on A Foreign Affair is a reminder of why we call music the international language". [6]

Personnel

Credits for A Foreign Affair are adapted from AllMusic [7] and Discogs. [8]

Spyro Gyra

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Widran, Jonathan. "A Foreign Affair". Allmusic . Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Sandeep Chowta goes global". Anusha Vincent. The Times of India. October 24, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sandeep Chowta's 'A Foreign Affair' with Spyro Gyra". Madhusree Chatterjee. Planet Radiocity. September 13, 2011. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ "A Foreign Affair Review by Jonathan Widran". Jonathan Widran. AllMusic. September 13, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ "A Foreign Affair Review by Brian Soergel". Brian Soergel. JazzTimes. October 9, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Spyro Gyra - A Foreign Affair (Advance Review)". Howard Dukes. Soul Tracks. October 9, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Spyro Gyra – A Foreign Affair – Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. October 16, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Spyro Gyra – A Foreign Affair – Credits". Discogs. September 13, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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