Alternating Currents (album)

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Alternating Currents
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1985
Studio BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Label MCA
Producer Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Access All Areas
(1984)
Alternating Currents
(1985)
Breakout
(1986)
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Alternating Currents is the ninth album by jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, released in 1985. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart, No. 41 on the R&B Albums chart, and No. 3 on the Jazz Albums chart. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Shakedown" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:22
  2. Alternating Currents" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:28
  3. "Taking the Plunge (for Jennifer)" (Beckenstein) – 4:48
  4. "Binky Dream No. 6" (Beckenstein, Fernández, Morales, Schuman, Stone, Velez) – 4:13
  5. "PG" (Beckenstein) – 4:15
  6. "Heartbeat" (Wall) – 4:48
  7. "Mardi Gras" (Dave Samuels) – 6:04
  8. "I Believe in You" (Tom Schuman) – 5:31
  9. "Sunflurry" (Schuman) – 5:01

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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