As We Speak

As We Speak
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California) Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) George Massenburg Studio (Santa Monica, California) Mediasound Studios and Soundworks (New York City, New York)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	39:39
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Robert Margouleff
David Sanborn chronology
Voyeur (1981) As We Speak (1982) Backstreet (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records. ^{[3] [4]}

The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. ^[5]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Port of Call"	Michael Sembello, Dan Sembello	4:29
2.	"Better Believe It"	Marcus Miller	3:31
3.	"Rush Hour"	Miller	4:43
4.	"Over and Over"	Don Freeman, Miller	4:12
5.	"Back Again"	Belfield, Freeman	3:52

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"As We Speak"	Sanborn, Michael Sembello	4:17
7.	"Straight to the Heart"	Miller	3:26
8.	"Rain on Christmas"	Sanborn	4:47
9.	"Love Will Come Someday"	Michael Sembello, David Batteau	6:17

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), saxophone section (1, 4), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizers (2, 7, 8)
• Michael Sembello – guitars, lead vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (5)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizers (4)
• Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine (4)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Additional musicians

• George Duke – clavinet (1)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (2, 8)
• James Skelton – Hammond B3 organ (4)
• Spike – synthesizers (5), IRT strings (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Buzz Feiten – rhythm guitar (1)
• Malando Gassama – percussion (5)
• Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet (1)
• Bill Evans – saxophone (4), saxophone section (4)
• Robert A. Martin – French horn (9)
• Cruz Baca Sembello – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• Robert Margouleff – producer
• Howard Siegel – engineer, mixing
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Gregg Mann – assistant engineer
• Mike Morongell – assistant engineer
• Wayne Yurglin – assistant engineer
• Barbara Rooney – assistant engineer
• Karat Faye – second mix engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Ilyce Weiner – production coordinator
• Christine Sauers – art direction, design
• Richard Seireeni – art direction
• Kohei Onashi – illustration
• Michael Halsband – photography

Sources: ^[6]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard 200 [7]	70
	Billboard Top Black Albums [8]	32
	Billboard Jazz Albums [5]	1

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "As We Speak – David Sanborn | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 175. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. "Studio Track". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media. March 27, 1982. p. 86. Retrieved August 14, 2020– via Google Books.
4. "David Sanborn". DownBeat. Vol. 49. Maher Publications. 1982. p. 86. Retrieved August 14, 2020– via Google Books.
5. Green, Paul (October 9, 1982). "WB Bags 5 out of 10". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media. p. 6. Retrieved August 14, 2020– via Google Books.
6. In Concert (CD media notes). David Sanborn. Warner Bros. 1982. Booklet. 7599-23650-2.
7. "As We Speak (200)". Billboard . Retrieved August 14, 2020.
8. "As We Speak (R&B)". Billboard . Retrieved August 14, 2020.

External links

• As We Speak at Discogs