Backstreet (album)

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Backstreet
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1983
RecordedFebruary–May 1983
Studio
  • Minot Sound (White Plains, New York)
Genre Smooth jazz
Length44:27
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
David Sanborn chronology
As We Speak
(1982)
Backstreet
(1983)
Straight to the Heart
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Backstreet is a 1983 album by David Sanborn. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Traditional Jazz albums chart on January 27, 1984. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Told U So"
5:02
2."When You Smile at Me"Sanborn5:46
3."Believer" Marcus Miller 6:34
4."Backstreet"Sanborn5:27
5."A Tear for Crystal"
  • Sanborn, Miller
7:02
6."Bum's Cathedral"4:40
7."Blue Beach"
  • Sanborn, Miller
4:50
8."Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Jim Weatherly 5:06
Total length:44:27

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 81
US Traditional Jazz (Billboard) [3] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 21

References

  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1255. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.
  3. 1 2 "David Sanborn Chart History (Traditional Jazz)". Billboard. January 27, 1984. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  4. "David Sanborn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. "David Sanborn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.