Front Seat (album)

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Front Seat
SadaoWatanabeFrontSeat.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 1989
RecordedApril—May1989 [1]
Studio
  • Bill Schnee Studio (North Hollywood)
  • Entourage Studios (North Hollywood)
  • The Hop (Sherman Oaks)
  • Le Gonks (West Hollywood)
  • Westlake Studio (West Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Length45:29
Label Elektra
Producer
Sadao Watanabe chronology
Made in Coracao Toquinho
(1988)
Front Seat
(1989)
Sweet Deal
(1991)

Front Seat is a 1989 jazz album by the Japanese saxophonist Sadao Watanabe. The album features vocals by Patti Austin on two tracks, one of which, "Any Other Fool", reached number 6 during its 31 weeks on Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart. [2]

Contents

Release and commercial performance

Front Seat was released on June 25, 1989. [1] It spent 21 weeks on Billboard magazine's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, [3] where it reached number 8 in the issue dated March 3, 1990. [4]

Critical reception

The editors of Billboard magazine selected "Only in My Mind", "Any Other Fool", "Front Seat", "Anga la Jua" and "Wild Flowers" as the album's "standout tracks". [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Sadao Watanabe, except as noted.

  1. "Sailing" - 5:55
  2. "One More Time" - 4:59
  3. "Only in My Mind" (with Patti Austin) (Watanabe, Jeff Pescetto) - 4:44
  4. "Miles Apart" - 4:10
  5. "Any Other Fool" (with Patti Austin) (Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren) - 5:06
  6. "On the Way" - 5:18
  7. "Anga la Jua (Place in the Sun)" - 4:22
  8. "Wild Flowers" - 3:22
  9. "Front Seat" - 2:56
  10. "Takin' Time" - 4:37

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Front Seat
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums [4] 8

References

  1. 1 2 "Front Seat – Sadao Watanabe". sadao.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. Whitburn 2007 , p. 292.
  3. "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 102, no. 17. April 28, 1990. p. 42. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 102, no. 9. March 3, 1990. p. 60. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  5. "Album Reviews > Jazz > Recommended > Sadao Watanabe – Front Seat" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 101, no. 43. October 28, 1989. p. 100. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

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