Front Seat (album) Last updated August 09, 2025 1989 studio album
Front Seat Released June 25, 1989 Recorded April—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 Length 45 :29 Label Elektra Producer Made in Coracao Toquinho Front Seat Sweet Deal
Front Seat 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]
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.
"Sailing" - 5:55 "One More Time" - 4:59 "Only in My Mind" (with Patti Austin ) (Watanabe, Jeff Pescetto ) - 4:44 "Miles Apart" - 4:10 "Any Other Fool " (with Patti Austin) (Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren ) - 5:06 "On the Way" - 5:18 "Anga la Jua (Place in the Sun)" - 4:22 "Wild Flowers" - 3:22 "Front Seat" - 2:56 "Takin' Time" - 4:37 Personnel Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone (1, 2, 4–10), sopranino saxophone (3) George Duke – arranger (1, 2), Yamaha TX816 (1, 2), Roland D-550 (1, 2), Synclavier (1, 2) Robbie Buchanan – arranger (3, 4, 5, 6, 10), keyboards (3, 4, 5, 6, 10), synthesizers (3, 4, 5, 6, 10) Russell Ferrante – arranger (7, 8, 9), keyboards (7, 8, 9) Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (9) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (1–6, 10) Jimmy Haslip – bass (7) Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 2, 6) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (3, 4, 5, 10) Alex Acuña – drums (7, 9), percussion (3–7, 9, 10) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2) Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 4, 5, 10) John Robinson – drums (6) Efrain Toro – percussion (7, 9) Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2) Patti Austin – lead vocals (3, 5), backing vocals (3, 5) Alex Brown – backing vocals (1) Carl Carwell – backing vocals (1) Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (1) Production Sadao Watanabe – executive producer Robbie Buchanan – producer (3, 4, 5, 6, 10) George Duke – producer (1, 2) Russell Ferrante – producer (7, 8, 9) Erik Zobler – recording (1, 2), mixing (1, 2) Kevin Fisher – assistant engineer (1, 2) Debbie Johnson – assistant engineer (1, 2) Steve Holroyd – assistant engineer (1, 2) Dave Ridean – additional engineer (1, 2) Stephanie McCravey – production coordinator (1, 2) Jeff Balding – recording (3, 4, 5, 10), mixing (3, 4, 5, 6, 10) Ken Allandyce – assistant engineer (3, 4, 5, 10) Derrick Marcel – assistant engineer (3, 4, 5, 6, 10) Frank Wolf – recording (6) Wade Jaynce – assistant engineer (6) Bart Stevens – assistant engineer (6) David Hentschel – recording (7, 8, 9) Keith Blake – assistant engineer (7, 8, 9) Duane Seykora – assistant engineer (7, 8, 9) Marylata Elton – production coordinator (7, 8, 9) Miki Cannon – production coordinator Kyle Davis – production coordinator Hiroshi Makishima – production coordinator Riki Ninomiya – production coordinator Akihiko Sato – production coordinator Akio Ohno – photography Yoshihiko Matsubara – artwork design References 1 2 "Front Seat – Sadao Watanabe" . sadao.com . Archived from the original on November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024 . ↑ Whitburn 2007 , p. 292 . ↑ "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 . 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 . ↑ "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 . Bibliography Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006 , Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0898201697 This page is based on this
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