Fuzzy Logic (David Benoit album)

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Fuzzy Logic
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Studio album by
David Benoit
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2002 [1]
Recorded2001
Studio Ocean Way Recording and Capitol Records Studio A (Hollywood, CA); O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA); Sonic Soundbox (San Pedro, CA); Brauntosoarus Studios (Woodland Hills, CA); Village Studios (London, UK)
Genre Jazz
Length44:51
Label GRP
Producer David Benoit, Rick Braun, Stuart Wade, Bud Harner
David Benoit chronology
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
(2000)		Fuzzy Logic
(2002)		 Right Here, Right Now
(2003)

Fuzzy Logic is an album by American pianist David Benoit released on February 5, 2002, and recorded for the GRP label. [1] The album reached #6 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. "Then the Morning Comes", a cover of the 1999 single by American rock group Smash Mouth, received play on smooth jazz radio in the United States. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

The album received a score of four stars out of five from AllMusic. [1] An album review for PopMatters, written by Maurice Bottomley, opined that the record contained "no jazz to speak of, just well arranged incidental music". [3] Writing in the February 16, 2002, issue of Billboard , critic Steve Graybow praised the album's funk influences and its use of a live drummer rather than programmed drums, concluding that the album "allows the music to breathe in a way heard all too infrequently in the smooth jazz genre." [4] Billboard further gave the album a "pick" designation, denoting that the album was expected to debut within the top half of its respective chart. [4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated

  1. "Snap!" (David Benoit, Rick Braun) - 4:24
  2. "Fuzzy Logic" - 5:09
  3. "Someday Soon" (David Benoit, Rick Braun) - 4:55
  4. "Then the Morning Comes" (John Barry, Greg Camp) - 3:35
  5. "Reflections" - 4:03
  6. "Coming Up for Air" (Stuart Wade, Neil Angilley, David Benoit) - 4:56
  7. "You Read My Mind" (David Benoit, Rick Braun, Stan Sargeant) - 4:51
  8. "War of the S.U.V.'s" - 4:44
  9. "Tango in Barbados" (Stuart Wade, Neil Angilley, David Benoit) - 4:13
  10. "One Dream at a Time (June's Song)" - 2:51

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [5] 6

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Collar, Matt. "Fuzzy Logic Review". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "R&R Smooth Jazz Top 30 (March 21, 2003)" (PDF). Radio & Records (1496): 61. March 21, 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ Bottomley, Maurice (February 4, 2002). "David Benoit: Fuzzy Logic". PopMatters. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Graybow, Steve (February 16, 2002). "Reviews & Previews: Jazz". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 7. p. 19. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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