High Crime (album)

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High Crime
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 1984
RecordedNovember 1983 – July 1984
StudioGarden Rake, Studio City, California
Genre
Length43:55(original)
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jay Graydon
Al Jarreau chronology
Jarreau
(1983)
High Crime
(1984)
L Is for Lover
(1986)
Singles from High Crime
  1. "After All"
    Released: July 18, 1984

High Crime is the seventh studio album by Al Jarreau, released in 1984. While slightly lower in the charts than his 1981 Breakin' Away and 1983 Jarreau release, this album scored in the top 10 on the Billboard Jazz charts and top 50 in the Billboard 200. In 1986 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. The album was certified Gold in 1986. [1]

Contents

Reception

AllMusic gave the album the following review: "High Crime is fueled by the hard-pushing hit from Jarreau's previous album Boogie Down, producer Jay Graydon cranks up the energy level some more and comes up with a snazzy high-tech vehicle for his converted R&B singer. The sound is hotter, stoked by greater reliance upon synthesizers and electronically goosed rhythm tracks, and Jarreau's own vocals are more hectic, though again not much in the way of individuality is required of him. But the material this time isn't as strong—though 'Murphy's Law' is pretty catchy with its flugelhorn punctuations—and so the reluctance to exploit the unique vocal talents of Jarreau is more glaring. The minor hit single of the album, oddly, is the mundane ballad 'After All,' an ominous harbinger of bathos to come from Jarreau down the road." [2]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raging Waters" Al Jarreau, Jay Graydon, Robbie Buchanan4:25
2."Imagination"Jarreau, Graydon, Clif Magness, Glen Ballard 4:45
3."Murphy's Law" Steve Kipner, Paul Bliss4:06
4."Tell Me"Jarreau, Graydon, Greg Phillinganes 4:33
5."After All"Jarreau, Graydon, David Foster 4:18
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."High Crime"Jarreau, Graydon, Bobby Lyle 4:29
7."Let's Pretend"Graydon, Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang3:59
8."Sticky Wicket"Jarreau, Graydon, Phillinganes4:16
9."Love Speaks Louder Than Words" Bill Champlin, Richard Feldman, Glenn Friedman3:57
10."Fallin'"Jarreau, Graydon, Nathan East, Marcel East4:56

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)65 [3]

Personnel

Production

References

  1. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. Ginell, Richard. "Al Jarreau High Crime". AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.