Splashdown (Breakwater album)

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Splashdown
Breakwater - Splashdown.png
Studio album by
Breakwater
Released1980
Recorded1979–1980
StudioSanta Barbara Sound Recording, Santa Barbara, California; Soundmixers, New York City
Genre
Length37:10
Label Arista
Producer
Breakwater chronology
Breakwater
(1978)		Splashdown
(1980)

Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.

Contents

The album is most notable for containing the song "Release the Beast", which was sampled in "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.

Reception

In review issued on May 3, 1980, Billboard said that the music of the album "veers to the tired galactic rock concept a bit too much, but its sound is versatile and strong". [1] For the week ending July 5, 1980, the album reached its peak position of number 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart. [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kae Williams Jr.; except where noted.

Side A

  1. "Splashdown Time" (Kae Williams Jr., James Gee Jones, Rick Chertoff, Vince Garnell) – (5:56)
  2. "Love of My Life" – (4:25)
  3. "Release the Beast" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson, Vince Garnell) – (4:57)
  4. "The One in My Dreams" (4:44)

Side B

  1. "You" (3:46)
  2. "Say You Love Me Girl" (Kae Williams Jr., Gene Robinson) – (4:46)
  3. "Let Love In" (4:40)
  4. "Time" (3:56) [3]

Personnel

Production

Managerial and design

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Review: Breakwater — Splashdown" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 18. May 3, 1980. p. 55. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2020– via American Radio History.
  2. ↑ Billboard , July 5, 1980 – Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
  3. ↑ "Breakwater – Splashdown". Discogs. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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