Storm at Sunup

Last updated
Storm at Sunup
Storm at Sunup.jpg
Studio album by
Gino Vannelli
ReleasedJuly 1975
Studio A&M (Los Angeles)
Genre Jazz fusion, Art rock, Progressive rock
Length35:56
Label A&M Records
Producer
Gino Vannelli chronology
Powerful People
(1974)		Storm at Sunup
(1975)		 The Gist of the Gemini
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music Group Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Storm at Sunup is the third album and opening track of Italian-Canadian jazz-pop singer-songwriter, Gino Vannelli, and was produced by Vannelli and his brother Joe. Unlike his other albums, Storm at Sunup is a jazz fusion album with much less pop influence, though earlier hits such as People Gotta Move and Powerful People do show jazz influences. The album features contributions by Graham Lear, who would go on to be Santana's drummer in the 1980s.

Contents

The title track was chosen by famed choreographer Lionel Blair for use in a dance sequence that was part of a 1976 episode of the television series Space: 1999 titled "One Moment of Humanity". A pared-down, instrumental version of the song was specially recorded for the episode by series composer Derek Wadsworth. [3] Storm at Sunup and Love Me Now were covered by Buddy Rich on his album Speak No Evil .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gino Vannelli

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Storm at Sunup"6:37
2."Love Me Now"3:44
3."Mama Coco"3:06
4."Father and Son"3:13
Total length:16:40
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Where Am I Going"7:47
2."Keep On Walking"3:49
3."Love Is a Night"3:51
4."Gettin' High"3:25
Total length:18:52

Personnel

Production

Musicians

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak

position

Canada (RPM Magazine) [4] 45
US Billboard 200 [5] 66

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1975"Love Me Now"Canada (RPM magazine)75 [6]
1976"Keep On Walking"Canada (RPM magazine)82 [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">REO Speedwagon</span> American rock band

REO Speedwagon, or simply REO, is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The group's best-selling album, Hi Infidelity (1980), contained four US top 40 hits and sold more than 10 million copies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gino Vannelli</span> Canadian singer, songwriter and jazz musician

Gino Vannelli is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter who had several hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. His best-known singles include "People Gotta Move" (1974), "I Just Wanna Stop" (1978), "Living Inside Myself" (1981) and "Wild Horses" (1987).

<i>Black Cars</i> 1984 studio album by Gino Vannelli

Black Cars is the eighth album by Gino Vannelli. Produced with his brothers Joe and Ross, the album yielded two hit singles: the title track and "Hurts to Be in Love".

Graham Lear is an English-born Canadian rock drummer, best known for his time with Gino Vannelli, Santana and REO Speedwagon. He was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom.

<i>Diamonds for Breakfast</i> 1980 studio album by Amanda Lear

Diamonds for Breakfast is the fourth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1980 by the West German label Ariola Records. The album turned out a commercial success and spawned two European hit singles, "Fabulous " and "Diamonds".

<i>Incognito</i> (Amanda Lear album) 1981 studio album by Amanda Lear

Incognito is the fifth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1981 by West German label Ariola Records. The album was a moderate chart success.

<i>Through the Storm</i> (Aretha Franklin album) 1989 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Through the Storm is the thirty-second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on April 25, 1989, by Arista Records.

<i>The Gist of the Gemini</i> 1976 studio album by Gino Vannelli

The Gist of the Gemini is the fourth studio album by Italian-Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. The album was released in 1976 and was produced by Gino and his brother Joe Vannelli, together with Geoff Emerick.

<i>Powerful People</i> 1974 studio album by Gino Vannelli

Powerful People is the title of both the second studio album of Canadian singer Gino Vannelli, and the sixth track on this album. The album was released in 1974, and was produced by Gino and his brother Joe Vannelli. Herb Alpert is credited as associate producer.

<i>Urban Knights II</i> 1997 studio album by Urban Knights

Urban Knights II is an album by the Urban Knights which was issued in 1997 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 5 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart.

<i>Tokyo Joe</i> (album) 1982 compilation album by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Kazumi Watanabe

Tokyo Joe is a 1982 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto and guitarist Kazumi Watanabe. It is a compilation of tracks from the albums Thousand Knives (1978), Kylyn (1979), Kylyn Live (1979) and the track "Tokyo Joe" which appeared on a various artists anthology Tokyo-Paris-London-New York, Dancing Night. The album was originally released in Japan in 1982, then re-released also in the Western countries in the 1990s.

<i>Club Nocturne</i> 1998 studio album by Yellowjackets

Club Nocturne (1998) is the 13th studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets, and their sixth and final release for the Warner Bros. label. The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" Grammy Award.

<i>Little Green Bag</i> (album) 1970 studio album by George Baker Selection

Little Green Bag is the 1970 debut album by the Dutch rock band George Baker Selection. It attracted additional attention after Quentin Tarantino used the title track on his movie Reservoir Dogs.

<i>¡Soltad a Barrabás!</i> 1974 studio album by Barrabás

¡Soltad a Barrabás! is the third album by the Spanish group Barrabás, released in 1974. The album was originally released as Release Barrabás or Hi-Jack in some other countries, but the modern CD release retains the Spanish title. It was the first album recorded outside their native Spain.

<i>A Pauper in Paradise</i> 1977 studio album by Gino Vannelli

A Pauper in Paradise is the fifth studio album by Italian-Canadian singer Gino Vannelli, released in 1977. It was notable for including contributions by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the second side, including a fifteen-minute title track symphony that took Gino five months to write, and which led A&M to offer a warning to Gino to expand his appeal or face rapid declines in album sales that since Powerful People had been a steady 300,000 albums per release.

<i>Brother to Brother</i> (Gino Vannelli album) 1978 studio album by Gino Vannelli

Brother to Brother is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. Despite its success - the biggest of Vannelli's career - it was also his last for A&M Records. The album was released in 1978 and featured "I Just Wanna Stop", Vannelli's highest-charting single to date in both the US and Canada, where the single reached #4 and #1 respectively. Two other singles were released from the LP, "Wheels of Life", and "The River Must Flow".

<i>Speak No Evil</i> (Buddy Rich and the Big Band Machine album) 1976 studio album by Buddy Rich

Speak No Evil is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich "and the Big Band Machine". It was released in 1976 and was Rich's first release for RCA Records since 1972's Stick It.

<i>Nightwalker</i> (album) 1981 studio album by Gino Vannelli

Nightwalker is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer Gino Vannelli. The album was released in 1981, featuring the title track, which reached No. 41 in the U.S., and "Living Inside Myself", which reached No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 13 in Canada. The title track was used as the theme to KVEO-TV's local newscasts in the early 1980s.

"Hurts to Be in Love" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Released as a single in 1985, the song was his seventh Top 40 hit in his native Canada, peaking at #19. In the U.S., the song reached #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It appears on his eighth album, Black Cars. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli, and written by Gino. It finished at #100 in the Canadian Year-end Chart.

<i>Crazy Life</i> (Gino Vannelli album) 1973 studio album by Gino Vannelli

Crazy Life, originally released in 1973 by A&M Records, is the debut album by Canadian singer and songwriter Gino Vannelli.

References

  1. ↑ Jason Elias. "Storm at Sunup – Gino Vannelli". All Music Group.
  2. ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 733 ISBN   0679737294
  3. ↑ "One Moment of Humanity Episode Guide- Space: 1999 Catacombs". catacombs.space1999.net. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. ↑ "Gino Vannelli – Storm at Sunup" (PDF). RPM . Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Gino Vannelli Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Gino Vannelli - Top Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.