This Time (Al Jarreau album)

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This Time
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Studio album by
Released1980
StudioDawnbreaker, San Fernando, California
Genre
Length42:19
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jay Graydon
Al Jarreau chronology
All Fly Home
(1978)
This Time
(1980)
Breakin' Away
(1981)
Professional ratings
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This Time is the fourth studio album by Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The release marked a change in Jarreau's sound to a more R&B-oriented flavor. As a result, the album achieved more success on the mainstream charts than his previous works, while also topping the Jazz Charts. It also reached No. 6 on the R&B charts and No. 27 on the Billboard 200. [2] " In 1981 "Never Givin' Up" gave Jarreau a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.

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This Time marked Jarreau's first foray into the top 40 on the Hot 200 or top 10 on the R&B charts, as well as his first No. 1 on the Jazz charts. [3] His next album would prove even more successful, topping both the Jazz and R&B charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never Givin' Up"Tom Canning, Al Jarreau3:56
2."Gimme What You Got"Tom Canning, Al Jarreau3:43
3."Love Is Real"Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock4:23
4."Alonzo"Jarreau5:25
5."(If I Could Only) Change Your Mind"Tom Canning, Allee Willis 4:16
6."Spain (I Can Recall)" Chick Corea, Jarreau, Artie Maren6:31
7."Distracted"Jarreau5:51
8."Your Sweet Love"Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock4:13
9."(A Rhyme) This Time"Jarreau, Earl Klugh 3:42

Charts & Awards

Album

Chart (1980)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 20027
R&B6
Jazz1
Year End Chart (1980)Peak [4]
Jazz40

Charting Singles

YearSongPeak chart positions [5]
US PopUS R&B
1980"Distracted"-61
"Gimmie What You Got"-63
"Never Givin' Up"10226

"Never Givin' Up" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1981, Jarreau's first nomination in the R&B field. It lost to Jarreau's Warner Bros. labelmate George Benson for the Give Me the Night album, [6] who had recently undergone a similar change in sound. [7]

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. This Time Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  3. Career Charts and Awards at Allmusic
  4. "Top 100 Jazz Albums of 1980". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. Singles Charts and Awards on Allmusic
  6. 1981 Grammy Awards Winner for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at Allmusic
  7. Give Me the Night at Allmusic