Touchdown (Bob James album)

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Touchdown
Touchdown Bob James.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 1978
Recorded1978
Genre Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length33:42
Label Tappan Zee
Producer Bob James
Bob James chronology
Heads
(1977)
Touchdown
(1978)
Lucky Seven
(1979)

Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James, released in 1978 on his Tappan Zee label thru Columbia.

Contents

The album's title is a reference to this being James' sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Touchdown contains the song "Angela", the popular theme to the 1970s television sitcom Taxi . [3] The song was named after a guest character in the third episode of the first season ("Blind Date"), but after hearing the song, the producers made this the show's main theme, replacing their previous choice, which became this album's title track.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob James

  1. "Angela (Theme from Taxi)" – 5:48
  2. "Touchdown" – 5:44
  3. "I Want to Thank You (Very Much)" – 7:07
  4. "Sun Runner" – 6:17
  5. "Caribbean Nights" – 8:46

Personnel

Brass and Woodwinds

Strings

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 37
Billboard Top Jazz Albums [4] 1

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. Bob James: Touchdown > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. Caputo, Sal (2 June 1981). "Record Reviews". Arts/Films. Courier News. p. 1.
  4. 1 2 "Bob James US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.