1980 studio album by Al Jarreau
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This Time 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] 1981 "Never Givin' Up" gave Jarreau a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male .
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]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Never Givin' Up" Tom Canning, Al Jarreau 3:56 2. "Gimme What You Got" Tom Canning, Al Jarreau 3:43 3. "Love Is Real" Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock 4:23 4. "Alonzo" Jarreau 5:25 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" Jarreau 5:51 8. "Your Sweet Love" Tom Canning, Jarreau, Tom Kellock 4:13 9. "(A Rhyme) This Time" Jarreau, Earl Klugh 3:42
Chart (1980) Peak U.S. Billboard 200 27 R&B 6 Jazz 1
Year End Chart (1980) Peak[ 4] Jazz 40
Year Song Peak chart positions[ 5] US Pop US R&B 1980 "Distracted" - 61 "Gimmie What You Got" - 63 "Never Givin' Up" 102 26
"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 [ 6] [ 7]
Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7), vocal percussion (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (1-4, 7-9)Greg Mathieson – rhythm arrangements (1), acoustic piano (1), string synthesizer (1, 3-5) Jay Graydon – synthesizer programming (1-3, 5, 8), electric guitar (1-3, 5, 7, 8), rhythm arrangements (2-4, 7-9)Tom Canning – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 5, 8), Fender Rhodes (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 5, 8), bells (8) David Foster – acoustic piano (2), Fender Rhodes (3, 9)Michael Omartian – string synthesizer (2, 8)Larry Williams – synthesizers (3, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (6)Steve George – synthesizers (7)George Duke – Fender Rhodes (7)Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (1)Dean Parks – electric guitar (3, 5)Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (9), rhythm arrangements (9)Abraham Laboriel – bass guitarRalph Humphrey – drums (1, 4, 5, 9), percussion (4) Carlos Vega – drums (2, 3)Steve Gadd – drums (6-8)Earl Lon Price – saxophones (7) Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (3, 7)Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 7)Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (1, 3, 7), flugelhorn (1, 2, 7, 8), trumpet (3, 7)Tom Kellock – rhythm arrangements (3) Les Thompson – harmonica solo (5) Producer – Jay Graydon Engineers – Joe Bogan and Jay Graydon Second Engineer – Debbie Thompson Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios (San Fernando, CA). Remixed and Overdubbed at Garden Rake Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA). Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Mastering Studios (Los Angeles, CA). Art Direction – Richard Seireeni Cover Photography – Richard Avedon Sleeve Photography – Michael Rice and Susan Jarreau Still Life – Harry Mittman
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