Out of the Shadows (Dave Grusin album)
Out of the Shadows is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1982, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached number 4 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200.
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Dave Grusin/Larry Rosen | |||
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Release
The album was released in 1982 by GRP Records.[1] It was released as a compact disc in 1990.[1] The track "She Could Be Mine", produced by Grusin and Larry Rosen, was released as a single in August 1982, by Arista; the single edit was three minutes and forty-six seconds long.[2] It was also later featured as the opening track on his 1988 greatest hits compilation, Collection.[3]
Reception
The album holds a score of three out of five stars from Allmusic.[4] The single "She Could be Mine" was highlighted as a "selected" pop single in the August 28, 1982, issue of Billboard.[2]
Upon its release, the album became Grusin's second-highest-peaking (at the time) entry on the Billboard 200 albums chart, where it peaked at number 88 on the chart dated September 4, 1982.[5] It spent a total of nine weeks on the tally.[5]
Track listing
- "Last Train to Paradiso" (Dave Grusin) - 5:13
- "She Could Be Mine" (Don Grusin) - 5:16
- "Crystal Morning" (Lee Ritenour) - 5:47
- "Five Brothers" (Gerry Mulligan) - 6:02
- "Anthem Internationale" (Dave Grusin) - 6:58 (Album version), 4:12 (Single version)
- "Serengeti Walk" (Dave Grusin, Harvey Mason, Louis Johnson) - 6:49
- "Hokkaido" (Dave Grusin) - 1:59
- "Sweetwater Nights" (Dave Grusin) - 5:14
Personnel
- Dave Grusin – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Don Grusin – synthesizers
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Eric Gale – guitar
- Lincoln Goines – bass
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Rubens Bassini – percussion
Charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 88 |
| US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] | 4 |
References
- "Releases: Out of the Shadows". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Billboard's Top Single Picks". Billboard. Vol. 94 no. 34. August 28, 1982. p. 46. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Collection". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Out of the Shadows". Allmusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Chart History: Dave Grusin". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
