Breakin' Away

by Al Jarreau

Breakin' Away cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:48
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Al Jarreau's 'Breakin' Away' became one of his most commercially visible albums, balancing jazz vocal technique with smooth pop and R&B production. The album includes 'We're in This Love Together' and helped broaden Jarreau's audience beyond jazz listeners.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, vocal, fusion, rhythmic, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Breakin' Away (04:12)
  2. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk (04:44)
  3. Roof Garden (06:19)
  4. Our Love (03:53)
  5. Easy (05:23)
  6. My Old Flame
  7. Do What You Gotta Do
  8. Teach Me Tonight (04:13)
  9. Spain (I Can Recall)

Credits

  • Al Jarreau - primary artist, written-by
  • Jay Graydon - producer, written-by
  • Tom Canning - written-by
  • Dave Brubeck - written-by
  • Christine Sauers - art direction, design
  • Bernie Grundman - mastering
  • Susan Jarreau - photography

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