Oceanliner

by Passport

Oceanliner cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 March 1980
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 38:14
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: David Crigger, Kevin Mulligan, Klaus Doldinger, Hendrik Schaper, Dieter Petereit

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, the German jazz-rock institution Passport embraced a sleeker, heavily synthesized aesthetic for 'Oceanliner'. The album integrates driving electronic sequences and funk rhythms with their signature instrumental fusion, perfectly aligning with the shifting soundscape of the new decade. It maintained their status as one of Europe's most consistently successful fusion exports.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion

Tracklist

  1. Departure (4:54)
  2. Allegory (3:40)
  3. Ancient Saga (4:15)
  4. Oceanliner (5:25)
  5. Rub-A-Dub (4:39)
  6. Uptown Rendezvous (3:32)
  7. Bassride (4:09)
  8. Scope (2:12)
  9. Seaside (5:28)

Credits

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