First Contact

by Roger Sanchez

First Contact cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 July 2001
  • Label: Defected
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:11
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Roger Sanchez recorded his debut album 'First Contact' over four years at Indeep Studios in New York, drawing guest vocalists including N'Dea Davenport and Sharleen Spiteri. Its single 'Another Chance', built on a sample of Toto's 'I Won't Hold You Back', anchors the record's house sound.

Genres

Descriptors: funky, party, club, summery, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Another Chance (7:32)
  2. Try (2:37)
  3. Computabank (6:08)
  4. Leavin' (6:13)
  5. Nothing 2 Prove (5:15)
  6. I Never Knew (6:52)
  7. Ventura (5:53)
  8. The Partee (6:03)
  9. You Can't Change Me (5:49)
  10. Contact (5:43)

Credits

  • Lost In Space - graphics [digital images]
  • Christoff - guitar, bass
  • N'Dea Davenport - featuring, vocals, written-by
  • Freak - bass [live]
  • John Scarpulla - horns [live]
  • John Wheeler - horns [live]
  • Tony Kadleck - horns [live]
  • Cooly's Hot Box - featuring, vocals
  • Groupe - design, art direction
  • Doug DeAngelis - engineer [mix engineered by], engineer [engineered by]
  • Diesel Management - management [roger sanchez is exclusively represented by]
  • John Davis - mastered by
  • Eva Mueller - photography by [roger photographed by]
  • Mark Wyllie - engineer [mix engineered by]
  • David Darlington - engineer [mix engineered by]
  • Steve Lukather - written-by
  • The S-Man - engineer [mix engineered by]
  • Billy Jones - written-by
  • John-Christian Urich - written-by
  • Johnny McElhone - written-by

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