Backstreet (album)

Backstreet
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	September 14,1983
Recorded	February–May 1983
Studio	Minot Sound (White Plains, New York)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	44:27
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Marcus Miller, Ray Bardani, Michael Colina
David Sanborn chronology
As We Speak (1982) Backstreet (1983) Straight to the Heart (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Backstreet is a 1983 album by David Sanborn. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Traditional Jazz albums chart on January 27, 1984.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Told U So"	David Sanborn Hiram Bullock	5:02
2.	"When You Smile at Me"	Sanborn	5:46
3.	"Believer"	Marcus Miller	6:34
4.	"Backstreet"	Sanborn	5:27
5.	"A Tear for Crystal"	Sanborn, Miller	7:02
6.	"Bum's Cathedral"	Sanborn Michael Colina	4:40
7.	"Blue Beach"	Sanborn, Miller	4:50
8.	"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"	Jim Weatherly	5:06
Total length:			44:27

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto sax solos
• Marcus Miller – acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha GS2, Oberheim OB-Xa, vocoder, Moog bass, guitars (rhythm, lead and acoustic), Fender bass, fretless bass, percussion, steel drums, timpani, backing vocals (1, 3), BGV arrangements (1)
• Michael Colina – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 4, 6), Roland Jupiter-8 (1, 2, 4, 6), vocoder (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Hiram Bullock – Fender Rhodes (1), Yamaha GS2 (1), Moog bass (1), rhythm and lead guitars (1)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
• Ralph MacDonald – congas (2, 8), percussion (2, 8)
• Barry Johnson – backing vocals (3)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (8)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (8)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (8)

Production

• Marcus Miller – producer
• Michael Colina – producer
• Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing
• Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer, technical maintenance
• Wayne Warnecke – assistant engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
• Katherine Jewel – music contractor
• Shirley Klein – album coordinator
• Marc Silag – assistant production manager
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Laura LiPuma – design
• Lou Beach – front cover college
• Desiree Rohr – back cover illustration
• Patrick Raines & Associates – management

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	81
US Traditional Jazz (Billboard)[3]	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5]	21

References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1255. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.
3. "David Sanborn Chart History (Traditional Jazz)". Billboard. 27 January 1984. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
4. "David Sanborn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
5. "David Sanborn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2021.