Breakout (Spyro Gyra album)

1986 studio album by Spyro Gyra

Breakout

Studio album by

Spyro Gyra

Released| June 11, 1986
Recorded| 1985
Studio| BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre| Jazz, fusion
Length| 38:49
Label| MCA
Producer| Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra, Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
| Alternating Currents
(1985)  | Breakout
(1986)  | Stories Without Words
(1987)

|
|

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

Breakout is the tenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1986. It was the last album co-produced by Richard Calandra, who died of cancer later that October.

The band produced a music video for the song "Bob Goes to the Store" that was partially shot from the point of view of a roaming dog ("Bob").

Breakout peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top Jazz Album chart on September 27, 1986 and at No. 71 on the "Billboard 200" pop album chart.[2]

## Track listing

[edit]

1. "Bob Goes to the Store" (Kim Stone) - 4:36
2. "Freefall" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:52
3. "Doubletake" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:05
4. "Breakout" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:37
5. "Body Wave" (Richie Morales, Mark Gray) - 4:09
6. "Whirlwind" (Dave Samuels) - 5:37
7. "Swept Away" (Jeremy Wall) - 5:43
8. "Guiltless" (Tom Schuman) - 5:10

## Personnel

[edit]

Spyro Gyra

* Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
* Tom Schuman – keyboards
* Julio Fernández – guitars
* Kim Stone – bass guitar
* Richie Morales – drums
* Dave Samuels – KAT Polyphonic mallet synthesizer, vibraphone, marimba
* Manolo Badrena – percussion

Additional Personnel

* Eddie Jobson – Synclavier programming

### Production

[edit]

* Jay Beckenstein – producer
* Richard Calandra – producer
* Jeremy Wall – co-producer
* Larry Swist – engineer, front cover illustration
* Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer
* Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
* Jeff Adamoff – art direction
* Spencer Drate – art direction, design
* Judith Salavetz – design
* Duane Michals – rear cover photography
* Phil Brennan – management

## References

[edit]

1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r148014
2. ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

* v
* t
* e

Spyro Gyra

Studio albums|

* Spyro Gyra
* Morning Dance
* Catching the Sun
* Carnaval
* Freetime
* Incognito
* City Kids
* Alternating Currents
* Breakout
* Stories Without Words
* Rites of Summer
* Point of View
* Fast Forward
* Three Wishes
* Dreams Beyond Control
* Love & Other Obsessions
* Heart of the Night
* 20/20
* Got the Magic
* In Modern Times
* Original Cinema
* The Deep End
* Wrapped in a Dream
* Good to Go-Go
* A Night Before Christmas
* Down the Wire
* A Foreign Affair
* The Rhinebeck Sessions

Live albums|

* Access All Areas
* Road Scholars

Compilations|

* Collection
* 1977-1987
* The Best of the First Ten Years
* The Very Best of Spyro Gyra

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

|

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template