Looking at You is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel. It was originally released in 1985, on the label A&M. It was his last solo album until 2001's Out of the Blue, as well as his last to be released on A&M, after Jerry Moss, the recording executive of A&M, rejected the release of his fifth album and terminated his recording career with the label in the same year.[1]
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| Released | 1985 | |||
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| Length | 48:33 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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The album featured some lyrical contributions from Ian Dury and musical contributions from two of the Blockheads, bass player Norman Watt-Roy and drummer Charlie Charles.
The track "Number One" was featured in the 1985 movie Real Genius starring Val Kilmer.
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Chaz Jankel, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hard Music" |
| 5:40 |
| 2. | "Tonight's Our Night" | 4:11 | |
| 3. | "Rhythm in My Life" | 4:08 | |
| 4. | "Little Eva" |
| 5:00 |
| 5. | "Eastern Light" |
| 4:15 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Number One" |
| 7:18 |
| 7. | "Tell Me, Tell Me" | 4:14 | |
| 8. | "Looking at You" | 5:28 | |
| 9. | "The Boy on the Bridge" |
| 4:16 |
| 10. | "Love Rhythms" |
| 4:03 |
| Total length: | 48:33 | ||
Personnel edit
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]
- Chaz Jankel – lead vocals; guitar; keyboards; drum machine programming; percussion
- Robbie Taylor – keyboards; drum machine programming
- Charlie Charles – drums; additional percussion
- Norman Watt-Roy – bass guitar
- Zeus B. Held – Fairlight CMI programming
- Steve Rance – Fairlight CMI programming
- Paul Samuelson – Fairlight CMI programming
- Derek Watkins – trumpet; horn arrangements
- Caroline Lavelle – cello; string arrangements
- Peter Van Hooke – Simmons tom fills
- Jeff Daly – saxophone
- Andy Macintosh – saxophone
- Tim Sanders – saxophone
- Johnny Rees – violin
- Liz Layton – violin
- Andy Brown – viola
- Martin Ditcham – Latin percussion
- Chris Taylor – Latin percussion
- Geraldo – Latin percussion
- Tessa Niles – backing vocals
- Kenny Young – backing vocals
- Germaine Johnson – backing vocals
- Terry Roberts – backing vocals
- Production team
- Zeus B. Held – producer
- Philip Bagenal – producer; engineer; editing
- Chaz Jankel – producer
- Keiron De Lancey-Wheeler – assistant engineer
- Bob Carbone – mastering
- Aaron Chuckraverty – mastering
- Michael Ross – art direction
- Richard Haughton – photography
- Helen Backhouse – design
- Jeremy Williams – design
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bio | Chaz Jankel".
- ^ Looking at You liner notes. A&M Records. 1985.
External links edit
- Looking at You at Discogs (list of releases)