Breakout (Spyro Gyra album) explained

Breakout
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spyro Gyra
Cover:	Breakout Spyro Gyra.jpg
Released:	June 11, 1986
Recorded:	1985
Studio:	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre:	Jazz, fusion
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra, Jeremy Wall
Prev Title:	Alternating Currents
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Stories Without Words
Next Year:	1987

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.^[1]

Track listing

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

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spyro Gyra - Chart history Billboard. Billboard. 15 April 2017. en. 15 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170415212400/http://www.billboard.com/artist/280232/spyro-gyra/chart?f=305. dead.