This Time (Al Jarreau album) explained

This Time
Type:studio
Artist:Al Jarreau
Cover:This_Time_AJ.JPG
Released:1980
Studio:Dawnbreaker, San Fernando, California
Genre:
Length:42:19
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Jay Graydon
Prev Title:All Fly Home
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Breakin' Away
Next Year:1981

This Time is the fourth studio album by Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The release marked a change in Jarreau's sound to a more R&B-oriented flavor. As a result, the album achieved more success on the mainstream charts than his previous works, while also topping the Jazz Charts. It also reached No. 6 on the R&B charts and No. 27 on the Billboard 200.[1] " In 1981 "Never Givin' Up" gave Jarreau a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.

This Time marked Jarreau's first foray into the top 40 on the Hot 200 or top 10 on the R&B charts, as well as his first No. 1 on the Jazz charts.[2] His next album would prove even more successful, topping both the Jazz and R&B charts.

Charts & Awards

Album

Chart (1980)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 20027
R&B6
Jazz1

Charting Singles

YearSongPeak chart positions[4]
US PopUS R&B
1980"Distracted"-61
"Gimmie What You Got"-63
"Never Givin' Up"10226

"Never Givin' Up" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1981, Jarreau's first nomination in the R&B field. It lost to Jarreau's Warner Bros. labelmate George Benson for the Give Me the Night album,[5] who had recently undergone a similar change in sound.[6]

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. This Time Charts and Awards at [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r24069/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
  2. Career Charts and Awards at [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3111/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
  3. Web site: Top 100 Jazz Albums of 1980 . www.billboard.com . Billboard Magazine . 5 April 2020.
  4. Singles Charts and Awards on [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r24069/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
  5. 1981 Grammy Awards Winner for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30405/charts-awards/grammy|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]
  6. Give Me the Night at [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30405|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]