Breakout (Spyro Gyra album)

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.

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
• 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 – assistant 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