Escape from Television

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Escape from Television
Jan Hammer Escape from Television.jpg
Compilation album by
Jan Hammer
Released1987
LabelMCA
ProducerJan Hammer
Jan Hammer chronology
The Early Years
(1986) 		Escape from Television
(1987) 		Snapshots
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

Escape from Television is a compilation album by Czech-American musician Jan Hammer, released in 1987 by MCA Records.

Content[]

The album contains selected instrumental pieces composed and performed by Hammer that had been used as film score in the American television series Miami Vice prior to the album's release, along with the main theme to the series, plus two of Hammer's tracks that were not used in the series.

Singles[]

"Miami Vice Theme" had been released as a single in 1985, becoming a worldwide hit, including reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Three other tracks were released as singles: "Crockett's Theme", which also became a worldwide hit in 1987, "Tubbs and Valerie", which reached number 84 in the UK Singles Chart[2] and number 34 in Germany that year,[3] and "Forever Tonight", which reached number 62 in Germany[4] and number 74 in the Netherlands.[4]

Critical reception[]

In a review for AllMusic, the album was given four out of five stars, being described as containing "a very strong style of [then] current instrumental music [...] with the edge of rock music and the smooth, spacey appeal of some of the more progressive New Age musicians."[1]

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Jan Hammer.

No.TitleLength
1."Crockett's Theme"3:32
2."Theresa"3:07
3."Colombia"2:39
4."Rum Cay"3:05
5."The Trial and the Search"4:55
6."Tubbs and Valerie"3:33
7."Forever Tonight"4:01
8."Last Flight"3:31
9."Rico's Blues"2:54
10."Before the Storm"4:32
11."Night Talk"2:45
12."Miami Vice Theme"2:29
CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Forever Tonight" (Extended CD Mix)6:08

Personnel[]

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

  • Produced and engineered by Jan Hammer
  • Recorded and mixed at Red Gate Studio, Kent, New York
  • Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York
  • Track 13 remixed by François Kevorkian
  • Artwork: The Complete Works
  • Liner notes: Arthur Levy
  • Photography: Chris Callis

Charts[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 34

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Escape from Television - Jan Hammer | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "JAN HAMMER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  3. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Jan Hammer - Tubbs And Valerie". hitparade.ch.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Hung, Steffen. "Jan Hammer - Forever Tonight". hitparade.ch.
  5. ^ Escape from Television (liner notes). Jan Hammer. MCA. 1987.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jan Hammer – Escape from Television" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Jan Hammer | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ "British album certifications – Jan Hammer – Escape From Tv". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 June 2021.Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Escape From Tv in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links[]

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