Partners in Crime (album)

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Partners in Crime
Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 5, 1979
RecordedJanuary – July 1979
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreSoft rock, pop rock, yacht rock
Length42:40
LabelInfinity, MCA
ProducerRupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Rupert Holmes chronology
Pursuit of Happiness
(1978)
Partners in Crime
(1979)
Adventure
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

Partners in Crime is an album by British American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes. The album was Holmes's most commercially-successful record and includes all three of Holmes's solo top 40 hits: "Him", "Answering Machine", and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)." "Escape" was the Billboard #1 hit of December 1979 and January 1980; it was the only single to hold the #1 position in both years and in different decades. Although "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" was released as a single on Infinity Records, "Him" was released on MCA Records; the Infinity catalog had been absorbed by MCA at the time the latter single was released. The album itself reached #33 on the Billboard Album Charts.

Track listing[]

All songs are written and arranged by Rupert Holmes.

No.TitleLength
1."Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"4:36
2."Partners in Crime"5:16
3."Nearsighted"2:52
4."Lunch Hour"4:40
5."Drop It"4:12
6."Him"4:06
7."Answering Machine"3:35
8."The People that You Never Get to Love"3:47
9."Get Outta Yourself"4:45
10."In You I Trust"4:51
Total length:42:40

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

Production[]

  • Rupert Holmes – production
  • Jim Boyer – production, engineering, mixing
  • Eric Bloch – associate engineering
  • Ollie Cotton – associate engineering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Normand Kurtz – executive production

Artwork[]

  • Peter Corriston – art direction, cover concept and design
  • Brian Hagiwara – photography

Charting History[]

Charting Singles[]

Single Chart Position
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) Canada (RPM)
1
Netherlands Singles Top 100
13
Official New Zealand Music Chart
4
UK Singles Chart 23
U.S.Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
8
Him Canada (RPM)
14
Netherlands Singles Top 100
18
Official New Zealand Music Chart
8
UK Singles Chart 31
U.S.Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
4
Answering Machine Canada (RPM)
85
U.S.Billboard Hot 100 32
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
12

References[]

  1. ^ Jason Elias. "Partners in Crime - Rupert Holmes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 7–20): 31.
  3. ^ "Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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