Splashdown (Breakwater album)

Splashdown
Studio album by Breakwater
Released	1980
Recorded	1979–1980
Genre	Funk funk rock soul
Length	37:10
Label	Arista
Producer	Kae Williams Jr. Rick Chertoff
Breakwater chronology
Breakwater (1978) Splashdown (1980)

Splashdown is a studio album by Philadelphia funk soul band, Breakwater.

The album is most notable for containing the song "Release the Beast", which was sampled in "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk.

Reception[]

In review issued on May 3, 1980, Billboard said that the music of the album "veers to the tired galactic rock concept a bit too much, but its sound is versatile and strong".^[1] For the week ending July 5, 1980, the album reached its peak position of number 34 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.^[2]

Track listing[]

Side A

1. "Splashdown Time" (5:56)
2. "Love of My Life" (4:25)
3. "Release the Beast" (4:57)
4. "The One in My Dreams" (4:44)

Side B

1. "You" (3:46)
2. "Say You Love Me Girl" (4:46)
3. "Let Love In" (4:40)
4. "Time" (3:56) ^[3]

Personnel[]

• James Gee Jones – drums, vibraphone, vocals
• Steve Green – bass, vocals
• John "Dutch" Braddock – congas, percussion, timbales
• Linc "Love" Gilmore – guitar
• Gene Robinson, Jr. – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, trumpet
• Kae Williams, Jr. – producer, vocals, synthesizers (ARP 2600, Mini-Moog, Prophet 5, ARP Omni), Fender Rhodes, piano, clavinet
• Greg Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, lyricon, horn arrangements
• Leonard "Dr." Gibbs, Jr. – timbales (track B2 only)
• Bill Reichenbach – trombone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet
• Larry G. Hall – trumpet
• Linc "Love" Gilmore – vocals
• Vince Garnell – vocals, woodwind

Production[]

• Rick Chertoff – producer
• Don Murray – engineer
• William Wittman – engineer
• Daniel Protheroe – assistant engineer

Managerial and design[]

• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Gary Gross – photography

References[]