Middle Man (2023 Remaster) Boz Scaggs
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Album-Release:
1980
HRA-Release:
28.07.2023
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- 1 JoJo (2023 Remaster) 05:52
- 2 Breakdown Dead Ahead (2023 Remaster) 04:35
- 3 Simone (2023 Remaster) 05:05
- 4 You Can Have Me Anytime (2023 Remaster) 04:56
- 5 Middle Man (2023 Remaster) 04:51
- 6 Do Like You Do in New York (2023 Remaster) 03:44
- 7 Angel You (2023 Remaster) 03:38
- 8 Isn't It Time (2023 Remaster) 04:53
- 9 You Got Some Imagination (2023 Remaster) 03:56
Info for Middle Man (2023 Remaster)
"Middle Man" is the ninth studio album by Boz Scaggs released by Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs hired members of the band Toto as session musicians and shared songwriting credits with them, returning to the commercial, soul-influenced rock of Silk Degrees (1976).
The album reached No. 8 in the Billboard 200 album chart, and two singles reached the Billboard Hot 100: "Breakdown Dead Ahead" at No. 15 and "Jojo" at No. 17.
"1980's Middle Man was Boz Scaggs' last album for Columbia before an eight-year self-imposed sabbatical. Scaggs nonetheless caps off the decade with equal nods to his '70s hitmaking formulas and the newer, shinier production techniques of the coming decade. The synthesizer rocker "Angel You" and the title track are given the full in-vogue androgynous (i.e., Hall & Oates) treatment, while the opener "Jo Jo" and "Simone" are pages taken from his Here's the Low Down-era grooves that wedded soulful vocals against a flurry of jazz changes. His penchant for the ballad is explored on "You Can Have Me Any Time" and "Isn't It Time," while his seldom-seen rockier side comes up for air on the bluesy "Breakdown Dead Ahead" and "You Got Some Imagination," both featuring stinging guitar from Steve Lukather. Not his best album, but a very timely one." (Cub Koda, AMG)
Boz Scaggs, lead vocals, guitar (1–8)
David Foster, synthesizers (1, 3, 5, 7–9), acoustic piano (1–5, 7), string arrangements (1, 3–5, 8), electric piano (3, 4, 8), synthesizer programming
Don Grolnick, electric piano (2), acoustic piano (8)
David Paich, additional synthesizer (3), organ (6), synthesizers (6)
James Newton Howard, clavinet (6)
Michael Boddicker, synthesizer programming
Larry Fast, synthesizer programming
Steve Porcaro, synthesizer programming
Ray Parker Jr., guitar (1–8), bass (6)
Steve Lukather, lead guitars (1, 3, 5–8), additional guitars (2), guitar solo (2, 7, 8), all guitars (9)
Carlos Santana, guitar solo (4)
John Pierce, bass (1)
David Hungate, bass (2–5, 7–9)
Jeff Porcaro, drums (1, 3–5, 7, 9)
Rick Marotta, drums (2, 8)
Joe Vitale, drums (6)
Lenny Castro, percussion
Adrian Tapia, saxophone solo (1)
Marty Paich, string arrangements (4)
Charlotte Crossley, backing vocals (1)
David Lasley, backing vocals (1, 6)
Sharon Redd, backing vocals (1)
Paulette Brown, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
Venetta Fields, backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
Bill Thedford, backing vocals (2, 3, 8)
Julia Tillman Waters, backing vocals (5, 9)
Oren Waters, backing vocals (5, 9)
Bill Champlin, backing vocals (6)
Chuck "Fingers" Irwin, backing vocals (6)
Rosemary Butler, backing vocals (7, 8)
Recorded 1979 at Studio 55, Los Angeles; Sunset Sound, Hollywood; Cherokee, Hollywood
Produced and engineered by Bill Schnee
Digitally remastered
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