Backstreet (album)

Backstreet
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Minot Sound (White Plains, New York).
Genre	Smooth Jazz
Length	44:27
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Marcus Miller, Ray Bardani, Michael Colina
David Sanborn chronology
As We Speak (1982) Backstreet (1983) Straight to the Heart (1984)

Backstreet is a 1983 album by David Sanborn.

Track listing

1. "I Told U So" (Sanborn, Hiram Bullock) - 5:02
2. "When You Smile at Me" (Sanborn) - 5:46
3. "Believer" (Marcus Miller) - 6:34
4. "Backstreet" (Sanborn) - 5:27
5. "A Tear for Crystal" (Sanborn, Marcus Miller) - 7:02
6. "Bum's Cathedral" (Sanborn, Michael Colina) - 4:40
7. "Blue Beach" (Sanborn, Marcus Miller) - 4:50
8. "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (Jim Weatherly) - 5:06

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Marcus Miller – acoustic piano, Rhodes, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha GS-2, Oberheim OB-Xa, vocoder, Moog bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, guitar solo, Fender bass, fretless bass, percussion, steel drums, timpani, backing vocals (1, 3), BGV arrangements (1)
• Michael Colina – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 4, 6), Roland Jupiter-8 (1, 2, 4, 6), vocoder (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Hiram Bullock – Fender Rhodes (1), Yamaha GS-2, Moog bass (1), electric guitar (1), rhythm guitar (1), guitar solo (1)
• Buzz Feiten – electric guitar
• Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
• Ralph MacDonald – congas (2, 8), percussion (2, 8)
• Barry Johnson – backing vocals (3)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (8)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (8)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (8)

Production

• Marcus Miller – producer
• Michael Colina – producer
• Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing
• Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer, technical maintenance
• Wayne Warnecke – assistant engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
• Katherine Jewel – music contractor
• Shirley Klein – album coordinator
• Marc Silag – assistant production manager
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Laura LiPuma – design
• Lou Beach – front cover college
• Desiree Rohr – back cover illustration
• Patrick Raines & Associates – management