As We Speak

As We Speak
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Smooth Jazz
Length	39:26
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Robert Margouleff
David Sanborn chronology
Voyeur (1981) As We Speak (1981) ' (1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1981 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on the Jazz Albums chart.^[3][4]

Track listing

Vinyl release

Side one

1. "Port of Call" (Michael Sembello, Dan Sembello) – 4:26
2. "Better Believe It" (Marcus Miller) – 3:31
3. "Rush Hour" (Miller) – 4:42
4. "Over and Over" (Don Freeman, Miller) – 4:13
5. "Back Again"(Dennis Belfield, Freeman) – 3:45

Side two

1. "As We Speak"(David Sanborn, Sembello) – 4:17
2. "Straight to the Heart"(Miller) – 3:26
3. "Rain on Christmas"(Sanborn) – 4:46
4. "Love Will Come Someday" (David Batteau, Sembello) – 6:20

Sources: ^[5]

CD release

1. "Port of Call" – 4:26
2. "Better Believe It" – 3:31
3. "Rush Hour" – 4:42
4. "Over and Over" – 4:13
5. "Back Again" – 3:45
6. "As We Speak" – 4:17
7. "Straight to the Heart" – 3:26
8. "Rain on Christmas" – 4:46
9. "Love Will Come Someday"> – 6:20

Sources:^[1]

Personnel

• David Sanborn – keyboards, alto saxophone
• Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizer
• Michael Sembello – electric guitar; lead vocals and background vocals on "Back Again"
• Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizer
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Guest artists

• Howard "Buzz" Feiten – rhythm guitar on "Port of Call"
• Bill Evans – saxophone section on "Over and Over"
• George Duke – clavinet on "Port of Call"
• Malando Gassama – percussion on "Back Again"
• Robert A. Martin – French horn on "Love Will Come Someday"
• Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet on "Port of Call"
• Lance Ong – synthesizer on "Rain on Christmas"
• Cruz Baca Sembello – background vocals on "Back Again" and "Love Will Come Someday"
• James Skelton – Hammond B-3 organ on "Over and Over"
• Spike – synthesizer and IRT strings on "Back Again", "As we Speak", "Rain on Christmas" and "Love Will Come Someday"

Production

• Karat Faye – engineer
• Robert Margouleff – producer
• Howard Siegel – engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering

Sources: ^[6]

References