Shakatak - Out Of This World (LP) (1983) - €10,00

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Out of This World, released in 1983 on the Polydor label, is the fourth album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak.

If you like smooth, jazz pop with a little funk thrown in for good measure, look no further. This will satisfy all of your cravings.

This remains one of the essential Shakatak albums. The band have always leaned towards the jazz side of the "jazz-funk" category many have put them in, which has doubtless been a factor in their enduring success, particularly in overseas markets such as Japan. 

Those who enjoy what we now call "smooth jazz" should like this music - sophisticated and adult but still with vitality and the pop sensibilities which made it a hit back in the early 1980's.

The styles vary from sophisticated disco funk ("Dark Is the Night", "Slip Away", "Out of This World", "If You Could See Me Now") to a little more lively edition ("On Nights Like Tonight", "Let's Get Together"), entertaining instrumental samba ("Don't Say That Again") and even quite pure jazz.

Side A

A1.  Dark Is The Night - 5:17

A2.  Don’t Say That Again - 4:41

A3.  Slip Away - 5:13

A4.  On Nights Like Tonight - 5:08

Side B

B1.  Out Of This World - 5:44

B2.  Let’s Get Together - 3:40

B3.  If You Could See Me Now - 6:53

B4.  Sanur - 4:42

Personnel

• Bill Sharpe – keyboards 
• Keith Winter – guitars
• George Anderson – bass, backing vocals
• Roger Odell – drums & percussion
• Jill Saward – vocals, lead on "Let's Get Together"
• Norma Lewis – vocals

Guest musicians and vocalists

• Lead vocal on "Nights Like Tonight" – Tracy Ackerman
• Percussion – Simon Morton
• Trumpet – Stuart Brookes
• Saxophone – Martin Dobson
• Brass arrangement – Nigel Wright

Notes

Release: 1983

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Jazz-funk, Brit-funk

Label:  Polydor Records

Catalog#  815 304-1

 

Vinyl: Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00