''Chas Jankel'' is the debut solo studio album by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist

Chaz Jankel Charles Jeremy "Chaz" Jankel (born 16 April 1952) is an English musician and songwriter. In a music career spanning more than 50 years, he came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band Ian Dury and the ...

. It was originally released in 1980, on the label A&M.

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's first and only album without Jankel, ''

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'', was released the same year. The first track on the album " Ai No Corrida", was covered by

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a year later in 1981 and was a UK chart hit for him. The song has also been covered by

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and Laura More with

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. The album was re-issued in 2005 on Angel Air in the United Kingdom as a digitally remastered CD, featuring one bonus track, "Little Eva" which was co-written by Jankel with

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and was originally released on Jankel's 1985 album '' Looking at You''. The track "Reverie" was used as a sample by Brooklyn-based hip hop collective

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in the song, "Like Water", which is featured on the group's second mixtape as a collective, "P.E.E.P: The aPROcalypse" (2012).

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. *

– lead and background vocals; guitar; keyboards; synthesizer; percussion *

Mark Isham Mark Ware Isham (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician and composer. A trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic music, electronic. He is also a prolific and acclaimed composer of Film ...

–

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

; trumpet; synthesizer *Chris Hunter –

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

;

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

Peter Van Hooke Peter Van Hooke (born 6 April 1950) is an English rock drummer and producer with over 350 credits to his name. He was the drummer for the English band Mike + The Mechanics (from 1985 to 1995) and also drummed for Van Morrison's band, Headston ...

– drums; percussion *Chris Warwick – synthesizer programming; percussion *Kuma Harada – bass guitar on "Just a Thought", and "Lenta Latina" *

Paul Westwood Paul Westwood (born 1953) is an English bass player, composer, educator and author. Discography Filmography Film * ''The World is Full of Married Men'' (1979) for composers Bugatti and Musker * ''Lost and Found'' (1979) for composer John Cam ...

– bass guitar on "Ai No Corrida" ;Production team *Chaz Jankel – producer; sleeve concept *Peter Van Hooke – producer; inner sleeve photography *Mark Isham – producer *Chris Warwick – producer * Chris Jenkins –

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Mick Glossop Mick Glossop is an English record producer and recording engineer best known for long-term collaboration with Van Morrison, as well as his work with Frank Zappa, The Waterboys, The Wonder Stuff, Public Image, LLoyd Cole and others, as well as bein ...

– engineer *Philip Bagenal – engineer *Steve Prestage – engineer *Michael Ross –

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*Simon Ryan – design *Mike Putland – back cover photography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chas Jankel (album) 1980 debut albums A&M Records albums Chaz Jankel albums

Track listing

Personnel

See also

References

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