Touchdown [Original recording reissued]

Bob James | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002N0I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Angela [Theme from Taxi]

2. Touchdown

3. I Want to Thank You (Very Much)

4. Sun Runner

5. Caribbean Nights

Editorial Reviews

5 title tracks on this audio cd by Bob James

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Touchdown"!, June 4, 2000

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Jeffrey Harris (South San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touchdown (Audio CD)

First of all I have to strongly disagree with the other reviews written on this album, by reviewers who seem to know Bob James only from the songs that have been sampled by rappers. The five cuts on this album define "smooth jazz" before it became bland and uninteresting. I feel he hit a creative peak with this album that he only reached again with his duet album "One On One" with Earl Klugh. "Touchdown" features excellent supporting players like Hubert Laws, Earl Klugh, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd, Idris Muhammad, and David Sanborn, there's definitely nothing formulaic about the performances here. This album was James' first to crossover and hit the top forty on the pop chart thanks to hit theme from "Taxi", "Angela", and his first gold album. "Sun Runner" received heavy airplay from contemporary jazz stations when this album was released back in 1978. This is one of the best smooth jazz records of this or any era.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Musical Magic!, June 24, 2002

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James R. Prater (Cleveland Tn.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Touchdown (Audio CD)

...That's the best way to describe this recording. TOUCHDOWN is one of those musical occurences which happen only once or twice in a lifetime (such as Chick Corea's RETURN TO FOREVER, or Dave Grusin's MOUNTAIN DANCE). There are so many reasons why. For one, there is the incredible assembleage of talent. The CD boasts such names as David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Eric Gale, and Mongo Santamaria. Then, there is the material itself. "Angela" (a.k.a. the theme from TAXI) is laid back (and check out that heartbreaking solo from Eric Gale). "Touchdown" features Bob at the keys and Sanborn's hard-driving sax. "I Want To Thank You", "Sun Runner", and "Caribbean Nights" are as smooth as they come. This is, bar none, the best CD that Bob ever put out.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another gem by Bob James., February 27, 2006

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Chris Sellick (South Australia,Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touchdown (Audio CD)

This is the first Bob James I ever heard and that was in 1980.

I love this album and is 1 of my 2 favourites.This is another beautiful album,one of his best.Also,I recommend "One on One" and the album "Restoration:The best of Bob James".