Chas Jankel (album)

Chas Jankel is the debut solo studio album by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel. It was originally released in 1980, on the label A&M. Ian Dury and The Blockheads's first and only album without Jankel, Laughter, was released the same year.

Chas Jankel
Studio album by
Chaz Jankel
Released1980
Studio
Various
    • C.J.M. Studios
    • The Town House
Genre
Length40:21
LabelA&M
Producer
Chaz Jankel chronology
Chas Jankel
(1980)		 Chasanova
(1981)
Singles from Chas Jankel
  1. "Ai No Corrida"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Am I Honest With Myself Really?"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The first track on the album "Ai No Corrida", was covered by Quincy Jones a year later in 1981 and was a UK chart hit for him. The song has also been covered by the Nylons and Laura More with Uniting Nations.

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 Ian Dury 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 Pro Era 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

All tracks are written by Chaz Jankel, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ai No Corrida"
9:10
2."Peace, At Last" 2:50
3."Just a Thought"
  • Jankel
  • Mark Newton-Carter
5:16
4."Lenta Latina" 3:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Fuse"
0:35
6."Am I Honest with Myself Really?"
  • Jankel
  • Newton-Carter
14:51
7."Reverie" 3:46
Total length:40:21
Bonus track on the 2005 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."Little Eva"
4:58

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

Production team
  • Chaz Jankel – producer; sleeve concept
  • Peter Van Hooke – producer; inner sleeve photography
  • Mark Isham – producer
  • Chris Warwick – producer
  • Chris Jenkins – engineer
  • Mick Glossop – engineer
  • Philip Bagenal – engineer
  • Steve Prestage – engineer
  • Michael Ross – art direction
  • Simon Ryan – design
  • Mike Putland – back cover photography

See also

References
  1. Green, Jo-Ann. "Chaz Jankel – Chas Jankel". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. Chas Jankel liner notes. A&M Records. 1980.
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