Touchdown (Bob James album)

Touchdown
Studio album by Bob James
Released 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Jazz fusion, Smooth Jazz
Length 29:11
Label Tappan Zee Records
Producer Bob James
Bob James chronology
Heads
(1977)		 Touchdown
(1978)		 Lucky Seven
(1979)

Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

It was a commercial breakout album for him that contained the song "Angela", the popular theme song to the 1970s television sitcom, Taxi. The song was named after the guest character in the third episode of the first season ("Blind Date"), but after hearing the song, the producers made this the show's main theme, replacing their previous choice, which became this album's featured track.[2]

The title is a reference to this being his sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in Football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob James

  1. "Angela" (Theme from Taxi) 5:48
  2. "Touchdown" 5:44
  3. "I Want to Thank You (Very Much)" 7:07
  4. "Sun Runner" 6:17
  5. "Caribbean Nights" 8:46

Musicians

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 37
Billboard Top Jazz Albums[3] 1

External links

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Bob James: Touchdown > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. ^ Taxi at the Internet Movie Database (Trivia section)
  3. ^ a b "Bob James US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6800/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-09-15.