Backstreet is a 1983 album by David Sanborn. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Traditional Jazz albums chart on January 27, 1984.[3]
| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "I Told U So" | | 5:02 |
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| 2. | "When You Smile at Me" | Sanborn | 5:46 |
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| 3. | "Believer" | Marcus Miller | 6:34 |
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| 4. | "Backstreet" | Sanborn | 5:27 |
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| 5. | "A Tear for Crystal" | | 7:02 |
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| 6. | "Bum's Cathedral" | | 4:40 |
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| 7. | "Blue Beach" | | 4:50 |
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| 8. | "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" | Jim Weatherly | 5:06 |
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| Total length: | 44:27 |
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- David Sanborn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto sax solos
- Marcus Miller – acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha GS2, Oberheim OB-Xa, vocoder, Moog bass, guitars (rhythm, lead and acoustic), Fender bass, fretless bass, percussion, steel drums, timpani, backing vocals (1, 3), BGV arrangements (1)
- Michael Colina – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 4, 6), Roland Jupiter-8 (1, 2, 4, 6), vocoder (1, 2, 4, 6)
- Hiram Bullock – Fender Rhodes (1), Yamaha GS2 (1), Moog bass (1), rhythm and lead guitars (1)
- Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4)
- Ralph MacDonald – congas (2, 8), percussion (2, 8)
- Barry Johnson – backing vocals (3)
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (8)
- Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (8)
- Luther Vandross – backing vocals (8)
- Marcus Miller – producer
- Michael Colina – producer
- Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing
- Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer, technical maintenance
- Wayne Warnecke – assistant engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
- Katherine Jewel – music contractor
- Shirley Klein – album coordinator
- Marc Silag – assistant production manager
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Laura LiPuma – design
- Lou Beach – front cover college
- Desiree Rohr – back cover illustration
- Patrick Raines & Associates – management
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