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
Released	1980
Studio	Various C.J.M. Studios The Town House
Genre	Funk blue-eyed soul post-disco reggae
Length	40:21
Label	A&M
Producer	Chaz Jankel Peter Van Hooke Mark Isham Chris Warwick
Chaz Jankel chronology
Chas Jankel (1980) Chasanova (1981)
Singles from Chas Jankel
"Ai No Corrida" Released: 1980 "Am I Honest With Myself Really?" Released: 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ai No Corrida"	Chaz Jankel Kenny Young	9:10
2.	"Peace, At Last"		2:50
3.	"Just a Thought"	Jankel Mark Newton-Carter	5:16
4.	"Lenta Latina"		3:53

All tracks are written by Chaz Jankel, except where noted

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Fuse"	Mark Isham Peter Van Hooke	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Little Eva"	Jankel Ian Dury	4:58

Personnel

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

• Chaz Jankel – lead and background vocals; guitar; keyboards; synthesizer; percussion
• Mark Isham – soprano saxophone; trumpet; synthesizer
• Chris Hunter – alto saxophone; tenor saxophone
• Peter Van Hooke – drums; percussion
• Chris Warwick – synthesizer programming; percussion
• Kuma Harada – bass guitar on "Just a Thought", and "Lenta Latina"
• Paul Westwood – 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 – engineer
• Mick Glossop – engineer
• Philip Bagenal – engineer
• Steve Prestage – engineer
• Michael Ross – art direction
• Simon Ryan – design
• Mike Putland – back cover photography

See also

• List of albums released in 1980

References

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

External links

• Chas Jankel at Discogs (list of releases)