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]

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.

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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