There & Back is the third studio solo album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in June 1980 through Epic Records. The album reached No. 10 and 21 on the U.S. Billboard Jazz Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively, and No. 36 on the Swedish albums chart. Notably, There & Back showcases Beck’s stylistic shift towards instrumental rock while largely retaining the jazz fusion elements of his two previous releases, Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). The opening track, “Star Cycle”, was used for a number of years as the theme song for the British music programme The Tube (1982–87); “The Pump” was featured in the 1983 film Risky Business; “Too Much to Lose” is an instrumental cover of a song composed by keyboardist Jan Hammer that was originally featured on the Jan Hammer Group’s 1977 album Melodies.
Tracks
1 Star Cycle (Jan Hammer) 04:59
2 Too Much To Lose (Jan Hammer) 02:59
3 You Never Know (Jan Hammer) 04:04
4 The Pump (Simon Phillips; Tony Hymas) 05:50
5 El Becko (Simon Phillips; Tony Hymas) 04:01
6 The Golden Road (Simon Phillips; Tony Hymas) 04:58
7 Space Boogie (Simon Phillips; Tony Hymas) 05:08
8 The Final Peace (Jeff Beck; Tony Hymas) 03:39
Musicians
1 Star Cycle
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Jan Hammer |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Jan Hammer |
2 Too Much To Lose
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Jan Hammer |
3 You Never Know
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Jan Hammer |
4 The Pump
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Tony Hymas |
5 El Becko
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Tony Hymas |
6 The Golden Road
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Tony Hymas |
7 Space Boogie
Bass | Mo Foster |
Drums | Simon Phillips |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Tony Hymas |
8 The Final Peace
Bass | Mo Foster |
Guitar | Jeff Beck |
Keyboards | Tony Hymas |
Liner Notes
Co-producer – Jeff Beck, Ken Scott
Design, Photography By – John Berg
Mastered At Customatrix
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
October 4, 2015 @ 12:47
Oh Yeah! A huge fave to me 🙂