As We Speak

As We Speak
As We Speak
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Warner Bros., North Hollywood; Record Plant, Los Angeles; George Massenburg Studio, Santa Monica; Mediasound, New York City; Soundworks, New York City;
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	39:39
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Robert Margouleff
David Sanborn chronology

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.^[3]^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.^[5]

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Port of Call"	Michael Sembello, Dan Sembello	4:29
2.	"Better Believe It"	Marcus Miller	3:31
3.	"Rush Hour"	Miller	4:43
4.	"Over and Over"	Don Freeman, Miller	4:12
5.	"Back Again"	Belfield, Freeman	3:52

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"As We Speak"	Sanborn, Michael Sembello	4:17
7.	"Straight to the Heart"	Miller	3:26
8.	"Rain on Christmas"	Sanborn	4:47
9.	"Love Will Come Someday"	Michael Sembello, David Batteau	6:17

David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), saxophone section (1, 4), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 6, 9)
Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizers (2, 7, 8)
Michael Sembello – guitars, lead vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (5)
Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizers (4)
Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine (4)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Additional musicians

Sources:^[6]

^ Yanow, Scott. "As We Speak – David Sanborn | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 175. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ "Studio Track". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media. March 27, 1982. p. 86. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "David Sanborn". Down Beat. 49. Maher Publications: 86. 1982. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Green, Paul (October 9, 1982). "WB Bags 5 out of 10". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media. p. 6. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ In Concert (CD media notes). David Sanborn. Warner Bros. 1982. Booklet. 7599-23650-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "As We Speak (200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ "As We Speak (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2020.