''Breakaway'' is the sixth and final

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

recorded by the

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

female vocal trio First Choice, released in 1980 on the

Gold Mind Gold Mind Records was the record label of guitarist Norman Harris, distributed via Salsoul Records. Many of the early Gold Mind tracks were amalgamated by DJ Walter Gibbons. These tracks date from the late 1970s; a couple of years later, Salsou ...

label. The album includes the title track, which peaked at No. 80 on the

Hot Dance/Disco Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as t ...

chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Octave Lab Records.

Track listing

Personnel

*Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, Debbie Martin – vocals *Keith Benson – drums *Jimmy Williams – bass *Eric C. Butler – acoustic piano *

Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to " Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born ...

, Carlton "Cotton" Kent, T.G. Conway, Eugene Curry – keyboards * Norman Harris,

Bobby Eli Bobby Eli is an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB. Overview A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and arranger, Eli ...

T.J. Tindall Thomas Joshua Tindall (1950 – January 26, 2016) was an American guitarist. He was a member of MFSB and played on 38 gold and platinum funk and R&B records and more than 30 hits produced by Gamble and Huff in the 1970s and 1980s. Tindall is consid ...

, Dennis Harris, Edward Moore, James Turner, Richard Adderly – guitars *Larry Washington,

Ron Tyson The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 1 ...

– congas *Melvin Steals, Mervin Steals, Richard Adderly – percussion *George Bussey – saxophone *Richard Adderly – vibes *Don Renaldo – strings, horns

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980 albums First Choice (band) albums Albums produced by Norman Harris Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Gold Mind Records albums