''There & Back'' is the fourth studio solo album by guitarist
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...
, released in June 1980 through
Epic Records
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.
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'' AllMusic''. RhythmOne. Retrieved 31 March 2020. The album reached No. 10 and 21 on the U.S.
''Billboard'' Jazz Albums and
''Billboard'' 200 charts respectively,
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'' AllMusic''. RhythmOne. Retrieved 31 March 2020. and No. 36 on the
Swedish albums chart
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.
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The album showcases Beck's stylistic shift towards
instrumental rock whilst largely retaining the
jazz fusion
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elements of his two previous releases, ''
Blow by Blow'' (1975) and ''
Wired'' (1976). "Star Cycle" was used for a number of years as the theme song for both ''
Mid-South Wrestling'' in the United States and the British music programme ''
The Tube''; "The Pump" was featured in the 1983 film ''
Risky Business
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''; "Too Much to Lose" is an instrumental cover of a song composed by keyboardist
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as his film scores fo ...
that was originally featured on the
Jan Hammer Group's 1977 album ''Melodies''.
Track listing
Personnel
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...
– guitar, producer
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Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as his film scores fo ...
– keyboard (tracks 1–3), drums (track 1)
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Tony Hymas – keyboard (tracks 4–8)
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Simon Phillips – drums (tracks 2–7)
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Mo Foster – bass (tracks 4–7)
Technical
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Ken Scott – producer
Charts
References
External links
Jeff Beck - ''There & Back'' (1980)at Prog Archives
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Jeff Beck albums
1980 albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by Ken Scott