Breakout
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	June 1986
Recorded	1985
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre	Jazz, fusion
Length	38:49
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra, Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Alternating Currents (1985) Breakout (1986) Stories Without Words (1987)

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Breakout is the tenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1986. It was the last album co-produced by Richard Calandra, who died of cancer in October 1986.

The band produced a music video for the song "Bob Goes to the Store" that was partially shot from the point of view of a roaming dog ("Bob").

Breakout peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top Jazz Album chart on September 27, 1986 and at No. 71 on the "Billboard 200" pop album chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Bob Goes to the Store" (Kim Stone) – 4:36
2. "Freefall" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:52
3. "Doubletake" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:05
4. "Breakout" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:37
5. "Body Wave" (Richie Morales, Mark Gray) – 4:09
6. "Whirlwind" (Dave Samuels) – 5:37
7. "Swept Away" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:43
8. "Guiltless" (Tom Schuman) – 5:10

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Kim Stone – bass guitar
• Richie Morales – drums
• Dave Samuels – KAT Polyphonic mallet synthesizer, vibraphone, marimba
• Manolo Badrena – percussion

Additional Personnel

• Eddie Jobson – Synclavier programming

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – co-producer
• Larry Swist – engineer, front cover illustration
• Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• Spencer Drate – art direction, design
• Judith Salavetz – design
• Duane Michals – rear cover photography
• Phil Brennan – management

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