Storm at Sunup

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{{Infobox album

| name = Storm at Sunup

| type = studio

| artist = Gino Vannelli

| cover =Storm at Sunup.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1975

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = A&M (Los Angeles)

| genre = Jazz fusion, Art rock, Progressive rock

| length = 35:56

| label = A&M Records

| producer = {{plainlist|*Gino Vannelli

  • Joe Vannelli}}

| prev_title = Powerful People

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = The Gist of the Gemini

| next_year = 1976

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = All Music Group

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.0|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/storm-at-sunup-mw0001989842|title=Storm at Sunup – Gino Vannelli|publisher=All Music Group|author=Jason Elias}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)

| rev2score = {{Rating|1.0|5}}DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly and Henke, James; The Rolling Stone Album Guide – Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist, p. 733 {{ISBN|0679737294}}

}}

Storm at Sunup is the third album by Italian-Canadian jazz-pop singer-songwriter, Gino Vannelli, and was produced by Vannelli and his brother Joe. Unlike his other albums, Storm at Sunup is a jazz fusion album with much less pop influence, though earlier hits such as "People Gotta Move" and "Powerful People" do show jazz influences. The album features contributions by Graham Lear, who would soon go on to be Santana's drummer.

The title track was chosen by famed choreographer Lionel Blair for use in a dance sequence that was part of a 1976 episode of the television series Space: 1999 titled "One Moment of Humanity". A pared-down, instrumental version of the song was specially recorded for the episode by series composer Derek Wadsworth.{{Cite web|url=http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/epguide/t27omoh.html|title=One Moment of Humanity Episode Guide- Space: 1999 Catacombs|website=catacombs.space1999.net|access-date=2016-10-25}} Storm at Sunup and Love Me Now were covered by Buddy Rich on his album Speak No Evil.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| total_length = 16:40

| all_writing = Gino Vannelli

| title1 = Storm at Sunup

| length1 = 6:37

| title2 = Love Me Now

| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = Mama Coco

| length3 = 3:06

| title4 = Father and Son

| length4 = 3:13

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| total_length = 18:52

| title1 = Where Am I Going

| length1 = 7:47

| title2 = Keep On Walking

| length2 = 3:49

| title3 = Love Is a Night

| length3 = 3:51

| title4 = Gettin' High

| length4 = 3:25

}}

Personnel

= Production =

  • Produced and Arranged by Gino Vannelli and Joe Vannelli.
  • Synthesizer, horn and string arrangements by Gino Vannelli and Richard Baker.
  • Engineer – Tommy Vicari
  • Assistant Engineer – Ed Thacker
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction – Roland Young
  • Design and Photography – Bob Seidemann
  • Record label – Ariola Benelux B.V.
  • Manufactured by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
  • Distributed by Ariola Eurodisc Benelux B.V.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.

= Musicians =

  • Gino Vannelli – lead and backing vocals
  • Joe Vannelli – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizers
  • Richard Baker – organ, synthesizers, synth bass
  • Jay Graydon – electric guitars
  • Graham Lear – drums
  • John J. Mandel – percussion
  • Sergio Pastora – congas, talking drum
  • Don Bailey – harmonica
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Ross Vannelli – backing vocals
  • Sally Stevens – backing vocals

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col" |Chart (1975)

! scope="col" |Peak

position

scope="row" |Canada (RPM Magazine){{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4012a.pdf |title=Gino Vannelli – Storm at Sunup |magazine=RPM |access-date=2022-10-27}}

|45

{{album chart|Billboard200|66|artist=Gino Vannelli|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 15, 2021}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Single

!Chart

!Position

1975

|"Love Me Now"

|Canada (RPM magazine)

|align="center"|75{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Gino+Vannelli&ChartEn=Top+Singles&|title=Gino Vannelli - Top Singles|work=RPM|date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=October 15, 2021}}

1976

|"Keep On Walking"

|Canada (RPM magazine)

|align="center"|82

References

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