Description
Partners in Crime is the fifth studio album by British-American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes, released on August 5, 1979. The album was Holmes’s most commercially successful record and includes all three of Holmes’s solo top 40 hits: “Him“, “Answering Machine”, and “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)“. The effort’s biggest hit, the ingratiating “Escape” (The Pina Colada Song),” though skilled, is cutesy enough to make some people’s eyes roll.
The album’s best ballad, “The People That You Never Get to Love” has Holmes again giving a warm and confident vocal.
Video: Rupert olmes – Escape (The Piña Colada Song) 1979
Tracklist:
All songs are written and arranged by Rupert Holmes.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” Drums – Steve Jordan | 4:36 |
| 2. | “Partners in Crime” Soloist – Rupert Holmes | 5:16 |
| 3. | “Nearsighted” Soloist [Guitar] – Dean Bailin | 2:52 |
| 4. | “Lunch Hour” Soloist [Guitar] – Dean Bailin | 4:40 |
| 5. | “Drop It” Soloist [Guitar] – Dean Bailin | 4:12 |
| 6. | “Him” Soloist – Rupert Holmes | 4:06 |
| 7. | “Answering Machine” Backing Vocals – Chrissy Faith | 3:35 |
| 8. | “The People that You Never Get to Love” | 3:47 |
| 9. | “Get Outta Yourself” Voice [Trumpet] – Bob Gurland | 4:45 |
| 10. | “In You I Trust” Soloist [Guitar] – Dean Bailin | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 42:40 | |
Credits:
- Art Direction, Design Concept [Cover Concept], Design – Peter Corriston
- Bass Trombone – Dave Taylor*
- Drums – Leo Adamian
- Electric Bass – Frank Gravis
- Engineer [Associate at A&R Recording Studios] – Ollie Cotton
- Engineer [Associate at Plaza Sound] – Eric Bloch*
- Engineer, Mixed By – Jim Boyer
- Executive-Producer, Supervised By [Creative Supervision], Management [Personal Management & Direction] – Normand Kurtz
- French Horn – Peter Gordon (8)
- Guitar – Dean Bailin
- Management [Personal Management & Direction For] – Dartmouth Management Inc.
- Mastered By – Ted Jensen
- Percussion – Victoria (8)
- Photography By – Brian Hagiwara
- Producer – Jim Boyer, Rupert Holmes
- Strings – The Gene Orloff Section
- Trombone – Wayne Andre
- Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone, Synthesizer, Written-By, Arranged By – Rupert Holmes
