Observations & Reflections
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Observations & Reflections is a studio album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham, released in 1982 on the Elektra/Musician label.[1] The album rose to No. 25 on the Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart.[2]
| Observations & Reflections | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1982 |
| Studio | Normandy Recording Studios, Warren, Rhode Island |
| Genre | Jazz fusion |
| Label | Elektra/Musician |
| Producer | Billy Cobham |
Observations & Reflections was produced by Billy Cobham.[1]
Cobham covered "Take It To The Sky" by Earth, Wind & Fire which came off the band's 1980 album Faces.[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| Billboard | (favourable)[5] |
| Detroit Free Press | (favourable)[6] |
The album was released to favorable reviews, and continued to gain momentum through the years.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jailbait" | Tim Landers | 5:10 |
| 2. | "M.S.R" | Dean Brown | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Arroyo" | Billy Cobham | 7:56 |
- Dean Brown - guitar
- Bill Cobham - drums
- Gil Goldstein - keyboards
- Tim Landers - bass
- ^ a b c Billy Cobham: Observations & Reflections. Elektra Records. 1982.
- ^ Top Jazz LPs. Billboard Magazine. July 31, 1982. p. 36.
- ^ Take It to the Sky by Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie.
- ^ Taylor, Robert. "Billy Cobham: Observations & Reflections". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard Magazine. June 12, 1982. p. 96.
- ^ Graff, Gary (September 19, 1982). "Jazz: Eclectic Electrics get Better and Better". newspapers.com. Detroit Free Press. p. 64.