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Run for Your Life (Yellowjackets album)

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Run for Your Life
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedO'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA)
The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
GenreJazz
Length53:22
LabelGRP[1]
ProducerYellowjackets[2]
Yellowjackets chronology
Like a River
(1993)
Run for Your Life
(1994)
Dreamland
(1995)

Run for Your Life is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1994.[3][4] The album reached a peak position of number eight on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[5] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Charlotte Observer[8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music[9]

The Globe and Mail opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable."[10] The Charlotte Observer called Run for Your Life "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jacket Town"Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy5:25
2."Even Song"Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Kennedy6:33
3."Runferyerlife"Bob Mintzer4:22
4."The Red Sea"Mintzer5:45
5."Muhammed"Ferrante, Haslip6:47
6."City of Lights"Ferrante6:56
7."Sage"Mintzer5:04
8."Ancestors"Mintzer5:01
9."Wisdom"Ferrante, Haslip7:29

Personnel

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Yellowjackets

Additional musicians

Production

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  • Yellowjackets – producers
  • Mick Guzauski – recording engineer
  • James Farber – recording engineer, mixing
  • Richard Landers – assistant engineer
  • Gil Morales – assistant engineer
  • Chad Blinman – mix assistant
  • Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer
  • Michael Landy – post-production engineer
  • Kevin Gray – mastering
  • Sally G. Poppe – production coordinator
  • Margi Denton – design
  • Tim Lewis – illustration
  • Philip Avery Noble – photography

Studios

  • Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA) and The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Mixed at The Complex
  • Mastered at Location Recording Service (Burbank, CA).
  • Post-Production at The Review Room (New York, NY).

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[5] 8

References

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  1. ^ Chapman, Geoff (2 Apr 1994). "Run For Your Life". Toronto Star. p. K8.
  2. ^ "Album reviews — Run For Your Life by Yellowjackets". Billboard. 106 (12): 62. Mar 19, 1994.
  3. ^ Darragh, Tim (18 Feb 1994). "YELLOWJACKETS TRUE TO ROOTS DESPITE COMMERCIAL APPEAL". The Morning Call. p. D7.
  4. ^ "Yellowjackets Take Expansive Approach". downbeat.com. January 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "Yellowjackets". Recording Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ Yanow, Scott. Yellowjackets: Run for Your Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Jazzy". The Charlotte Observer. May 27, 1994. p. 7E.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. MUZE. p. 487.
  10. ^ Miller, Mark (28 Feb 1994). "Run For Your Life/Yellowjackets". The Globe and Mail. p. C2.