Offramp

Offramp
For a highway offramp see, Interchange (road).
Offramp
Studio album by Pat Metheny Group
Released 1982
Recorded October 1981
Genre Fusion, Jazz
Length 42:22
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Pat Metheny Group chronology
American Garage
(1980)		 Offramp
(1982)		 Travels
(1983)
Pat Metheny chronology
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
(1981)		 Offramp
(1982)		 Travels
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

Offramp is the Grammy Award winning third album by Pat Metheny Group, released in 1982. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1983.[2]

Offramp is the first studio recording on which Metheny used the guitar synthesizer.[3]

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays.

Side I
No. Title Length
1. "Barcarole" (Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Nana Vasconcelos) 3:17
2. "Are You Going With Me?"   8:47
3. "Au Lait"   8:32
Side II
No. Title Length
1. "Eighteen" (Metheny, Mays, and Vasconcelos) 5:08
2. "Offramp"   5:59
3. "James"   6:47
4. "The Bat Part II"   3:50

Personnel

Charts

According to Billboard, Offramp reached #1 on the Jazz Album chart[4] and #50 on the Pop Album chart.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1983 Pat Metheny Group Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex (2011 [last update]). "Offramp - Pat Metheny Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143831. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Brink, Bob (23 November 1984). "Metheny Over Miami". The Miami News: pp. C1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p6AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989,2278886&dq=offramp+grammy&hl=en. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Birosik, Patti Jean (1989). The New Age music guide: profiles and recordings of 500 top New Age musicians. Collier Books. pp. 125. ISBN 9780020416401. 
  4. ^ "Asia Not Minor on Debut; Metheny: U.S. Stands Pat". Billboard: pp. 5. 17 July 1982. http://books.google.com/books?id=kCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT5. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
v · Pat Metheny Group

Pat Metheny • Lyle Mays • Steve Rodby • Antonio Sanchez • Cuong Vu • Grégoire Maret • Nando Lauria

Mark Egan • Danny Gottlieb • Naná Vasconcelos • Pedro Aznar • Paul Wertico • Armando Marcal • David Blamires • Mark Ledford • Luis Conte • Richard Bona
Discography
Pat Metheny Group (1978) • American Garage (1980) • Offramp (1982) • Travels (1983) • First Circle (1984) • The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) • Still Life (Talking) (1987) • Letter from Home (1989) • The Road to You (1993) • We Live Here (1995) • Quartet (1996) • Imaginary Day (1997) • Speaking of Now (2002) • The Way Up (2005)

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