Breathless (Kenny G album)

Infobox Album
Name = Breathless
Type = Album
Artist = Kenny G


Released = October 20, 1992
Recorded = 1992
Genre = Jazz
Length = 69:57 (U.S. release)
75:12 (all other releases)
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Kenny G
Walter Afanasieff
David Foster
Dan Shea
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yfjc7i38g76r link]
Last album = "Kenny G Live"
(1989)
This album = "Breathless"
(1992)
Next album = "The Collection"
(1993)

"Breathless" is the sixth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1992, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:omkzu3rgan6k~T3 Charts & Awards] at Allmusic] The track "Forever in Love" won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 1994 ceremony [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3f67gjyr86ic~T32 Grammy Awards] at Allmusic] and reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100.The album remains Kenny G's best seller, with twelve platinum certifications.

Track listing

#"The Joy of Life" - 4:19
#"Forever in Love" - 4:58
#"In the Rain" - 4:59
#"Sentimental" - 6:34
#"By the Time This Night Is Over" (featuring Peabo Bryson) - 4:45
#"End of the Night" - 5:21
#"Alone" - 5:24
#"Morning" - 5:13
#"Even if My Heart Would Break" (featuring Aaron Neville) - 4:58
#"G-Bop" - 4:05
#"Sister Rose" - 6:13
#"A Year Ago" - 5:15
#"Homeland" - 4:32
#"Jasmine Flower" - 4:42 (not available on the U.S. version of the album)
#"The Wedding Song" - 3:21

Chart positions

Album

ingles

Information taken from this source. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n9ex97ujkrjt~T31 Billboard Singles] at Allmusic]

Samples

multi-listen item
filename=Kenny G - The Joy of Life.ogg
title="The Joy of Life"
description=Sample from Kenny G's "The Joy of Life". From the album Breathless.
format=Oggmulti-listen item
filename=Kenny G - End of The Night.ogg
title="End of The Night"
description=Sample from Kenny G's "End of The Night". From the album Breathless.
format=Ogg

References

succession box
before = "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
by Lenny Kravitz
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = May 16 - May 22 1993
after = "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" by Spin Doctors