- For a highway offramp see, Interchange (road).
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.[3] It is well known for containing the group's signature song, the jazz fusion ballad Are You Going With Me?.
Offramp is the first studio recording on which Metheny used a guitar synthesizer (a Roland GR-300)[4] controlled with a Roland G-303 guitar synthesiser controller.[5]
Track listing
All music composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, except where noted.
1. |
"Eighteen" (Metheny, Mays, and Vasconcelos) |
5:08 |
2. |
"Offramp" |
5:59 |
3. |
"James" |
6:47 |
4. |
"The Bat Part II" |
3:50 |
"The Bat Part II" is a composition originally recorded by Metheny in the collaborative jazz album 80/81, in 1980.
Personnel
Charts
According to Billboard, Offramp reached #1 on the Jazz Album chart – a position it held for 16 weeks[6] – and #50 on the Pop Album chart.
Awards
Grammy Awards
References
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