Partners in Crime is the fifth studio album by British-American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes, released on August 5, 1979. The album was Holmes's most commercially successful record and includes all three of Holmes's solo top 40 hits: "Him", "Answering Machine", and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)". "Escape" was the top Billboard hit of December 1979 and January 1980; it was the only single to hold the number-one position in both years and in different decades. Although "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" was released as a single on Infinity Records, "Him" was released on MCA Records; the Infinity catalog had been absorbed by MCA at the time the latter single was released. The album itself reached number 33 on the Billboard 200.
Contents
Track listing
All songs are written and arranged by Rupert Holmes.
Personnel
Musicians
Rupert Holmes – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, saxophone
Dean Bailin – guitar
Frank Gravis – bass
Leo Adamian – drums (all tracks), double drums (track 1)
Victoria – percussion
Peter Gordon – French horn
Wayne Andre – trombone
Dave Taylor – bass trombone
The Gene Orloff Section – strings
Steve Jordan – double drums (track 1)
Chrissy Faith – background vocals (track 7)
Bob Gurland – voiced trumpet (track 9)
Production
Rupert Holmes – production
Jim Boyer – production, engineering, mixing
Eric Bloch – associate engineering
Ollie Cotton – associate engineering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Normand Kurtz – executive production
Artwork
Peter Corriston – art direction, cover concept and design
Brian Hagiwara – photography