Partners in Crime (album)

Partners in Crime
Studio album by Rupert Holmes
Released October 5, 1979
Recorded January – July 1979; Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Soft rock
Label Infinity, MCA
Producer Rupert Holmes, Jim Boyer
Rupert Holmes chronology
Pursuit of Happiness
(1978)		 Partners in Crime
(1979)		 Adventure
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

Partners in Crime is an album by American singer-songwriter and musician Rupert Holmes, includes the hits "Him" and "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", the latter of which was the Billboard #1 hit of December 1979 and January 1980; it was the only single to hold the #1 position in both years and in different decades. The album itself reached #33 on the Billboard Album Charts. 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.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Rupert Holmes

  1. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" – 4:34
  2. "Partners in Crime" – 5:14
  3. "Nearsighted" – 2:49
  4. "Lunch Hour" – 4:38
  5. "Drop It" – 4:10
  6. "Him" – 4:04
  7. "Answering Machine" – 3:33
  8. "The People That You Never Get to Love" – 3:46
  9. "Get Outta Yourself" – 4:43
  10. "In You I Trust" – 4:49

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Jason Elias. "Partners in Crime - Rupert Holmes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 7–20): 31.
  3. ↑ "Rupert Holmes - Partners In Crime (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
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