As We Speak

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on the Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing
Credits adapted from Discogs.

Vinyl release
Side one
 * 1) "Port of Call" (Michael Sembello, Dan Sembello)  – 4:26
 * 2) "Better Believe It" (Marcus Miller)  – 3:31
 * 3) "Rush Hour" (Miller)  – 4:42
 * 4) "Over and Over" (Don Freeman, Miller)  – 4:13
 * 5) "Back Again" (Dennis Belfield, Freeman)  – 3:45

Side two
 * 1) "As We Speak" (David Sanborn, Sembello)  – 4:17
 * 2) "Straight to the Heart" (Miller)  – 3:26
 * 3) "Rain on Christmas" (Sanborn)  – 4:46
 * 4) "Love Will Come Someday" (David Batteau, Sembello) – 6:20

CD release
Credits adapted from AllMusic.


 * 1) "Port of Call" – 4:26
 * 2) "Better Believe It" – 3:31
 * 3) "Rush Hour" – 4:42
 * 4) "Over and Over"  – 4:13
 * 5) "Back Again" – 3:45
 * 6) "As We Speak" – 4:17
 * 7) "Straight to the Heart" – 3:26
 * 8) "Rain on Christmas" – 4:46
 * 9) "Love Will Come Someday"> – 6:20

Personnel

 * David Sanborn – keyboards, alto saxophone
 * Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine
 * Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizer
 * Michael Sembello – electric guitar; lead vocals and background vocals on "Back Again"
 * Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizer
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Guest artists
 * Howard "Buzz" Feiten – rhythm guitar on "Port of Call"
 * Bill Evans – saxophone section on "Over and Over"
 * George Duke – clavinet on "Port of Call"
 * Malando Gassama – percussion on "Back Again"
 * Robert A. Martin – French horn on "Love Will Come Someday"
 * Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet on "Port of Call"
 * Lance Ong – synthesizer on "Rain on Christmas"
 * Cruz Baca Sembello – background vocals on "Back Again" and "Love Will Come Someday"
 * James Skelton – Hammond B-3 organ on "Over and Over"
 * Spike – synthesizer and IRT strings on "Back Again", "As we Speak", "Rain on Christmas" and "Love Will Come Someday"

Production Sources:
 * Karat Faye –  engineer
 * Robert Margouleff – producer
 * Howard Siegel – engineer
 * Stephen Marcussen – mastering