Offramp
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. 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) controlled with a Roland G-303 guitar synthesiser controller.
Track listing
All music composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, except where noted.
"The Bat Part II" is a composition originally recorded by Metheny in the collaborative jazz album 80/81, in 1980.
Personnel
Pat Metheny – electric and acoustic guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, Synclavier
Lyle Mays – piano, synthesizers, autoharp, electric organ, Synclavier
Steve Rodby – acoustic and electric bass
Dan Gottlieb – drums
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion, voice, berimbau
Charts
According to Billboard, Offramp reached #1 on the Jazz Album chart – a position it held for 16 weeks – and #50 on the Pop Album chart.