In the German-speaking countries, it was unable to make it into the charts. It also reached number 1 in New Zealand, number 4 in the United Kingdom and number 11 in the Netherlands. In Australia, the album even climbed to the top of the charts and was the fourth most successful album of the year. It has been awarded diamond and double platinum in the country. It reached number 2 in the charts, was the second most successful album in 1993 and is among the 100 best-selling albums of all time. The only positive thing about the work, according to the magazine, would be that at least it wouldn't sound uncomfortable.īreathless has been a huge commercial success in some countries. In a ranking published by Billboard of the 92 albums that were awarded a diamond in the USA by the end of September 2016, Breathless came in last. Even if one wants to counter the hatred that has meanwhile become a cliché and which is shown towards the artist, one must ultimately understand that the criticism is not accidental. It would sound like the performer was on autopilot. However, according to them, it does not matter in the end, as the album would lack soul and innovation in one style as well as the other. Retrospective reviews differentiate here and rate Breathless as a pop album within its smooth jazz genre. After its release, the album, like all of Kenny G's oeuvre, was severely panned and rejected by the jazz scene due to its proximity to pop music. Peabo Bryson )Įven If My Heart Would Break (Kenny G & Aaron Neville )īreathless received mostly negative reviews. In it is the name of the artist in red and underneath the album title in white.īy the Time This Night is Over (feat. In the upper left corner you can see a black text box with a white bar on the left and right. The upper part of a saxophone can be seen in front of him. He is wearing a denim jacket and a light shirt and is smiling at the camera. The cover artwork shows a black and white picture of Kenny G from the chest up. However, no top ten positions were achieved.Įxcept for the title By the Time This Night is Over and Even If My Heart Would Break all the tracks on the album are entirely instrumental kept, also can be without exception, all the genre of Smooth Jazz assign and presented, other than the piece G-Bop, Ballads is In addition to the saxophone, which is used as the lead instrument on all songs, soft keyboards mixed in the background and drum computers, some of which Kenny G programmed himself, are featured on the tracks. With the exception of the last title, all of them were able to place themselves in the US charts the first two also in the UK. įour singles were released from the album: Forever in Love, By the Time This Night is Over, Sentimental and Even If My Heart Would Break. The singers Peabo Bryson and Aaron Neville appear as guest performers on these songs. Both were produced by David Foster and Walter Afanasieff, who co-produced other titles alongside Dan Shea. By the Time This Night is Over was written by Andy Goldmark, Diane Warrick and Michael Bolton, while Even If My Heart Would Break was written by Adrian Gurvitz and Frannie Golde. Kenny G composed and produced all twelve instrumentals on the album himself.