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Extensions is the fifth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer, released on October 31, 1979, by Atlantic Records.

Marking a new era for the group, the album was the first one with Cheryl Bentyne, who replaced Laurel Massé in early 1979. It was also their first album with Jay Graydon in the producer’s chair and their first to contain songs that were hits in both the jazz and pop categories.

The New York Times wrote that the album “carries their exploration of group harmony to a level of seriousness that finally establishes them as the legitimate heirs of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and the Hi-Lo’s.”

Track listing:
1. “Birdland” Jon Hendricks, Joe Zawinul 6:00
2. “Wacky Dust” Stanley Adams, Oscar Levant 3:10
3. “Nothin’ You Can Do About It” David Foster, Jay Graydon, Steve Kipner 4:25
4. “Coo Coo-U” Bill Loughborough, David “Buck” Wheat 2:13
5. “Body and Soul” Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour 4:26
6. “Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone” Bernard Herrmann / Jay Graydon, Alan Paul 6:05
7. “Trickle Trickle” Clarence Bassett 2:19
8. “Shaker Song” Jay Beckenstein, David Lasley, Allee Willis 4:30
9. “Foreign Affair” Tom Waits 3:54

Personnel:
The Manhattan Transfer:

Cheryl Bentyne – vocals, arrangements (7)
Tim Hauser – vocals, arrangements (4, 7, 8), vocal arrangement (8)
Alan Paul – vocals, arrangements (6, 7)
Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangement (1, 2, 8), arrangements (7, 8)

Musicians:

Michael Omartian – acoustic piano (1, 7), rhythm arrangements (1)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1, 4, 6), synthesizer programming (2), vocoder (4)
Greg Mathieson – synthesizers (2), bass (2), rhythm arrangements (2, 8), synth solo (3), arrangements (4), acoustic piano (8), Fender Rhodes (8)
David Foster – acoustic piano (3), synthesizers (3), arrangements (3)
Ian Underwood – synthesizers (3)
Jay Graydon – vocal arrangements (2), synthesizers (3), guitar (3, 6, 7), arrangements (3, 6, 7), muted guitars (6), guitar solo (6), additional vocals (6), gut-string guitar (8), synthesizer programming (8)
Bill Mays – acoustic piano (5)
Jai Winding – acoustic piano (6)
Jimmy Wyble – rhythm guitar (2)
Steve Lukather – rhythm guitar (6)
Dean Parks – guitar (7), electric guitar (8)
David Hungate – bass (1–3, 6)
Chuck Domanico – bass (5)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (7)
Andy Muson – bass (8)
Ralph Humphrey – drums (1–3, 5, 7)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1, 6), anvil (6), bongos (6)
Alex Acuña – drums (8)
Paulinho da Costa – congas (7), percussion (8)
Richie Cole – alto saxophone (1), alto sax solo (8)
Don Roberts – piccolo flute (6), tenor sax solo (7)
Phil Mattson – arrangements (5)
Gene Puerling – arrangements (9)
Clare Fischer – conductor (9)

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Released: October 31, 1979
Length: 37:02
Label: Atlantic
Producer: Jay Graydon