The third album by the Pat Metheny Group was released in 1982. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance and contains the popular ballad "Are You Going with Me?". Offramp is the first studio album on which Metheny used a guitar synthesizer, which subsequently became one of Metheny's most frequently used instruments. Offramp is also the first Group album to feature vocals.
Tracklist:
1 Barcarole 3:17
2 Are You Going With Me? 8:47
3 Au Lait 8:32
4 Eighteen 5:08
5 Offramp 5:59
6 James 6:47
7 The Bat Part II 3:50
Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Steve Rodby
Drums – Danny Gottlieb
Guitar Synthesizer, Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier Guitar] – Pat Metheny
Percussion, Voice, Berimbau – Nana Vasconcelos
Piano, Synthesizer, Autoharp, Organ, Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Lyle Mays