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Track Listings
| 1. Route 101 |
| 2. Rise |
| 3. Red Hot |
| 4. You Are The One |
| 5. Fandango |
| 6. Garden Party |
| 7. It's All For You |
| 8. Magic Man |
| 9. Rotation |
| 10. '8' Ball |
| 11. Street Life |
| 12. Maniac |
| 13. Bullish |
| 14. Beyond |
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Of Herb Alpert 1979-85
30 July 1999
By Michael Daly
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Herb Alpert's best numbers from 1979-85 are featured on this disc, and display the power and tenderness of Alpert and his band.
Route 101 kicks things off before we segue into the full seven-minute version of Rise. After that comes Red Hot. This 1983 number is a remake of a number off Alpert's 1980 album Beyond - curiously, Beyond the LP has never been released on CD, a galling oversight because it was a terrific, harder-edged follow-up to the Rise long player.
There are several mellow numbers here, including You Are The One and the sexy It's All For You (both featuring engaging Brenda Russell vocals). Fandango is a Tijuana Brass-flavored number from 1982 that leads to Alpert's fll-fledged Brass reunion in the stampeding 1984 number Bullish.
Alpert teams with singer-wife Lani Hall for 1984's cover of Maniac, and they manage to vastly improve on the original with changes in the rhythms.
Beyond closes out the album, an intimidating sci-fi flavored six-minute flow that should have been as popular as Rise because of its sheer power.
The only problem is that some numbers are conspicuously missing - The Continental, Aronjuez (Mon Amour), 1980, and Behind The Rain. Nonetheless, this CD is a treat.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Alpert proved to be as vital in the 80's as in the 60's.
21 Nov 1999
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Four years after the last Tijuana Brass LP, Coney Island, Herb Alpert hit the top of the pop and R&B charts with the slow grind classic, Rise. Throughout the next decade he released album after album of smart and tasty instrumental classics. This album is a very definitive overview of his work from 1979 - 1985. It hops from one genre to the next, featuring AC, R&B, Latin and even Techno influenced tunes, proving Alpert's versatility and adaptability in the ever changing world of pop music. It contains single edits of a few tunes (Street Life, Garden Party) but full length versions of most of the tracks (Rise, and Beyond in particular). I prefer the LP version of Garden Party but it's a minor quibble in an otherwise faultless compilation. And besides, most of the albums from which these songs are taken, are out of print.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Herb grooves!
1 Feb 1999
By W. J. Bernardi
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This is a collection of Herb Alpert's post-TJB recordings. It shows Herb in more of a street setting. The funkiness of "Rise", the smoothness of "Route 101", and the futuristic sounds of "Beyond" are just a few treasures here. He also displays some of his finest jazz soloing on "Rotation", and especially "It's All For You". The sound of the recording is great, also. The one dissapointment is his version of "Maniac", which does nothing for me. But fortunately there is so much other things here that will pick you up. "Magic Man" is another jewel! Classy music from a classy artist!
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