''Rise'' is a 1979 album by

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History

In 1979, the song "

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", written by Andy Armer and Alpert's nephew Randy "Badazz" Alpert but without an accompanying album, became a worldwide sensation. The 12" version was a favorite of club DJs and the 7" single, released on July 20, 1979, reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in October, staying there for two weeks. "Rise" was Alpert's first No. 1 hit in the US since "

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" spent four weeks there in 1968. Armer and the Alperts then set about creating an album to capitalize on the song's success, and ''Rise'' was released in September. Side 1 of ''Rise'' consists of original songs composed by Armer, Herb Alpert and Randy Alpert. Side 2 contains

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s of songs that Herb Alpert admired. All songs featured the elder Alpert on trumpet, with many other studio musicians contributing. The opening track, "1980", is an instrumental theme written by Herb Alpert that NBC Sports executive

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had originally commissioned for the network's planned coverage of the Summer Olympics in Moscow, but it was used seven years later as the official theme song for NBC's telecast of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The closing song on the first side is another Armer and Randy Alpert song called "Rotation", which was released as the follow-up single to "Rise", peaking at No. 30 on the Hot 100 chart in January 1980. Side 2 of the album includes a cover of " Street Life," originally recorded by the Crusaders, a version of the

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song "Love Is" featuring Herb Alpert's vocals and a dance rendition of

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'' classical composition. ''Rise'' was one of the first pop albums to use

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technology. It was recorded on a 3M 32-track recorder at Alpert's

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studios in Hollywood, California. The album peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart and at No. 6 on both the ''Billboard'' 200 and R&B album chart, selling more than three million copies.

Track listing

Original version

Side one

#"1980" (2:25) (Herb Alpert) #"

" (7:37) (Andy Armer, Randy "Badazz" Alpert) #"Behind the Rain" (5:34) (Herb Alpert) #"Rotation" (5:12) (Andy Armer, Randy "Badazz" Alpert)

Side two

#" Street Life" (5:01) (

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) #"Love Is" (4:28) (

, Paul Smith) #"Angelina" (4:13) ( Pete Sinfield,

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) #"Aranjuez (Mon Amour)" (6:42) (

)

2007 reissue

#"1980" (2:25) #"Rise" (7:37) #"Behind the Rain" (5:34) #Rotation (5:12) #Aranjuez (Mon Amour) (6:42) #"Love Is" (4:28) #"Angelina" (4:13) #"Street Life" (5:01) #"Rotation" (Alternate Version) (4:28) #"Aranjuez (Mon Amour)" (2007 Dance Remix) (5:08)

Production

*Produced By Herb Alpert & Randy "Badazz" Alpert *Engineers: Don Hahn, Mark Smith *Assistant Engineers: Don Koldon, Skip Cottrell, Steve Katz *Remixed By Don Hahn; Assisted By Don Koldon

References

* Liner notes, 2007 Shout! Factory CD. {{Authority control 1979 albums Herb Alpert albums Albums produced by Herb Alpert A&M Records albums