''Sounds Like...'' is a 1967 album by the instrumental group
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the group's eighth.
Background
According to liner notes in the 2006
Shout!Factory CD release, the title theme for the 1967
James Bond spoof ''
Casino Royale'' was originally recorded with vocals, but Bacharach was dissatisfied with the recording. He sent the tapes to Herb Alpert, who overdubbed some trumpets, and some Tijuana Brass instruments (most prominently marimba and percussion) and sent the song back to Bacharach. This version, with the Bacharach orchestra, rather than the Brass members, providing most of the backing, is the one included on the ''Sounds Like...'' album.
The song "
Wade in the Water" was also a popular concert number, according to Alpert, and was featured in the group's first television special in 1967.
Critical reception
In a retrospective review for
Allmusic, music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote the album was "fresh and musical and downright joyous" and summarized it was "an artifact of '60s pop culture, to be sure, but still a perfectly structured record."
Track listing
Side 1
# "
Gotta Lotta Livin' to Do" (
Lee Adams,
Charles Strouse) - 2:47
# "
Lady Godiva" (Charlie Mills,
Mike Leander) - 2:06
# "Bo-Bo" (Sol Lake) - 3:04
# "Shades of Blue" (
Julius Wechter
Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song "Spanish Flea" for Herb Alpert and was leader of The ...
) - 2:44
# "
In a Little Spanish Town "In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)" is a popular song published in 1926. The music was written by Mabel Wayne, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young.
With Jack Fulton's vocals, the song was a 1927 hit for Paul Whiteman & ...
" (
Mabel Wayne
Mabel Wayne (born Mabel Wimpfheimer, July 16, 1890 – June 19, 1978) was an American songwriter, noted as "one of the first women composers to publish a hit song". Her songs included " In a Little Spanish Town", "Ramona", and "It Happened in Mo ...
,
Joe Young,
Sam M. Lewis
Sam M. Lewis (October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.
Career
Lewis was born Samuel M. Levine in New York City, United States. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and be ...
) - 1:54
# "
Wade in the Water" (Traditional, arranged by
John Pisano, Edmondson and Alpert) - 3:03
Side 2
# "
Town Without Pity
''Town Without Pity'' (German: ''Stadt ohne Mitleid'') is a 1961 American/Swiss/West German international co-production drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. Produced by The Mirisch Corporation, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütti ...
" (
Dimitri Tiomkin,
Ned Washington) - 2:14
# "The Charmer" (John Pisano) - 2:13
# "Treasure of San Miguel" (
Roger Nichols) - 2:14
# "Miss Frenchy Brown" (
Ervan Coleman
Ervan F. "Bud" Coleman (July 7, 1921 – May 26, 1967) was an American guitar and mandolin player, member of Baja Marimba Band, worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, and who wrote the hit track, "Tijuana Taxi".
On the liner notes of Herb A ...
) - 2:27
# "
Casino Royale" (
Hal David,
Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...
) - 2:35
Chart positions
References
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1967 albums
Herb Alpert albums
Albums produced by Herb Alpert
Albums produced by Jerry Moss
Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios
A&M Records albums