Warm (Herb Alpert album)

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Warm
Album cover for 'Warm' by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1969
Genre Easy Listening, jazz pop [1]
Length33:54
Label A&M
Producer Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass chronology
Christmas Album
(1968)
Warm
(1969)
The Brass Are Comin'
(1969)

Warm is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Contents

Background

Warm was a vast departure from previous Tijuana Brass albums and featured much slower-paced songs, leaning more toward a Brazilian type of sound. At this point in his career, Alpert had grown tired of the band's previous style of music, feeling that it was repetitive, and wanted to try a different direction. [2]

The opening track, "The Sea Is My Soil", is among the longest songs ever released by the Tijuana Brass at four and a half minutes, while two songs on the album feature lead vocals by Alpert ("Without Her" and "To Wait for Love"), all of which were released as singles.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for Allmusic, music critic Richard S. Ginell called the album mellow, richly textured, but noted it "couldn't crack the Top 20, for the Brass' cross-generational appeal was fading fast." [1]

Track listing

TrackTitleComposersTime
1The Sea Is My SoilDory Caymmi, Nelson Mota4:30
2 Without Her Harry Nilsson 3:24
3MarjorineSol Lake3:06
4Girl Talk Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup 2:54
5 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1:59
6Zazueira Jorge Ben 3:14
7The Continental Herb Magidson, Con Conrad2:07
8Pretty WorldAntonio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman 3:46
9Warm Julius Wechter 2:33
10To Wait for Love Burt Bacharach, Hal David 2:59
11SandboxJohn Pisano3:24

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ginell, Richard. "Warm > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. Oney, Steve (May 1, 2011). "Herb Alpert: Always In Tune". Los Angeles Magazine.