Warm is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
| Warm | ||||
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| Released | June 1969 | |||
| Genre | Easy Listening, Pop | |||
| Length | 33:54 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss | |||
| Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass chronology | ||||
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Background edit
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.[1]
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 edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
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."[2]
Track listing edit
| Track | Title | Composers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sea Is My Soil | Dory Caymmi, Nelson Mota | 4:30 |
| 2 | Without Her | Harry Nilsson | 3:24 |
| 3 | Marjorine | Sol Lake | 3:06 |
| 4 | Girl Talk | Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup | 2:54 |
| 5 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 1:59 |
| 6 | Zazueira | Jorge Ben | 3:14 |
| 7 | The Continental | Herb Magidson, Con Conrad | 2:07 |
| 8 | Pretty World | Antonio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman | 3:46 |
| 9 | Warm | Julius Wechter | 2:33 |
| 10 | To Wait for Love | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:59 |
| 11 | Sandbox | John Pisano | 3:24 |
References edit
- ^ Oney, Steve (May 1, 2011). "Herb Alpert: Always In Tune". Los Angeles Magazine.
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard. "Warm > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 4, 2021.