Herb Alpert's Ninth

by Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Overview

The cover art of Herb Alpert's Ninth is hilarious -- a bust of grim old Beethoven wearing a Herb Alpert sweatshirt, a parody of the pop icon fad going around at the time and maybe a comment on the rock world's newfound pretensions in the wake of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. In any case, Herb Alpert's Ninth does introduce some highbrow pretensions of sorts to Alpert's Ameriachi sound -- some very subtly applied strands of strings on several numbers and a madcap, multi-sectioned fantasy of tunes from Bizet's Carmen that is full of in-jokes from the opera and the TJB's hits. Alpert is also quite aware of the brave new world around him; he does a spare, lazy, yet entirely novel-sounding cover version of Sgt. Pepper's "With a Little Help from My Friends" and gives the Supremes' "The Happening" a bouncy workout. There is also a touching memorial to the late Ervan Coleman ("Bud") and another underrated contribution from the Alpert songwriting team, Sol Lake's swinging "Cowboys and Indians." The TJB still churns out the Latin American rhythms, but sometimes with a shade less exuberance. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2016
Label:	Herb Alpert Presents
UPC:	0814647020471
Rank:	29883

Tracks

1. A Banda
2. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
3. The Trolley Song
4. The Happening
5. Bud
6. Love So Fine
7. The Love Nest
8. With a Little Help From My Friends
9. Flea Bag
10. Cowboys and Indians
11. Carmen

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass   Primary Artist
Herb Alpert   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Chico Buarque de Hollanda   Composer
Roger Nichols   Composer
Louis A. Hirsch   Composer,Composer
Eleanor Coleman   Composer
Tony Asher   Composer
Peter Matz   Arranger,Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Sol Lake   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Herb Alpert   Arranger,Composer
Frank DeVol   Composer
Julius Wechter   Composer
Ralph Blane   Composer
Georges Bizet   Composer
Holland-Dozier-Holland   Composer
Bud Coleman   Composer