Classics 20

Herb Alpert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: May 29, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002G94
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,212 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Route 101

2. Rise

3. Red Hot

4. You Are The One

5. Fandango

6. Garden Party

7. It's All For You

8. Magic Man

9. Rotation

10. '8' Ball

11. Street Life

12. Maniac

13. Bullish

14. Beyond

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Of Herb Alpert 1979-85, July 30, 1999

By 

Michael Daly "Monkeesfan" (Wakefield, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classics 20 (Audio CD)

Herb Alpert's best numbers from 1979-85 are featured on this disc, and display the power and tenderness of Alpert and his band.

Route 101 kicks things off before we segue into the full seven-minute version of Rise. After that comes Red Hot. This 1983 number is a remake of a number off Alpert's 1980 album Beyond - curiously, Beyond the LP has never been released on CD, a galling oversight because it was a terrific, harder-edged follow-up to the Rise long player.

There are several mellow numbers here, including You Are The One and the sexy It's All For You (both featuring engaging Brenda Russell vocals). Fandango is a Tijuana Brass-flavored number from 1982 that leads to Alpert's fll-fledged Brass reunion in the stampeding 1984 number Bullish.

Alpert teams with singer-wife Lani Hall for 1984's cover of Maniac, and they manage to vastly improve on the original with changes in the rhythms.

Beyond closes out the album, an intimidating sci-fi flavored six-minute flow that should have been as popular as Rise because of its sheer power.

The only problem is that some numbers are conspicuously missing - The Continental, Aronjuez (Mon Amour), 1980, and Behind The Rain. Nonetheless, this CD is a treat.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alpert proved to be as vital in the 80's as in the 60's., November 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Classics 20 (Audio CD)

Four years after the last Tijuana Brass LP, Coney Island, Herb Alpert hit the top of the pop and R&B charts with the slow grind classic, Rise. Throughout the next decade he released album after album of smart and tasty instrumental classics. This album is a very definitive overview of his work from 1979 - 1985. It hops from one genre to the next, featuring AC, R&B, Latin and even Techno influenced tunes, proving Alpert's versatility and adaptability in the ever changing world of pop music. It contains single edits of a few tunes (Street Life, Garden Party) but full length versions of most of the tracks (Rise, and Beyond in particular). I prefer the LP version of Garden Party but it's a minor quibble in an otherwise faultless compilation. And besides, most of the albums from which these songs are taken, are out of print.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Herb grooves!, February 1, 1999

By 

W. J. Bernardi (Austin, Tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classics 20 (Audio CD)

This is a collection of Herb Alpert's post-TJB recordings. It shows Herb in more of a street setting. The funkiness of "Rise", the smoothness of "Route 101", and the futuristic sounds of "Beyond" are just a few treasures here. He also displays some of his finest jazz soloing on "Rotation", and especially "It's All For You". The sound of the recording is great, also. The one dissapointment is his version of "Maniac", which does nothing for me. But fortunately there is so much other things here that will pick you up. "Magic Man" is another jewel! Classy music from a classy artist!