Fandango

Herb Alpert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000008CT6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #555,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Solo Performance of Herb Alpert . . . Simply Great !!!, July 9, 2005

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Antonio M. Flores "Anthony M. Flores" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fandango (Audio CD)

The best Herb Alpert solo album which reached the peak in Latin America because evokes a truly spanish, brazilian & latin sound. Track listing:

1.Fandango (Juan Carlos Calderon) Truly spanish-flamenco like. Herb's thrompet sounds dominant.

2.Margarita (Juan Carlos Calderon) Great Song. Very fine orchestral arragements.

3.Push And Pull (Juan Carlos Calderon) A latin jazzy-like song, including fine arragements for the "latino" tropical music instrument called "güiro"

4.California Blues (Juan Carlos Calderon) A Baja-style, latin blues song. Beautiful like looking at the sunset at the sea of Baja.

5.Quiereme Tal Como Soy (Rafael Perez-Botija) A classic latin romantic ballad. Herb Alpert sings and he does quite well!!!

6.Route 101 (Juan Carlos Calderon) The duet Herb's thrompet with the accompanying guitar is superb!!. Very rhythmic tempo.

7.Coco Loco (La Guajira) (Diego Verdaguer) Ideal for the sundays afternoon dancing below the summer sun at the beach.

8.Aria (Eduardo Magallanes) Powerful tunes, fullfilled of mexican mariachis guitars, evoking a sense of "fiesta en La Alameda con mis amigos", with ligths and pirotecnia at the evening.!!!

9.Angel (Juan Carlos Calderon) Herb's thrompet dominates this theme, showing us how great a musician can be. A latin joy song.

10.Sugarloaf (Erasmas Carlos, Roberto Carlos) Brazilian fashionable. Full of tropical beats.

11.Latin Medley: Frenesi, Bahia, Moliendo Cafe, Porompompero

(Dominguez, Barroso, Manzo, Ochiata/Valerio/Solano) A rhythmic medley closing for a very fine, very enjoyable album. Thank you Herb!!

The album was recorded in Mexico City and all arranges were made by many recognized latinamerican musicians and composers so it has a full latin taste, not even touch by any other album performed with The Tijuana Brass.

This album is a must have !!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE CROWNING JEWEL IN HERB'S LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, June 7, 2005

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Wayne Racine (Ottawa ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fandango (Audio CD)

This one's a classic - a terrific album from start to finish. Luckily I sought out this CD when it was first released (even then it was hard to find) - now it's probably the most valuable disc in my collection of over 1000 CDs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ALBUM - Release this on on CD, February 21, 2006

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S. Mason (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fandango (Audio CD)

I loved this album when it first came out and I hope they'll re-release it on CD. My parents had several of Herb Alpert's early LPs so I grew up with the Tijuana Brass. Fandango was my favorite of all. It was sophisticated, romantic, and was more Latin, less pop. This is Herb Alpert's best work.