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In 1983, Sergio Mendes returned to the label where he made his most memorable music, A&M. Of course, A&M had changed mightily by then, becoming a polyglot rock-oriented outfit instead of the cottage Latin pop industry it had been in the '60s. But so had Sergio -- and so, backed by an army of L.A. studio folk, Mendes tried to recapture the old sales magic on the market's own terms. Amazingly, he did, scoring a huge No. 4 pop hit with a saccharine ballad, "Never Gonna Let You Go," where Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller sing their banalities while Sergio strums and comps on synthesizers. To say that anyone could have made this record may be overstating the case, but the fact is that there is no way of knowing that this is a Sergio Mendes record without looking at the jacket. And that goes for most of the rest of the mediocre, electronically upholstered dance and ballad material on the LP. Oh, "Carnaval" has some rowdy samba fever at times, but it is so slickly produced that one can't abandon oneself to the spirit.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Ronaldo Monteiro De Souza, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Producer, MainArtist - IVAN LINS, ComposerLyricist - VITOR MARTINS, ComposerLyricist - Douglas Brayfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 A&M Records
Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Buchanan, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Producer, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Landau, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Pizzulo, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Forman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leza Miller, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Concord Records, Inc.
MICHAEL SEMBELLO, Arranger, Vocals, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sergio Mendes, Producer, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Gainsbourg, ComposerLyricist - Alain Chamfort, ComposerLyricist - Gracinha Leporace, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adrienne Anderson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 Concord Records, Inc.
Moraes Moreira, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, MainArtist - David Batteau, ComposerLyricist - Abel Bernardo Da Silva, ComposerLyricist - Mary Ekler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 A&M Records
Sergio Mendes, Producer, MainArtist - David Batteau, ComposerLyricist - Don Freeman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Concord Records, Inc.
Sergio Mendes, Producer, MainArtist - David Batteau, ComposerLyricist - Don Freeman, ComposerLyricist - Jenny Batteau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 A&M Records
Danny Sembello, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL SEMBELLO, Arranger, Work Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 1983 A&M Records
MICHAEL SEMBELLO, Arranger, Work Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Dennis Matkowsky, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 A&M Records
Juan Carlos Calderon, Arranger, Work Arranger, ComposerLyricist - Sergio Mendes, Producer, MainArtist - José Quintana, Producer
℗ 1983 A&M Records
Album review
In 1983, Sergio Mendes returned to the label where he made his most memorable music, A&M. Of course, A&M had changed mightily by then, becoming a polyglot rock-oriented outfit instead of the cottage Latin pop industry it had been in the '60s. But so had Sergio -- and so, backed by an army of L.A. studio folk, Mendes tried to recapture the old sales magic on the market's own terms. Amazingly, he did, scoring a huge No. 4 pop hit with a saccharine ballad, "Never Gonna Let You Go," where Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller sing their banalities while Sergio strums and comps on synthesizers. To say that anyone could have made this record may be overstating the case, but the fact is that there is no way of knowing that this is a Sergio Mendes record without looking at the jacket. And that goes for most of the rest of the mediocre, electronically upholstered dance and ballad material on the LP. Oh, "Carnaval" has some rowdy samba fever at times, but it is so slickly produced that one can't abandon oneself to the spirit.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:45
- Main artists: Sergio Mendes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Jazz
© 2009 A&M Records This Compilation ℗ 2009 A&M Records
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