Look Around (Sérgio Mendes album)

Look Around is the third studio album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. It was released in 1967. Following this album, Mendes dismissed the musicians and singer Janis Hansen and brought in Karen Phillip to sing with holdover Lani Hall.

Look Around
Studio album by
Sérgio Mendes
ReleasedJuly 1967
RecordedFebruary 1967
StudioTokyo, Japan
GenreBossa nova
Length30:28
LabelA&M
ProducerHerb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Sérgio Mendes chronology
Equinox
(1967)		 Look Around
(1967)		 Fool on the Hill
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Songs

Mendes and Brasil 66 performed the Oscar-nominated Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "The Look of Love", one of their biggest hits, on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1968. The album was recorded at the Sunset Sound, Western Recorders, and Annex Studios, Hollywood. Brasil '66's version of "The Look of Love" quickly shot into the top 10, eclipsing Dusty Springfield's version.

"Like a Lover", an English-language version of "O Cantador", was covered by Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, Dianne Reeves, Al Jarreau, Natalie Cole, Jane Monheit, and Kimiko Itoh.[2] "So Many Stars" was recorded by Helen Merrill, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Jane Monheit, Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole, and Stacey Kent

"Tristeza" was an instrumental by Lobo and Nitinho and the title track of Baden Powell's Tristeza on Guitar album (1966). It was sung by Astrud Gilberto with lyrics by A. Testa on her Italian language album (1968).

Reissue

A remastered version of the album was released on CD in 2000.

Track listing
  1. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  2. "Roda" (Gilberto Gil, João Augusto)
  3. "Like a Lover" (Dorival Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
  4. "The Frog (A Rã)" (João Donato)
  5. "Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)" (Harold Lobo-Niltinho)
  6. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
  7. "Pra Dizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye)" (Edu Lobo, Torquato Neto, Lani Hall)
  8. "Batucada (The Beat)" (Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle)
  9. "So Many Stars" (Mendes, Bergman, Bergman)
  10. "Look Around" (Mendes, Bergman, Bergman)

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1967)position
US Billboard 200[3] 5
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[4] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 16

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References
  1. Ginell, Richard S. "Look Around". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Song search results for "Like a Lover" - Allmusic, retrieved September 8, 2010
  3. "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  4. "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard.
  5. "Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  6. "American album certifications – Sérgio Mendes & Brasil 66". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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