Sérgio Mendes (album)

Sérgio Mendes is an album by Sérgio Mendes, released in 1983 on A&M Records. It was his first top 40 album in nearly a decade and a half, and was accompanied by his biggest chart single ever, "Never Gonna Let You Go", a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and performed by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller that reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

For the 1975 album by the same artist, see Sergio Mendes (album).
Sérgio Mendes
Studio album by
Sérgio Mendes
ReleasedApril 1983
Recorded1983
StudioKendun Recorders
(Burbank, California)
Redwing Studios
(Tarzana, California)
GenrePop, adult contemporary, soft rock
LabelA&M
SP-4984
ProducerSérgio Mendes (with Jose Quintana on track 9)
Sérgio Mendes chronology
Sérgio Mendes
(1980)		 Sérgio Mendes
(1983)		 Confetti
(1984)

Track listing
  1. "VooDoo" (Douglas Brayfield, Ronaldo Monteiro De Souza, Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins) 3:55
  2. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 4:15
  3. "My Summer Love" (Adrienne Anderson, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Chamfort) 4:00
  4. "Carnaval Festa Do Interior" (Mary Ekler, Moraes Moreira, Abel Silva) 3:50
  5. "Rainbow's End" (Don Freeman, David Batteau) 4:03
  6. "Love Is Waiting" (David & Jenny Batteau, Don Freeman) 3:47
  7. "Dream Hunter" (Danny Sembello, Michael Sembello) 3:02
  8. "Life in the Movies" (Michael Sembello, Dennis Matkosky) 3:52
  9. "Si Senor" (Juan Carlos Calderón) 3:46

Personnel

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

In his review of the album, AllMusic’s Richard S. Ginell gave it two stars (of a possible five). He took aim at the hit "Never Gonna Let You Go", calling it “a saccharine ballad, where Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller sing their banalities while Sergio strums and comps on synthesizers.” He was critical of the album as a whole too, saying “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.”

Chart performance
YearChartPosition
1983 US Billboard 200 27
1983 US Billboard R&B Albums 22
1983 US Cash Box Albums 33
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References
  1. Ginell, Richard S. Sérgio Mendes review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-29.
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