Sounds Like...

Sounds Like... is a 1967 album by the popular instrumental group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the group's eighth.[1]

Sounds Like...
Studio album by
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
ReleasedMay 1, 1967
Recorded1967
GenreJazz, easy listening, pop
Length27:21
LabelA&M
A&M 212001
ProducerHerb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass chronology
S.R.O.
(1966)		 Sounds Like...
(1967)		 Herb Alpert's Ninth
(1967)
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The best-known song on this album may be the Burt Bacharach composition that was used as the title theme for the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale. According to liner notes in the 2006 Shout!Factory CD release, the song was originally recorded with vocals, but Bacharach was dissatisfied with the recording. He sent the tapes to Herb Alpert, who overdubbed some trumpets and some Tijuana Brass instruments (most prominently marimba and percussion) and sent the song back to Bacharach. This version, with the Bacharach orchestra, rather than the Brass members, providing most of the backing, is the one included on the Sounds Like... album.

"In a Little Spanish Town" includes audience participation, which was worked into the stage version of the group's act in a humorous way. Alpert would ask the audience to clap their hands twice at the end of each bar of the chorus. On stage, trombonist Bob Edmondson would attempt to join the hand-clapping, having to hurriedly put down and pick up his trombone each time.

The song "Wade in the Water" was also a popular concert number, according to Alpert, and was featured in the group's first television special in 1967.[2]

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Gotta Lotta Livin' to Do" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 2:47
  2. "Lady Godiva" (Charlie Mills, Mike Leander) - 2:06
  3. "Bo-Bo" (Sol Lake) - 3:04
  4. "Shades of Blue" (Julius Wechter) - 2:44
  5. "In a Little Spanish Town" (Mabel Wayne, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis) - 1:54
  6. "Wade in the Water" (Traditional, arranged by John Pisano, Edmondson and Alpert) - 3:03

Side 2
  1. "Town Without Pity" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 2:14
  2. "The Charmer" (John Pisano) - 2:13
  3. "Treasure of San Miguel" (Roger Nichols) - 2:14
  4. "Miss Frenchy Brown" (Ervan Coleman) - 2:27
  5. "Casino Royale" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) - 2:35

Chart positions
Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) 1
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References
  1. "Sounds Like - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. "Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Wade in the Water Video 1967".
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