Going Places

Going Places is the fifth album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and, along with their prior album, Whipped Cream and Other Delights one of their most popular releases.

The song "Spanish Flea", composed by Alpert's friend and fellow mariachi band leader Julius Wechter, was one of several Brass tunes that saw regular use on "The Dating Game".

The single version of "Tijuana Taxi" had more of the bicycle-horn sound effects than the album version did. "Tijuana Taxi" and "Spanish Flea" would both be reprised as part of the "Carmen" medley in Herb Alpert's Ninth.

"A Walk in the Black Forest" was a cover of a better-known version of the song that same year, produced by Ferrante & Teicher. That same track would briefly serve two years later as the theme of a short-lived game show, Reach for the Stars.

The group's title was reverted to its original name for this album, after its second, third and fourth albums had been listed as "Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass". The album continued the band's trend of containing mostly pop instrumentals along with a few Mexican-themed tunes.

[edit] Track listing

Tijuana Taxi (Ervan Coleman) – 2:05
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (George Bassman) – 1:59
More And More Amor (Sol Lake) – 2:44
Spanish Flea (Julius Wechter) [ – 2:07]
Mae (Riz Ortolani) – 2:27
3rd Man Theme (Anton Karas) – 2:28
Walk, Don't Run (J. Smith) – 1:50
Felicia (John Pisano) – 2:45
And the Angels Sing (Mercer-Elman) – 2:34
Cinco De Mayo (Chris Montez) – 2:15
A Walk In The Black Forest (Jankowski) – 1:48
Zorba The Greek (Mikis Theodorakis) – 4:25

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1966	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	1

Preceded by Rubber Soul by The Beatles	Billboard 200 number-one album March 5 - March 11, 1966 April 16 - May 20, 1966	Succeeded by Ballads of The Green Berets by SSgt. Barry Sadler