Sérgio Mendes (album)

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Sérgio Mendes
Studio album by Sérgio Mendes
Released 1983
Recorded 1983
Genre Pop, adult contemporary, samba, bossa nova, Latin pop
Label A&M
SP-4984
Producer Dave Grusin, Sergio Mendes, Jose Quintana (on track 9)
Sérgio Mendes chronology

Sérgio Mendes
(1980)
Sérgio Mendes
(1983)
Confetti
(1984)

Sérgio Mendes is the self-titled studio album by Sérgio Mendes. It featured the Billboard Hot 100 smash hit, "Never Gonna Let You Go", a song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.

Track listing

  1. "VooDoo" (Douglas Brayfield, Ronaldo Monteiro De Souza, Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins) 3:55
  2. "Never Gonna Let You Go" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 3:55
  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 Matosky) 3:52
  9. "Si Senor" (Juan Carlos Calderón) 3:46

Personnel

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

In his review of the disc, allmusic's Richard S. Ginell gave it two stars (of a possible 5). He took aim at the hit "Never...", 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."

References

  1. Ginell, Richard S. Sérgio Mendes review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-29.
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