Herb Alpert - Beyond

Styles: Vocal, Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1980
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:24
Size: 93,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:14)  1. Kamali
(3:00)  2. The Continental
(4:49)  3. Reach For The Stars
(3:27)  4. Interlude (For Erica)
(3:38)  5. Red Hot
(6:01)  6. Beyond
(4:25)  7. That's The Way Of The World
(4:03)  8. Keep It Goin'
(5:43)  9. The Factory

Naturally, the wild success of "Rise" would lead anyone to the temptation of repeating oneself, and at first, this follow-up LP does plenty of that, grafting the same slow, hand-clapping beat onto several numbers. But Alpert won't sit still for long, and he comes through with some startling things that wake up the record midway through. The funky, percolating party beat of "Red Hot" starts the engine, which is pushed to an electrifying degree by the sequencer-driven, Echoplexed, hard-charging title track, where we hear Alpert's distinctive horn through a metallic electronic buffer. The most amazing track is the finale, "The Factory," a terrifying, relentlessly grinding depiction of a soulless foundry that must have shocked sedate former TJB fans who bought this album on a lark, expecting happy music from the past. Bold stuff indeed, and it did make some impact on the charts, though not nearly to the degree of Rise. ~ Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/album/beyond-mw0000854674

Personnel: Trumpet – Bob Findley , Herb Alpert; Vocals – Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz;  Flugelhorn – Herb Alpert ; Synthesizer – Herb Alpert ;  Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Robert Russell; Drums – Kevin Calhoun, Manolo Badrena, Steve Gadd, Steve Schaeffer; Guitar – Chris Pinnick , Dana Barry , Johnny Guitar Watson , Peter Frampton, Tim May, Tommy Tedesco; Keyboards – Andy Armer , Michael Boddicker, Mike Lang; Marimba – Julius Wechter; Percussion – Herb Alpert, Randy Badazz; Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts; Trombone – Bill Reichenbach 

Beyond

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