| Sounds Like... | ||||
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| Released | May 1, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening,jazz pop[1] | |||
| Length | 27:21 | |||
| Label | A&M A&M 212001 | |||
| Producer | Herb Alpert,Jerry Moss | |||
| Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass chronology | ||||
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Sounds Like... is a 1967 album by the groupHerb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It is the group's eighth album.
Sounds Like... entered theBillboard magazine Top LPs chart in June 1967 and remained on the chart for 53 weeks, topping at #1 two weeks after its release.
According to liner notes in the 2006Shout!Factory CD release, the title theme for the 1967James Bond spoofCasino Royale 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 theSounds Like... album.
Released as a single, "Wade in the Water" spent five weeks on theBillboard Hot 100, rising to #37. The single spent seven weeks on the Easy Listening chart, topping out at #5. According to Herb Alpert, "Wade in the Water" was a popular concert number, and was featured in the group's first television special in 1967.[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
In a retrospective review forAllmusic, music critic Richard S. Ginell wrote the album was "fresh and musical and downright joyous" and summarized it was "an artifact of '60s pop culture, to be sure, but still a perfectly structured record."[1]
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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| USBillboard Top LPs[3] | 1 |
