Track Listing

1. A Banda
2. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
3. Trolley Song
4. Happening
5. Bud
6. Love So Fine
7. Love Nest
8. With a Little Help from My Friends
9. Flea Bag
10. Cowboys and Indians
11. Carmen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89403 in Music
• Released on: 2005-08-16
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .17 pounds

Album Description
Issued in December 1967, Herb Alpert’s Ninth reached the #4 spot on the Pop Albums chart, spending a total of 18 weeks in the Top 40. "A Banda" was a Top 40 Pop hit, and "Carmen" and "The Happening" both made the AC Top 5.

Each album in the Herb Alpert Signature Series features meticulously remastered sound, deluxe packaging, detailed liner notes, and an intro by Herb Alpert containing personal recollections and anecdotes.

Customer Reviews

TJB Signature Sound
I had not heard this album for many many years until I receieved my copy (along with Sounds Like and BOTB) today. I remembered this album as a good one although not one of Herb's best.
Perhaps I have mellowed with age, but "Ninth" is one of the most enjoyable TJB albums. The remaster sounds wounderful, the liner notes and photos great and the tunes are fantastic.
Ofter overshadowed by BOTB, Whipped Cream and Going PLaces, Ninth is a worthy addition to the TJB cataloge and one of the most consistant and enjoyable TJB albums.

Nine TJBs and still going strong
The title leaves no doubt who TJB really was and deservedly so. But in my mind, this is the last of the albums that Herb seemed focused on the group. Perhaps the rousing rendition of Carmen, which parodies previous TJB songs, was the first indicator that Herb was heading off on his own. Nonetheless, this album still has the energy and freshness of the preceding ablums.

Herb Alpert's Ninth
By the cover, one would imagine this is another theme album; Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass does Beethoven. This is not the case. It comes from the last track on the album. Carmen. Alpert arranged the Tijuana Brass' sound with a full orchestra, representing the main theme in a variety of rhythms associated with the group and a refrence to Tijuana Taxi at the end.
The cd starts with the hit single, Abanda. Alpert turns the standard, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, into a crisp bossa nova and Trolley Song into a slow ballad. The Surpremes' hit, The Happening is turned into an uptempo shuffle. Bud is dedicated to guitarist, Bud Coleman. He was a part of the Baja Marimba Band and wrote Tijuana Taxi, a major hit for the Brass in 1965, and guitarist for some TJB recordings. It features a beautifully played mandolin solo played by either John Pisano or Tommy Tedesco. Love Nest is an extremely fast samba, as Herb doesn't do much with the Beatles hit, A Little Help From My Friends. Julius Wechter's Flea Bag is catchy, as is Cowboys and Indians, and the album comes to a close with the infectious Carmen.
A solid effort by the Tijuana Brass. Pretty much the same style as the previous albums with a few new twists and turns. Definately worth the price.