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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0602517052468 Label: A&M Manufacturer: A&M Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: A&M Release Date: September 26, 2006 Studio: A&M Sales Rank: 60629 MPN: 000742602 Disc 1:
Editorial Review: Album Description: Exclusive Japanese CD pressing of this 1969 album comes house in a miniature LP sleeve. A&M. 2006. Average Rating:
 Rating: - One of my favorite all time albumsI have always enjoyed this recording. The orchestrations by Dave Grusin are fantastic and shows why he was in demand for movie and television scores. The song selection is very eclectic from easy tempo to fast tempo, from soft to dramatic. The selections "Dock Of The Bay" and "Pretty World" got the most airplay as singles but one could sometimes hear "Crystal Illusions" in it's entirety on AM radio. "Viola" is a beautiful tune with a romantic flair. It contains a lot of basic percussion and guitar ... Read More Rating:  - EXCELLENTExcellent album by Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, this one features Lani Hall singing lead vocals on just about every track. Very relaxing, mellow, and melodic. Great Pop music from the late 60s.......... Rating: - And the beat goes on and on and on .......With Crystal Illusions, Sergio Mendes and his supergroup Brasil '66 continued their string of excellent albums, blending the best of Brazilian jazz with contemporary American pop. Unlike "Look Around" and "Fool On The Hill", this album did not produce any top 10 pop singles, although "Dock of The Bay" and "Pretty World" did very well on the Adult Contemporary charts. The overall feel of this album is a bit more relaxed than "Look Around", but every bit as enjoyable. The voices of Lani Hall and Karen ... Read More Rating: - A worthy follow up to "Fool on the Hill"Sergio's follow-up album to his monster "Fool on the Hill" album finds the band in equally fine form, continuing to spin its magic touch on unexpected material like "Dock of the Bay" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream." The album's flower power is in full bloom in the delicious "Pretty World," a huge adult contemporary hit which almost (but not quite) made the Top 40 in the summer of '69. Lani Hall really steps into the limelight more forcefully than ever on this album, not only in her stellar vocal turns ... Read More Rating: - One for the PuristsThe Brasil '66 repertoire is riddled with contradictions. Each of the legendry group's albums has its triumphs, its hidden treasures and its disappointments. Crystal Illusions is no exception. Track one is an uninspired cover of the Otis Redding classic "Dock of the Bay". I rate it the only disappointment on this disc and believe that it should have been left to the man whose ownership of it is so complete that alternative versions have been rendered irrelevant. Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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