Warm is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Background Warm was a vast departure from previous Tijuana Brass albums and featured much slower-paced songs, leaning more toward a Brazilian type of sound. At this point in his career, Alpert had grown tired of the band's previous style of music, feeling that it was repetitive, and wanted to try a different direction.
The opening track, "The Sea Is My Soil", is among the longest songs ever released by the Tijuana Brass at four and a half minutes, while two songs on the album feature lead vocals by Alpert ("Without Her" and "To Wait for Love"), all of which were released as singles.
Critical reception
In his review for Allmusic, music critic Richard S. Ginell called the album mellow, richly textured, but noted it "couldn't crack the Top 20, for the Brass' cross-generational appeal was fading fast."
Track listing TrackTitleComposersTime1The Sea Is My SoilDory Caymmi, Nelson Mota4:302Without HerHarry Nilsson3:243MarjorineSol Lake3:064Girl TalkNeal Hefti, Bobby Troup2:545Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaJohn Lennon, Paul McCartney1:596ZazueiraJorge Ben3:147The ContinentalHerb Magidson, Con Conrad2:078Pretty WorldAntonio Adolfo, Tiberio Gaspar, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman3:469WarmJulius Wechter2:3310To Wait for LoveBurt Bacharach, Hal David2:5911SandboxJohn Pisano3:24 Charts
Chart (1969) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs28 References