Arrival Lounge

Editorial Reviews
XLR8R
Indeed beautiful. Shades of Fender Rhodes, Moog and Farfisa envelop the listener in their lush warmth...truly wonderful melodies.

Milk Factory
Unusual sounds and bleeps assembled around more recognizable sounds, organised into low-key constructions... compositionshave a definite cinematic twist .

Album Description
The long awaited follow-up to Heartbeat Submarines, Arrival Lounge explores new areas of lounge and downtempo while retaining the warm, bubbly tones the band is known for.

Arrival Lounge

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Premier Pops

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

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Mancini Country
The Thorn Birds

ASIN: B000008I2M
Release Date: 1994-08-05

Tracks:

Overture To A 'Pops' Concert
The Thorn Birds: The Thorn Birds Theme
The Thorn Birds: Arrival At The Vatican
The Thorn Birds: Meggie's Theme
The Thorn Birds: It's Shearing Your Hearing
Movie Song Medley: Life In A Looking Glass
Movie Song Medley: Crazy World
Movie Song Medley: Song from '10'
Hong Kong Fireworks
Sunflower
The 'Inspector Clouseau' Theme
Charade
Glass Menagerie, Pt. 1 (Tom's Theme)
Glass Menagerie, Pt. 2 (Blue Roses/Laura's Theme)
Three TV Themes: Hotel
Three TV Themes: Newhart
Three TV Themes: Remington Steele
The Sons Of Italy
Ohio Riverboat
Main Title From 'The Great Mouse Detective'
Moon River

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Arrival Lounge trips the light fantastic

Arrival Lounge

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000063J62
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

Arrival Lounge
Hummer
Portal
Proximity
Topless Summer
Dramamine
Hovering the Velodrome
Pixel Dust
Radial Blur
Mood Ring
Soft Geometry
Aeronaut
Departure Lounge
Stargazer

Album Description

The long awaited follow-up to Heartbeat Submarines, Arrival Lounge explores new areas of lounge and downtempo while retaining the warm, bubbly tones the band is known for.

Customer Reviews:

Arrival Lounge trips the light fantastic.......2003-09-03

Excellent CD from Sonogram on Simulacra Records. The vibe of the CD is upbeat, with flowing electronic beeps contrasted at times with techno/dance flavors, various percussive elements all topped off with a sense of joy.

The CD is great for relaxing, hanging out, reading, or simply pure listening. It's a joy to buy a CD where all the tracks are great. Some of the downbeats remind me of stuff Trevor Horn did for Seal on Seal 1 and Seal 2.

Stand-out tracks include Arrival Lounge, hovering the velodrome, Pixel Dust, Portal, and Aeronaut.

Tracks:

The Great Arrival - Sergio Mendes
Monday, Monday - Sergio Mendes
Carnaval - Sergio Mendes
Cancao Do Amanhecer - Sergio Mendes
Here's That Rainy Day - Sergio Mendes
Boranda - Sergio Mendes
Nana - Sergio Mendes
Bonita - Sergio Mendes
Morning - Sergio Mendes
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Sergio Mendes
Tristeza De Amar - Sergio Mendes
Girl Talk - Sergio Mendes
Bully! - The Quartette Tres Bien
I Never Knew - The Quartette Tres Bien
Caravan - The Quartette Tres Bien
I've Never Been In Love Before - The Quartette Tres Bien
Work Song - The Quartette Tres Bien
Exodus - The Quartette Tres Bien
Three O'Clock In The Morning - The Quartette Tres Bien

Album Description

Japanese reissue, the worldwide CD debut of this original album by the Brazilian easy listening/ bossa nova great. Contains all 12 tracks from when Atlantic first released the re cord in 1965. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Only Re-issue of this Original 1966 Release

Customer Reviews:

Jazzy Beat for Oldies.......2007-05-06

Years ago I had an album of Quartette Tres Bien which featured mostly oldies (big band type) that were given a jazzy treatment. Very mellow and enjoyable. Wish I could find more of their music. The Sergio Mendes music was a definite bonus.
Gary Huhn

Classic 60's lounge music.......2006-08-04

If you enjoy "lounge" music, instrumental with a twist of Latin...you definitely will enjoy this. People either like it or don't, I listened to the samples...great music, throw-back to a much simpler time, terrific for dinner parties or just relaxing.

Unfamiliar bedfellows.......2001-05-01

This CD holds two albums that are related only by the fact that the leader is a pianist and they were both put out by Atlantic in the mid '60s.I own both LPs, and they have totally different sounds. If you like heavily produced, band- or orchestra-backed piano, you might like Sergio Mendes on this. The arrangement for each song depends on which of the three producers did the track. Some are reasonably gutsy, others mushy, in the style of the day. Mendes's playing is as solid as ever, although a lot is the one-finger-melody style. "Great Arrival" is nothing like "Swinger from Rio" or "Beat of Brazil" which are both (IMHO) far superior. It also has no relation to Brasil 66. Quartette Tres Bien is a piano trio plus a bongo and conga player. The extra rhythm gives the quartet some extra snap and Jeter Thompson (the pianist) has a lot going. Be aware that unlike Mendes, QTB is not playing samba-style music. More of a bop-with-rhythm sound. So, an odd combination on the CD, but you might like it if you have diverse tastes or if you're a big piano fan.

Nice orchestrated piano album.......2001-01-24

THE GREAT ARRIVAL was Sergio's first U.S. recording with a large group, and remains one of his best. The twelve tracks are divided amongst three fine arrangers: Bob Florence, who contributes four punchy big-Latin-band powerhouses; Clare Fischer, who utilizes his usual distinctive woodwind voicings; and Richard Hazard, whose uncommonly beautiful charts for strings and flutes provide soft haunting moments in contrast to Florence's energy.

Mendes' pianistic improvisation is rarely heard in better form, and it is mixed well with the other musicians' playing; his keyboard drifts in and out of the larger arrangements in a very dreamy sort of way. Sergio is capable of blending in with an orchestra very well, but when he takes a solo, he is capable of burning up the ivories in a Bud Powell-inspired way. Richard Hazard's fluid tracks showcase the former specialty; Bob Florence's driving "Nana" is a good example of the latter.

And as on all of Sergio's early albums, the repertoire is drawn from the choicest of sources. Sergio's team harvests the work of Jobim, Moacir Santos, and of course Edu Lobo in Brazil; plus Bacharach, Neal Hefti, and James Van Heusen in the States. Arranger Clare Fischer also contributes two of his own compositions: "Morning" (on which Sergio plays a bit of harpsichord) and "Carnaval."