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Ye-Me-Le (Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo) album cover


Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 ‎– Ye-Me-Le

Label:
A&M Records ‎– SP-4236
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Pressing
Country:
US
Released:
1969
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Bossa Nova

Perhaps the Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 sound was at last beginning to show signs of wear, for not only didn't Ye-Me-Le produce any hits ("Wichita Lineman" reached a lowly number 95), but the album is also less enterprising and fresh-sounding than its predecessors. There is a surprising shortage of Brazilian material, which was always Mendes' most valuable contribution in the long run, and more reliance upon routine covers of pop/rock standards like "Easy to Be Hard" and "What the World Needs Now." But there are special moments, like the hypnotic "Masquerade" (no relation to the Leon Russell/George Benson hit), Sergio Mihanovich's haunting "Some Time Ago," and another winning treatment of a Beatles tune, "Norwegian Wood," where Mendes cuts loose a killer solo on electric piano (believe it or not, the 45 rpm single version features more of that solo than the LP). -AllMusic Review by 

Tracklist

A1Wichita Lineman
Written-By – Jimmy Webb
2:48
A2Norwegian Wood
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
3:53
A3Some Time Ago
Written-By – Sergio Mihanovich
2:24
A4Moanin'
Written-By – Bobby Timmons
3:05
A5Look Who's Mine
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle*
3:35
B1Ye-Me-Le
Written-By – Chico Feitosa, Luis Carlos Vinhas*
2:27
B2Easy To Be Hard
Written-By – Galt Macdermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado
2:45
B3Where Are You Coming From?
Written-By – Dory Caymmi*, Lani Hall, Nelson Motta
4:05
B4Masquerade
Written-By – Leonard Haynes, Ron Rose*
3:37
B5What The World Needs Now
Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David*
2:14