Sérgio Mendes (album)


Sérgio Mendes is an album by Sérgio Mendes, released in 1983 on A&M Records. It was his first top 40 album in nearly a decade and a half, and was accompanied by his biggest chart single ever, "Never Gonna Let You Go", a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and performed by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller that reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

  1. "VooDoo" 3:55
  2. "Never Gonna Let You Go" 4:15
  3. "My Summer Love" 4:00
  4. "Carnaval Festa Do Interior" 3:50
  5. "Rainbow's End" 4:03
  6. "Love Is Waiting" 3:47
  7. "Dream Hunter" 3:02
  8. "Life in the Movies" 3:52
  9. "Si Senor" 3:46

    Personnel

In his review of the album, AllMusic’s Richard S. Ginell gave it two stars. He took aim at the hit "Never Gonna Let You Go", calling it “a saccharine ballad, where Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller sing their banalities while Sergio strums and comps on synthesizers.” He was critical of the album as a whole too, saying “To say that anyone could have made this record may be overstating the case, but the fact is that there is no way of knowing that this is a Sergio Mendes record without looking at the jacket.”

Chart performance