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1	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) more music like this by Henry Mancini This soundtrack to the movie adaptation of Truman Capote's novel Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of Henry Mancini's best. The pleasing blend of pop (the perennial "Moon River") and swing stays fresh over the album's 12 tracks and shows off Mancini's considerable writing and arranging skills. The cuts range from the layered, big-band mambo "Something ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.24!
2	Quiet Village/The Enchanted Sea (1997) more music like this by Martin Denny Martin Denny is rightfully known as the king of exotica/lounge music. The music is defined by breezy, middle of the road, early-60's pop arrangements buttressed by sound effects of ocean, wildlife, birds, and other natural phenomenon. Scamp Records out of New York has done an excellent job of reissuing his original albums, and this CD, which ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £7.50!
3	Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails (1996) more music like this by Various Artists The exotica revival continues with Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, the perfect gift for the swinging hipster on your list. Among the highlights: Billy May's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo," Jimmy McGriff's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/White Christmas," Dean Martin's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," Julie London's sultry "I'd Like ... see all copies from £8.21! new only from £8.21!
4	Hey Eugene! (2007) more music like this by Pink Martini It took Pink Martini a full decade -- their debut, Sympathique, came out in 1997; the follow-up, Hang on Little Tomato, was released in 2004; and now Hey Eugene! arrives in 2007 -- but they've finally perfected their particular good-time blend of cabaret pop, pre-"world music" international fare, golden-age Hollywood scores, and lounge-informed, ... see all copies from £11.83! new only from £11.83!
5	Merry Mancini Christmas (1966) more music like this by Henry Mancini Fans of Henry Mancini will find Merry Mancini Christmas to be an ideal holiday record. Released in 1966, at the height of his popularity, the album is filled with the lush arrangements that are his aural signature, and they sound perfect when matched with these 11 Christmas medleys and carols. It is a warm, appealing record that blends easily into ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £5.06!
6	All Time Great Movie Themes (1993) more music like this by Ferrante & Teicher see all copies from £5.87! new only from £7.18!
7	Mambo Sinuendo (2003) more music like this by Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán Mambo Sinuendo is a collaboration between Ry Cooder and Buena Vista alum (and formerly of many other groups as well) Manuel Galbán. The album attempts to catch an old style popularized in Cuba by Galbán, and was, surprisingly, never followed up on by anybody after Galbán. It's a guitar-based romp closely based in the pop/jazz crossovers of the ... see all copies from £11.21! new only from £11.21!
8	All-Time Greatest Hits [Capital] (1992) more music like this by Ferrante & Teicher This eight-track budget album contains Ferrante & Teicher's four Top Ten pop hits, "Theme from The Apartment," "Exodus," "Tonight," and "Midnight Cowboy," as well as four other singles that reached the easy listening charts, "Khartoum," "A Man and a Woman," "Lay Lady Lay," and "Love Theme From 'The Godfather'." Thus, it lives up to its title, and ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £4.82!
9	Ultra-Lounge Sampler (1996) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £6.14! new only from £11.98!
10	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica (1996) more music like this by Various Artists An 18-song exhumation of the Capitol exotica back catalog, placing old standbys like Martin Denny, Les Baxter, and Yma Sumac alongside lesser-knowns like Webley Edwards, Bas Sheva, and the wonderfully-named 80 Drums Around the World. This favors easy listening-friendly exotica, rather than the style at its most outrageous. It may be too ... see all copies from £8.16! new only from £8.57!
11 view cover	Fool on the Hill (1968) more music like this by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Having hit upon another smash formula -- cover versions of pop/rock hits backed by lavish strings, a simplified bossa nova rhythm, and the leader's piano comping -- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 produced two more chart-busting singles, again turning to the Beatles for sustenance with the title track (number six) and Simon & Garfunkel for "Scarborough ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £7.10!
12 view cover	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 14: Bossa Novaville (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from £4.48! new only from £8.15!
13 view cover	The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection (2000) more music like this by Yma Sumac The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection may very well live up to its title; at the very least, it's likely the most comprehensive overview of her recordings yet assembled. Therefore, the question is, is it better to go with a collection (which contains three previously unreleased cuts and four rare stereo mixes) or an official album, namely her Voice of ... see all copies from £6.83! new only from £6.83!
14 view cover	Greatest Hits of Brasil '66 (1970) more music like this by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Released along with a slew of other A&M greatest-hits collections, 1970's Greatest Hits takes listeners through a dozen Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 tunes from the albums Herb Alpert Presents through Crystal Illusions. Not all of these were hits -- indeed, not all of them were singles -- and they are not representative of the wide range of Brazilian ... see all copies from £3.87! new only from £5.62!
15 view cover	Snowfall (2001) more music like this by Jackie Gleason see all copies from £4.41! new only from £4.41!
16 view cover	Mambo (1954) more music like this by Yma Sumac Capitol got on top of two '50s fads at once by issuing an album of Sumac tackling mambo. Yma (characteristically) held nothing back, and the result was one of her more enjoyable LPs, with respectably swinging mambo grooves crafted by Billy May. "Five Bottles Mambo" is one of her most astonishing vocal workouts, dropping into guttural growls that ... see all copies from £8.69! new only from £8.69!
17 view cover	The Music from Peter Gunn [Bonus Tracks] (1999) more music like this by Henry Mancini This is not only a great CD but a key piece of jazz and pop music history. Back in 1958, Peter Gunn was one of the unexpected hits of the new television season, capturing the imagination of millions of viewers by mixing private eye action with a jazz setting. Essential to the character of private investigator Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) was that ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.92!
18 view cover	Look Around (1968) more music like this by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Sergio Mendes took a deep breath, expanded his sound to include strings lavishly arranged by the young Dave Grusin and Dick Hazard, went further into Brazil, and out came a gorgeous record of Brasil '66 at the peak of its form. Here Mendes released himself from any reliance upon Antonio Carlos Jobim and rounded up a wealth of truly great material ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £7.38!
19 view cover	Calypso Holiday/Songs of Christmas (1999) more music like this by Norman Luboff Calypso Holiday/Songs of Christmas reissues a pair of late-'50s LPs by the Norman Luboff Choir, undoubtedly not a high priority on many music fans' lists of records that need to be reissued, but an enjoyable compilation nonetheless. The first appeared in the wake of the big calypso boom sparked by Harry Belafonte, and includes the requisite ... see all copies from £11.83! new only from £11.83!
20 view cover	Mr. Lucky Goes Latin (1961) more music like this by Henry Mancini Mancini recasts some of the numbers he wrote for the popular CBS TV series Mr. Lucky in a Latin light vein. This 1961 release also features two of his best cuts in a circus-minded mix of harpsichord and trombone called "Rain Drops in Rio" and the noirish ballad "Blue Mantilla"; once again, Mancini strikes a fine balance between jazz atmospherics ... see all copies from £6.14! new only from £13.91!
21 view cover	The Crying Game [SBK] (1993) more music like this by Original Soundtrack The movie that gave new meaning to the line "I know all there is to know about the crying game" has a soundtrack that features both Dave Berry's 1964 U.K. hit version of the title track and Boy George's remake, which was a U.S. hit. That track, and a few others, were produced by those gender-benders Pet Shop Boys, while Lyle Lovett sings his ... see all copies from £2.73! new only from £2.73!
22 view cover	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites (2007) more music like this by Raul Malo Raul Malo seemingly thrives on creative eclecticism, and he's clearly delighted to be showing off his many musical moods on his first seasonal album, Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites. The twangy baritone guitars on "Not So Merry Christmas" suggest his latter-day work with the Mavericks; "Jingle Bells" is Malo in full-on lounge lizard ... see all copies from £8.02! new only from £8.02!
23 view cover	Equinox (1967) more music like this by Sergio Mendes Equinox continues the scrumptiously winning sound that Sergio Mendes cooked up in the mid-'60s, this time a bit more fleshed out with John Pisano's guitar, a slightly thicker texture, and even an imitation sitar (this was, after all, 1967). Again, the mix of American pop tunes old and new and Brazilian standards and sleepers is impeccable ... see all copies from £4.78! new only from £10.98!
24 view cover	Charade (1963) more music like this by Henry Mancini Reflecting the European setting of Stanley Donen's 1963 comedy thriller Charade, Henry Mancini's soundtrack provides an easy listening tour of continental musical history: Parisian café songs on "Bistro," Eastern European gypsy music on "Bateau Mouche," Schubert quartets on "Bye Charlie," and some beer barrel polka on "Punch and Judy." Thrown in ... see all copies from £6.49! new only from £13.85!
25 view cover	Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1996) more music like this by Sergio Mendes After bouncing around Philips, Atlantic, and Capitol playing Brazilian jazz or searching for an ideal blend of Brazilian and American pop, Sergio Mendes struck gold on his first try at A&M (then not much more than the home of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and the Baja Marimba Band). He came up with a marvelously sleek, sexy formula: dual ... see all copies from £6.83! new only from £7.16!

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