1100 Bel Air Place

by Julio Iglesias

Overview

1100 Bel Air Place was designed as Julio Iglesias' breakthrough to the American audience, finding the Latin superstar recording with producer Richard Perry -- the architect behind blockbusters by Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson -- and duetting with such established American superstars as Diana Ross, Stan Getz, the Beach Boys and Willie Nelson. The latter, of course, provided Iglesias with the key to his crossover with a duet on Hal David and Albert Hammond's "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," a song that became ubiquitous in 1984. If 1100 Bel Air Place is a bit too tied to that year -- not just through the presence of its blockbuster hit, but also through Perry's cavernous '80s production, a brittle affair where even studio pros sound like synthesizers -- it is nevertheless a testament to the commercial savviness of all involved. Perry captured the sound of adult contemporary radio circa 1984 just perfectly, creating the ideal vehicle for Iglesias' smooth vocals, which skirted just on the edge of being schmaltzy but never went over that edge. The material was well selected -- heavy on Hammond songs, including his other signature song "The Air That I Breathe" and "Moonlight Lady," and it was expertly executed according the conventions of mid-'80s soft rock. As a matter of fact, apart from "Me Va, Me Va" (also written by Hammond) and the accent in Iglesias' voice, this could pass as a straight-up adult contemporary record from the '80s -- which is why it was a hit, turning Iglesias into a true star in America, the one market he hadn't conquered -- but it's also why 1100 Bel Air Place may sound a little too dated to some ears: it is truly, thoroughly, an artifact of its time. But according to those standards, it works very well, and even if the sound of the record don't necessarily hold up, it's still easy to listen to this and realize exactly how it made Julio Iglesias a star in 1984. [1100 Bel Air Place was reissued in 2006 in a remastered version containing a bonus track, "I Don't Want to Wake You."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886977008825

Tracks

1. All Of You
2. Two Lovers
3. Bambou Medley: Il Tape Sur Des Bambous/Jamaica
4. The Air That I Breathe
5. The Last Time
6. Moonlight Lady
7. When I Fall In Love
8. Me Va, Me Va
9. If (E Poi)
10. To All The Girls I've Loved Before
11. I Don't Want To Wake You [Single Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Julio Iglesias   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Beach Boys   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stan Getz   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Diana Ross   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Steve George   Vocals (Background)
Marilyn Baker   Viola
Larry Corbett   Cello
Douglas Davis   Cello
Chuck Findley   Brass,Trumpet
Greg Phillinganes   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Michael Landau   Guitar
Michel Colombier   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Mike Porcaro   Bass
Les Benedict   Trombone
Tom Kelly   Vocals (Background)
Dick Hyde   Trombone
George Doering   Guitar
Assa Drori   Violin
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass
Pamela Goldsmith   Viola
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Paul Jackson, Jr.   Guitar
Stephanie Spruill   Vocals (Background)
Randy Kerber   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals (Background)
Shari Zippert   Violin
Meyer Bello   Viola
Isabelle Daskoff   Violin
Ray Kelley   Cello
Robert Sushel   Violin
Jacqueline Lustgarten   Cello
William Hymanson   Violin
Stanley Plummer   Violin
Reg Hill   Violin
Henry Ferver   Violin
Ronald Cooper   Cello
Kenny Cetera   Vocals (Background)
Steve Mitchell   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Allan Harshman   Viola
David Schwartz   Viola
John Van Tongeren   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Charlie Davis   Brass,Trumpet
David Williams   Guitar
Luis Conte   Percussion
Jeremy Lubbock   Strings
Jerry Hey   Brass,Trumpet
Julia Waters   Vocals (Background)
Nathan East   Bass
Lew McCreary   Trombone
Brad Warnaar   French Horn
Richard Marx   Vocals (Background)
Richard Todd   French Horn
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Neil Stubenhaus   Bass
Rafael Ferro   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Michael Fisher   Percussion
Nicky Hopkins   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Michael Boddicker   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Frederick Seykora   Cello
Arnold Belnick   Violin
Gary Grant   Brass,Trumpet
Sheldon Sanov   Violin
Dave Schwartz   Viola
Haim Shtrum   Violin
Alexandra Brown   Vocals (Background)
Kathleen Lenski   Violin
Larry Hall   Brass,Trumpet
James Newton Howard   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Charles Loper   Trombone
Carlos Vega   Drums
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Trombone
Robbie Buchanan   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Richard Page   Vocals (Background)
David Foster   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Bob Sanov   Violin
Joseph Goodman   Violin
David H. Speltz   Cello
Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe   Viola
Mari Tsumura   Violin
Bill Nuttycombe   Violin
Reginald Hill   Violin
Fred Seydora   Cello
Stan Ackerman   Viola
John Barnes   Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Erich Bulling   Horn,Brass

Technical Credits

Randy Kerber   String Arrangements,Arranger
Paulinho Da Costa   Arranger
Julio Iglesias   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Larry Ferguson   Engineer
Larry Greenhill   Engineer
Richard Perry   Producer
Terry Lewis   Composer
Joe Henderson   Composer
Michel Colombier   Arranger,String Arrangements
Mike Hazelwood   Composer
Tolchard Evans   Composer
Ricardo Ceratto   Composer
Marissa Panzeri   Composer
Terry Christian   Engineer
Albert Hammond   Composer,Associate Producer
Victor Young   Composer
Steve Schmitt   Engineer
Manuel de la Calva   Composer
Ramon Acrusa   Arranger,Producer
David Gates   Composer
Janet Jackson   Composer
Wally Traugott   Mastering
Pete Seeger   Composer
Jeremy Lubbock   Arranger,String Arrangements
Ramon Arcusa   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Nicky Hopkins   Arranger
Brian Wilson   Vocal Arrangement
Michael Brooks   Engineer
Tony Renis   Arranger
Hal David   Composer
Bill Scheniman   Engineer
James Harris III   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Carole Bayer Sager   Composer
Humberto Gatica   Mixing,Engineer
Gabe Veltri   Engineer
Lee Hays   Composer
Robbie Buchanan   Arranger
Harry Langdon   Photography
David Dubow   Assistant Engineer
Tom Fouce   Engineer
Stuart Furusho   Engineer
Bobby Gerber   Assistant Engineer
John Barnes   Arranger
Erich Bulling   Arranger,Horn Arrangements
Javier Paz   Design