Pastiche is an album by the Manhattan Transfer, released in 1978 by Atlantic Records.[1] This was the last studio album the Manhattan Transfer recorded with Laurel Massé, who because of a car accident in early 1979 decided to end her association with the group. The album was re-issued on CD with Rhino as distributor in 1994.
Pastiche | ||||
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Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | December 1976 – September 1977 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Tim Hauser, Steve Barri | |||
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The Globe and Mail wrote that "the group has run out of the material they do best and they now rely on pale imitations of western swing with, on each album, one attempt at an old Motown number."[2]
Pastiche peaked at No. 66 on the Billboard magazine Top Pop Catalog Albums chart.
The twelfth track, "Single Girl", was omitted or replaced (depending on the country of release) in the compact cassette version of the album.
The Spanish original LP contains the song "Eso es el amor" (Pepe Iglesias) at the beginning of side B (thus, between tracks 6 & 7). Also edited as a single A-side (with "Single Girl" on the B-side), it is not included on any CD release.