The Sacred Idol
1960 studio album by Les Baxter and His Orchestra
The Sacred Idol | ||||
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Studio album by Les Baxter and His Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Genre | Easy listening, Exotica | |||
Label | Capitol ST 1293 | |||
Producer | Voyle Gilmore | |||
Les Baxter and His Orchestra chronology | ||||
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The Sacred Idol is an album by Les Baxter and His Orchestra. It was released in 1960 on Capitol Records.[1][2] The music was composed by Baxter; it was originally intended to be the soundtrack for a film that was never released.[2]
Upon its release, Billboard gave the album a rating of four stars and called it "exciting, exotic and colorful."[3]
AllMusic also gave the album a rating of four stars. Reviewer Jason Ankeny called it "a journey to the center of the mind" and wrote that it conjured "a Latin American fantasia inspired by the legends of Aztec culture and spirituality".[2]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Procession of the Princes"
- "Feathered Serpent"
- "Fruit of Dreams"
- "Pool of Love"
- "Aqueducts"
- "The Games"
Side 2
- "Conquistadores"
- "Gardens of the Moon"
- "Temple of Gold"
- "Pyramid of the Sun"
- "High Priest of the Aztecs"
- "Acapulco"
References
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Les Baxter
- Music Out of the Moon (1947)
- Ritual of the Savage (1951)
- The Passions (1954)
- Tamboo! (1955)
- Caribbean Moonlight (1957)
- Skins! Bongo Party with Les Baxter (1957)
- 'Round the World with Les Baxter (1957)
- Space Escapade (1958)
- African Jazz (1959)
- Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz (1959)
- The Sacred Idol (1960)
- Jewels of the Sea (1961)
- "Because of You"
- "Blue Tango"
- "April in Portugal"
- "Ruby"
- "I Love Paris"
- "The High and the Mighty"
- "Unchained Melody"
- "Wake the Town and Tell the People"
- "The Poor People of Paris"