Waterbed is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1975 and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Waterbed
Studio album by
Released1975
Recorded1975
Studio
GenreJazz
Length37:26
LabelAtlantic
SD 1676
ProducerHerbie Mann
Herbie Mann chronology
Discothèque
(1975)
Waterbed
(1975)
Surprises
(1976)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating: "Many jazz critics hated commercial Mann LPs like Discotheque and Waterbed with a passion, and saw them as examples of a gifted virtuoso dumbing his music down in order to sell more records. But young soul and funk lovers were digging Mann and didn't understand why jazz snobs had it in for him. ...Waterbed is a vocal-oriented soul/funk project first and foremost. In fact, it's one of the strongest commercial albums he recorded ...worth trying to find if you're a fan of 1970s soul/funk".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Waterbed" (Melvin Barton, Walter Chiles) – 3:49
  2. "Deus Xango" (Astor Piazzolla) – 4:34
  3. "Violet Don't Be Blue" (Pat Kirby, Pat Rebillot) – 5:08
  4. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:48
  5. "Comin' Home Baby" (Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough) – 5:33
  6. "Paradise Music" (Herbie Mann) – 4:55
  7. "Bang! Bang!" (Joe Cuba, Jimmy Sabater) – 4:50
  8. "Body Oil" (Mann) – 4:49

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed August 31, 2015
  2. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Waterbed – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.