North on South St.

''North on South St.'' is a hip-hop influenced album by Herb Alpert released in 1991 and his last vinyl release on A&M Records before he released ''Midnight Sun'' (available on CD and cassette only) in 1992. The album was a commercial success and produced two singles: "Jump Street" and "North on South St." Both of the singles had a video, yet "North on South St." got a bit of popularity because the video was featured on Beavis and Butt-head several years later. There was a promotional plastic compass that was created as a marketing advertisement piece to commemorate the album release.

Track listing

# "Jump Street" ( Greg Smith, Herb Alpert) - 4:47
# "It's the Last Dance" (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 4:37
# "Passion Lady" (Troy Staton, Herb Alpert, Marc Jay Goodman, Mike Schlesinger) - 4:47
# "North on South St." (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 3:37
# "Paradise 25" (Robert Jerald, Herb Alpert) - 4:21
# "Na Na Na" (Greg Smith, Herb Alpert) - 4:16
# "Funky Reggae" (Jimmy B, Herb Alpert) - 4:51
# "Where's Tommy?" (Herb Alpert, Jimmy B, Eddie del Barrio) - 4:01
# "City Terrace" (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 4:11
# "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" (Herb Alpert) - 5:09

Critical reception

Shelly Weiss of Cashbox praised the album as “the tightest, most finely crafted quality album I've heard all year… across-the-board appeal, and will get the street crowd as well as the yuppies..”

Personnel

* Herb Alpert – all trumpets, voice (4), drum programming (8, 10), keyboards (10)
* Greg Smith – keyboards (1, 10), programming (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), guitars (1), bass (1)
* Joe Rotondi, Jr. – acoustic piano (1, 5, 7), acoustic piano solo (3)
* Troy Staton – keyboard programming (3), bass and drum programming (3)
* Marc J. Goodman – additional keyboards (3), interlude solos (3)
* Michael Schlesinger – synthesizer programming (3)
* Robert Jerald – programming (5)
* Eddie del Barrio – keyboards (8, 10), bass (8), strings (10)
* Kenny McCloud – guitars (7), drum programming (10)
* Anthony Sapp – bass (7)
* Jimmy "B" Bakker – drum programming (7)
* Chris Boyd – drum programming (8)
* Steve Smith – drum programming (8)
* Kevin Ricard – percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
* Brenda Andrews – sampled voice (8)

Voices on "Funky Reggae"
* Jimmy B, Stayce Branché, Karen "K-Dean" Cover, Karime Harris, Michelle James, Janeen Jewett, Vatrena King, Lynette Lewis and Linda Williams

Production

* Chris Boyd – executive producer
* Herb Alpert – producer
* Greg Smith – producer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
* Troy Staton – producer (3)
* Robert Jerald – producer (5)
* Jimmy B – producer (7)
* Eddie del Barrio – producer (8)
* Steve Smith – producer (8), engineer, remixing
* Mike Baumgartner – assistant engineer
* Michael Morongell – remixing, technical advisor
* Tom Hardisty – remix assistant
* Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
* Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
* Caroline Greyshock – photography
* Kip Cohen – management direction

References

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1992 albums
Herb Alpert albums
Albums produced by Herb Alpert
A&M Records albums
Universal Music Group albums
Albums recorded at A&M Studios