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]
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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 | ||||
|
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]
Side 1
Side 2