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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

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| Name = Crystal Illusions

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| Type = studio

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| Artist = [[Sergio Mendes]]

| Covername = Crystalillusionsalbum.jpgCrystal Illusions

| Releasedtype = 1969studio

| Recordedartist = [[Sérgio Mendes]]

| Genre cover = [[Bossa nova]]Crystalillusionsalbum.jpg

| Lengthalt = =

| Label released = [[A&M Records]]1969

| Producer recorded = [[Sergio Mendes]]1968

| venue =

| Reviews = [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifwxq8gld0e link]

| studio = A&M Studios, Hollywood

| Last album = ''[[Fool on the Hill (Sergio Mendes album)|Fool on the Hill]]<br/>(1968)|

| genre = [[Bossa nova]]

| This album = '''''Crystal Illusions'''''<br/>(1969) |

| length =

| Next album = ''[[Ye-Me-Lê (Sergio Mendes album)|Ye-Me-Lê]]<br/>(1969)|

| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<br>SP-4197<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/S%C3%A9rgio-Mendes-Brasil-66-Crystal-Illusions/release/5498064|title = Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 – Crystal Illusions (1969, Vinyl)| website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref>

| producer = [[Herb Alpert]], [[Sérgio Mendes]]

| prev_title = [[Fool on the Hill (album)|Fool on the Hill]]

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = [[Ye-Me-Lê]]

| next_year = 1969

}}

{{Album reviews

'''''Crystal Illusions''''' is the fifth [[album]] by [[Sergio Mendes]] and [[Brasil '66]].

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r109427|label="Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: ''Crystal Illusions''" |first=Richard S |last=Ginell |accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref>

}}

'''''Crystal Illusions''''' is the fifth [[album]] by [[Sérgio Mendes]] and [[Brasil '66]].

==Track listing==

{{ tracklist

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| title1 = [[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]

| writer1 = [[Steve Cropper]], [[Otis Redding]]

| length1 = 3:13

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| title2 = Viola (Viola Enluarada)

| writer2 = [[Marcos Valle]], Paulo Sérgio Valle

| length2 = 3:51

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| title3 = Song of No Regrets

| writer3 = [[Lani Hall]], [[Sérgio Mendes]]

| length3 = 3:58

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| title4 = Salt Sea

| writer4 = Lani Hall, Sérgio Mendes, Sebastião Neto

| length4 = 2:32

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| title5 = Empty Faces

| writer5 = Lani Hall, [[Milton Nascimento]]

| length5 = 2:51

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| title6 = Pretty World

| writer6 = Antonio Adolfo, [[Alan Bergman]], [[Marilyn Bergman]], Tibério Gaspar

| length6 = 3:20

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| title7 = Dois Dias

| writer7 = [[Dori Caymmi]], [[Nelson Motta]]

| length7 = 2:31

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| title8 = [[You Stepped Out of a Dream]]

| writer8 = [[Nacio Herb Brown]], [[Gus Kahn]]

| length8 = 2:36

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| title9 = Crystal Illusions (Memórias de Marta Saré)

| writer9 = [[Gianfrancesco Guarnieri]], Lani Hall, [[Edu Lobo]]

| length9 = 7:49

}}

==Personnel==

*[[Sérgio Mendes]] – keyboards, vocals, arranger, producer

*[[Lani Hall]], [[Karen Philipp]] – vocals

*[[Oscar Castro-Neves]] – guitar

*[[Sebastião Neto]] – bass

*[[Rubens Bassini]] – percussion

*[[Dom Um Romão]] – drums

*[[Herb Alpert]] – producer

*[[Dave Grusin]] – orchestra arranger, conductor

==References==

{| class="wikitable" |-

{{reflist}}

! #

! Song title

! Composer/songwriter

!length

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|1

|[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]

|[[Steve Cropper]], [[Otis Redding]]

|3:13

|-

|2

|Viola

|Viola Enluarda, [[Marcos Valle]], Paulo Sérgio Valle

|3:51

|-

|3

|Song of No Regrets

|Hall, Mendes

|3:58

|-

|4

|Salt Sea

|[[Lani Hall]], Sergio Mendes, Tião Neto, Sebastião Neto

|2:32

|-

|5

|Empty Faces

|Lani Hall, [[Milton Nascimento]]

|2:51

|-

|6

|Pretty World

|Antonio Adolfo, [[Alan Bergman]], [[Marilyn Bergman]], Tiberio Gaspar

|3:20

|-

|7

|Dois Dias

|[[Dorival Caymmi]], [[Nelson Motta]]

|2:31

|-

|8

|[[You Stepped out of a Dream]]

|[[Nacio Herb Brown]], [[Gus Kahn]]

|2:36

|-

|9

|Crystal Illusions (Memorias de Marta Sare)

|[[Johnny Guarnieri]], Lani Hall, [[Edu Lobo]]

|7:49

|-

|}

==Album Credits==

===Performance Credits===

*[[Sergio Mendes]] - Keyboards, Vocals, Arranger, Producer

*[[Lani Hall]] - Vocals

*[[Karen Philipp]] - Vocals

*[[Oscar Castro-Neves]] - Guitar

*[[Sebastiao Neto]] - Bass

*[[Rubens Bassini]] - Percussion

*[[Dom Um Romao]] - Drums

===Technical Credits===

*[[Herb Alpert]] - Producer

*[[Dave Grusin]] - Orchestra Arranger, Conductor

{{Sérgio Mendes Discography}}

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[[Category:1969 albums]]

[[Category:BossaSérgio novaMendes albums]]

[[Category:Sergio1960s MendesSpanish-language albums]]

[[Category:Albums conducted by Dave Grusin]]

[[Category:Albums arranged by Dave Grusin]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Sérgio Mendes]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Herb Alpert]]

[[Category:A&M Records albums]]

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