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Ports of Pleasure is a 1957 exotica album by Les Baxter. It was released on the Capitol label (catalog no. T-868).

AllMusic later gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half out of five stars. Reviewer Jason Ankeny wrote: "Baxter...calls forth fascinating impressions of the mysterious East -- those small dots on the globe where one's index finger lingers longest...Ports of Pleasure is, above all, a journey to the center of the mind." David Toop in his book Exotica - Fabricated Soundscapes in a Real World was more critical, calling the music "innocent, innocuous, touristic [and] at times mediocre." , while the website AmbientExotica found the album darker than Baxter's previous work, noting its "mysterious" air and feelings of "sadness".

Track listing
Side 1
 * 1) "Tahiti: A Summer Night at Sea"
 * 2) "Hong Kong Cable Car"
 * 3) "The Gates of Annam"
 * 4) "Shanghai Rickshaw"
 * 5) "Tramp Steamer to Singapore"
 * 6) "Spice Islands Sea Birds"

Side 2
 * 1) "City of Veils"
 * 2) "Monkey Dance of Bali"
 * 3) "Harem Silks from Bombay"
 * 4) "Sidewalk Cafes of Saigon"
 * 5) "The Pearls of Ceylon"
 * 6) "Bangkok Cockfight"