Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical
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Edition: Music CDAudio: Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Music Label: Luaka Bop
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Music Review: One of my favorite Brazilian compilation albums....
Rating: 5 Stars
The first time I heard this album, I was in modern dance class listening to crooning of Maria Bethania and Gal Costa on "Sonhu Meu," (track #2) on this luscious album. I knew I had to have it! The soft, seductive samba rhythm and the beautiful harmonies made me think of the shores of Sao Paulo (I had never been there, but in my mind I had taken the journey many times whenever the song was played!). I would say that 95% of the songs on this album are just as a hypnotic. The exception is "Equatorial" by Lo Borges. It just sounds like a bad knock-off of a disco/pop song. The music sounds very 1970s and canned. However, the rest of the songs are great! Everything from "Umabarumba" by Caetano Veloso, to "Calice" by Milton Nascimento (Popular Music of Brazil) were engaging and beautifully written. Though, I speak no Portuguese the liner notes in the CD are bilingual. Some of the lyrics are the prettiest poetry I have ever read! This album is a great combination of uptempo danceable songs to slow ballads. Now, that I have learned more about the styles of Brazilian music in my Ethnomusicology class I can tell you that it covers a great cross sections of music. We have the samba, MPB (Musica Popular de Brazil), batucada and even some jazz thrown into the mix. Thank you, David Byrne! Yes, the same David Byrne from Talking Heads, who made this compilation possible. This is only a small sampling of the immense talent of musicians from Brazil. There are so many more out there that couldn't fit! Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, and others should have been introduced to the "Estadounidenses" long before.....This music is something you could never replicate in this country. Every musician is truly in a class by themselves.
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