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| Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Brazil | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Putumayo World Music
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 6179
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 234
UPC: 790248023427
EAN: 0790248023427
ASIN: B00075147Q
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Aquele Frevo Axe - Veloso, Caetano | | • | A Voz do Povo - DoVale, Joao | | • | Samba Triste - Vanzolini, Paulo | | • | Ciranda - Faraco, Marcio | | • | Meu Mundo e Hoje (Eu Sou Assim) - Batista, Jose | | • | Quando Eu for Eu Vou Sem Pena - Vanzolini, Paulo | | • | Tem Quem Queira - Vieira, Antonio | | • | Cajuina - Veloso, Caetano | | • | Moro Na Roca | | • | Mensagem de Amor - Vianna, Herbert | | • | Labios de Cetim - Dias, Anisio | | • | Noite Severina - Queiroga, Lula |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
With its amazing mix of Portuguese, African, and Indian musical genres, dances, and instruments, Brazil's pop scene is unique because so much of it is acoustic. This disc is a pleasing potpourri of mostly non-electronic tunes sung by some famous and not-so-famous artists. Of course, the samba--the country's most dominant genre--and its offshoots are well represented here. The disc includes some well-known, previously released selections, including the Bahian, Tropicalismo pioneer Caetano Veloso's existentially poetic "Cajuina," guitarist Marcio Faraco's festive, Nordeste-nuanced "Ciranda," with the superstar vocalist Chico Buarque, and the perky, Maranhao-born Rita Ribeiro's samba-reggae number "Tem Quem Queira." Some lesser-known artists include the Arab-Brazilian vocalist Glaucia Nasser, Lula Queiroga, and Monica Salmaso, whose "Moro Na Roca" is a powerful, Angola-derived lundu/jongo homage to the legendary Clementina de Jesus. This disc adds credence to the phrase, "keep it real." --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Most songs great February 17, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Bought this at Wholefoods Market, they were playing while I was shopping and it sounded good. Now I listen to it at work and it helps me relax. I do not speak Portuguese but you dont need to.
The music is a compilation of samba, bassa nova and Brazilian folk music...obviously all acoustic and very good.
Highlights singers include Gal Costa, a modern day Gilberto Astrid. Anna de Hollanda full of evocative emotion. Marcio
Faraco perfect combination of guitar melody and singing harmony.
Tracks 5,6,7,8 really pack musical punch as haunting tunes that you'll find your self humming in the shower. Tracks 2, 10,11 dont do much for me but the CD ends on an ubeat note with Lula Queiroga. If you like Latin music, you cannot go wrong with this buy.
 Sure, it's got sambas, though not the more upbeat ones..... February 19, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
.....but still very fun and relaxful to listen to and enjoy. This is a nice set of low-key sambas, bossa nova, and acoustic guitar melodies which makes you feel more at ease with yourself (and sung in Portuguese, one of the world's most musical languages, even if you don't understand a word of it).
My favorites are tracks 1,3,4,5,7, and 9. In fact, this comment from the liner notes on page 18 about "Tem Quem Queira" (Someone Else Will Want It, track 7) by Rita Ribeiro should be rather interesting: (It) reflects the blend of Portuguese and African influences that are the foundation of Brazilian music (not to mention, the majority of the songs from this compilation).
Even if this isn't like the more high-energy sambas with the dozen-plus backup singers, the rhythms and harmony here are just as great, if not better. :)
BRAVO AGAIN PUTUMAYO
Great music July 5, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I got this CD to dance my 8 month old baby to sleep -- it worked great for that. I've heard it so many times, but I love it everytime, and it keeps getting better. Track 4 is my favorite at the moment!
Huh? "good review?" September 13, 2005
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Great music; wished I spoke Portuguese. But even without speaking the language the beat is great; especially in my new car with its new sound system. Makes driving to work and back most enjoyable. I had heard a similar CD(without lyrics,(though))at our Botanic Garden Gift shop. It was also published by Putumayo and it was called "Brazilian Groove". I've not found it yet. Can you help?
Bye...Madeleine
Brazilian Brilliance September 8, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Putumayo has never gone wrong with its Brazilian compilations.Like "Brasileiro",its first Brazilian compilation,this album is focused on the country's acoustic music.This album is reflective,relaxing,and at times bittersweet,like dark chocolate.
Highlights-
1)Aquele Frevo Axe-On this song,Gal Costa sounds like the more famous Bebel Gilberto.It's a delightful song,despite its theme of lost love.
2)Samba Triste-Ana de Hollanda sings a lilting,melancholy song.Her niece is Bebel Gilberto.It's unusually catchy for a "sad samba."
3)Ciranda-A bittersweet,powerful song about memory.It's also very hopeful.Marcio Faraco sings "If I want to run,time stops/If I stop to watch,the world goes on."
4)Meu Monde e Hoje eu sou assim-This is like a Cape Verdean morna.
5)Tem quem queira-This song sounds like a Brazilian version of a mariachi song.It's almost as if Rita Ribeiro was on Linda Ronstadt's "Canciones de mi padre." Very beautiful.Rita Ribeiro is a star in Brazil with her powerful voice.
Caetano Veloso,Chico Buarque and Monica Salmaso also contribute thoughtful,delicate songs.
This is a must for any Brazilian collection!
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