Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Astrud Gilberto (1972)


Astrud Gilberto (1972) «Now»
Quality: FLAC | Mode: 8, Best Compression | 34:48 | 205 Mb
Styles: Latin, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Pop



Two years after her underrated album on CTI Records, Astrud Gilberto's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer - she had that covered - but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymen Milton Nascimento and Jorge Ben, and her producer Eumir Deodato. "Gingele" and "Zigy Zigy Za" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo that Ben and company were making popular around this time. "Take It Easy My Brother Charlie" is probably her best song here (covered over 20 years later by Kahimi Karie), though it is Ben who often gets the writing credit (here it's listed as Gilberto and associate producer David Jordan). Very few concessions are made to America; only "Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)" comes from the pop world, with instrumentation and sound coming from south of the equator. ~ Review by Ted Mills ~


Artist: Astrud Gilberto
Album: Now
Label: Sanctuary Records
Genre: Latin
Styles: Latin, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Pop
Original Release Date: August 1972
Original Recording Remastered: October 8, 2001
Quality/Bitrate: FLAC / Mode: 8, Best Compression / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 34:48 Min
Website: http://www.astrudgilberto.com/

~ Track Listing ~
01. Zigy Zigy Za
02. Make Love To Me
03. Baiao
04. Touching You
05. Gingele
06. Take It Easy, My Brother Charlie
07. Where Have You Been?
08. General Da Banda
09. Bridges
10. Daybreak (Walking Out On Yesterday)

Total size: 205 Mb
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