Acoustic Brazil

Putumayo Presents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B00075147Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Brazilian > Bossa Nova

Track Listings

1. Aquele Frevo Axe - Gal Costa

2. A Voz Do Povo - Paulinho Da Viola

3. Samba Triste - Anna De Hollanda

4. Ciranda - Marcio Faraco

5. Meu Mundo E Hoje (Eu Sou Assim) - Teresa Cristina

6. Quando Eu For Eu Vou Sem Pena - Chico Buarque

7. Tem Quem Queira - Rita Ribeiro

8. Cajuina - Caetano Veloso

9. Moro Na Roca - Monica Salmaso

10. Mensagem De Amor - Lucas Santtana

11. Labios De Cetim - Glaucia Nasser

12. Noite Severina - Lula Queiroga

Editorial Reviews

VARIOS INTERPRETES ACOUSTIC BRAZIL

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brazilian Brilliance, September 7, 2006

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Amaranth "music fan" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Brazil (Audio CD)

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!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Most songs great, February 16, 2006

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Robert Lipsitz "study but doubt, question and... (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Brazil (Audio CD)

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.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sure, it's got sambas, though not the more upbeat ones....., February 18, 2006

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Mr Groovy 70s (Hobart, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Brazil (Audio CD)

.....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