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Afro Brasil

Afro BrasilAudio CD
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  • Audio CD (October 20, 1992)
  • Original Release Date: October 20, 1992
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polygram Records
  • ASIN: B0000047AW
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 
1. Uma História de Ifá - Margareth Menezes
2. Guerra No Mar - Maria Bethania
3. Bença Negro - Agepe
4. Male Debale - lazzo
5. Um Canto de Afoxé Para O Cloco de Ilê (Ilê Ayê) - Caetano Veloso
6. Odilê, Odilá - Elba Ramalho
7. O Bondade (Abaixo a Força Bruta) - Luiz Caldas
8. Ilê Aiyê - Paulinho Feijao
9. Ifá, Um Canto Pra Subir - Margareth Menezes
10. Tropicana - Alceu Valenca
11. Maracatu Colonial [Instrumental] - Alceu Valenca
12. Two Naira Fifty Kobo - Caetano Veloso
13. Oleré Camará - Alcione
14. Salve As Folhas - Maria Bethania
15. Eh! Bahia - Nana Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers
16. Ijexá (Filhos de Gandhi) - Tribo Nacao Ijexa
17. Grito de Guerra - Moraes Moreira
18. Mafestadde Real - Beth Carvalho

 

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Great, October 28, 1999
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This is a very beautiful album. All the songs are very religious and/or have Yoruba religious overtones that so distinctly marks the Brazillian culture. I literally cannot get enough of this album, and make me dream of returning to see some its beauties. Very meditative. Despite, I might add, all the economical problems that this country has. Two thumbs up.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good, somewhat incohesive collection, November 5, 1998
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I'm not sure that I would categorize the music represented on this disc as entirely "Afro-Brazilian," but it's still a good collection. It actually belongs to an excellent Verve series of four, of which this album is my least favorite. That being said, I would still give it four stars and probably would have tacked on a 1/2 if there was the option. What this album really contains is a mix of some "traditional" northeastern, Bahian artists and some work from MPB (Brazilian rock/pop) artists which touch upon Afro-Brazilian musical themes. That is not to say that the songs aren't great. The Maria Bethania songs are among my favorites represented, and both she and Caetano Veloso are indeed from Bahia. Alcione and Margareth Menezes are both pop artists, but provide better material here than they typically produce. Some of the songs are a little tedious, but overall it's worth buying. I would recommend the companion in the series "Nordeste Brasil" which is one of my all time favorite compilations.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay overall, but somewhat cheesy and cloying, June 20, 2000
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Of the excellent Verve collection (Samba, Bossa-Nova, Forro, Afro-Brasil) this is easily the weakest release. Some good songs here, for sure, but others are strikingly thin and synthed-up. Instead, go with the Samba disc, or better yet, "Samba Roots".
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