Afro Brasil

Afro Brasil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• 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)
  • #59 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Brazilian > Afro Brazilian

Track Listings

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Great, October 28, 1999

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Derric "Rau Khu" Moore author of MAA ... - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Afro Brasil (Audio CD)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good, somewhat incohesive collection, November 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Afro Brasil (Audio CD)

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.

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay overall, but somewhat cheesy and cloying, June 20, 2000

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Moten Swing (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Afro Brasil (Audio CD)

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".