America Brasil O Disco [Import]

Seu Jorge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 18, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B0011V7PA0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #571,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2008 release from the Brazilian singer/songwriter. Seu Jorge is an artist who has created his own distinctive brand of music over the years, breaking with musical traditions and even with the reality in which he lived. Am‚rica Brasil o Disco is a dance album. Right from the start, it melds different rhythms together in the track 'Am‚rica do Norte' ('North America'), in which the composer combines cultural contexts from the two Americas: North and South. In 'Trabalhador' ('Worker'), Seu Jorge depicts the diversity and hardships of Brazilian workers. 'Mina do Condom¡nio' ('The Girl from the Condominium') and 'Burguesinha' ('Middle-Class Woman') are the most danceable songs on the album and certainly the ones we will be hearing for years to come. The album ends with 'Voz da Massa' ('Voice of the Masses'), a song whose musicality stirs up emotions from the very first note. The mix of instruments - including a violin, bagpipes, three percussionists, drums, bass, and electric guitar, beautifully orchestrated by Seu Jorge - is enough to win over anyone who appreciates good music. Naive 2008.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funkin' For Brasil, July 2, 2008

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This review is from: America Brasil O Disco (Audio CD)

I am a huge Seu Jorge fan and therefore, I am very biased. Seu Jorge can do no wrong with that deep raspy-velvet voice, that charisma, and that acutely attuned sense of the world and its music...he is "dude extraordinaire." Seu Jorge does everything right on his new cd, America Brasil O Disco which is energized by strong funky sambas, totally playful and joyous in his own style, while respecting tradition. My special Seu Jorge anthem is Mina Do Condomino, and with all the makings of an extended jam that could go all night...maybe a few days...this infectious track has got to be way off the hook when experienced live. When you need a little break from the excitement, you can sit back and float with a couple of sweet softer tracks like Cuidar De Mim, and Mariana. Creative touch with the harmonica and violin add to this super pleasant production.