Bossa Per Due

Thievery Corporation, Nicola Conte | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eighteenth Street
• ASIN: B00005K9GY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,070 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Jazz > Acid Jazz

Track Listings

1. Arabesque

2. Bossa Per Due

3. Dóssier Omega

4. Il Cerchio Rosso

5. Fuoco Fatuo

6. Forma 2000

7. Missione a Bombay

8. Jazz Pour Dadine

9. The In Samba

10. La Coda del Diavolo

11. Mambo de los Dandies

12. Jet Sounds

13. Trappola Mortale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dance Music for Beatniks, September 18, 2002

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Steven R. Seim "Steve Seim" (Beaver Dam, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bossa Per Due (Audio CD)

First, a few words of explanation. Please note that "Bossa Per Due" and "Jet Sounds" are essentially the same album. "Bossa" is the American release, "Jet Sounds" the European. Secondly, you are probably here because you heard one of these tracks on a TV commercial. "Bossa Per Due" (the song) was used in an Acura commercial about a year ago, and "Jet Sounds" (the song) is currently used in the Joe Boxer commercial where the African-American fellow is dancing in his underwear.

As for the music itself, Conte fits into an obscure but trendy genre that combines 60s lounge and bossa nova music with modern dance/techno elements. The result is a weird (but often enjoyable) hybrid of retro and ultra-contemporary. Whether you like it or not, you've probably never heard anything quite like it.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For the Bossa in you, July 24, 2001

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seanybaby (True North, Strong and Free) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bossa Per Due (Audio CD)

This album runs smooth with the bossa sounds from nicola conte his american release from esl records, a sure sign of a good record is that label for sure. For those unfamilliar, this album is bossa instrumental, making nice atmosphere music for the dinner party, A caution, for jazz lovers or bossa lovers. Do not expect heavy chilled out dub but instead a lively beat and more for Bebel Gilberto fans than Tosca fans. A good sound enjoyed by the casual listener, but bossa/jazz fans will love it. 3.5 stars. 4 stars for genre lovers.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Disc, July 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bossa Per Due (Audio CD)

I reckon this is the American version of the disc. His album in Europe is called "Jet Sounds", but Bossa Per Deu is probably the song most noticed in the United States, thanks to that wretched Acura commercial which doesn't do the song or Nicola Conte's music justice.

It is a great, high spirited martini madness kind of CD. I think the style Conte uses is "Bossa Italia", heh heh. Definitely a Brazilian influence in the music, but with a 60's, Italian feel to it. Very interesting and very enjoying CD. For the record, if you like or have heard one Easy Tempo, released by the ESL label, that is what this is similar too, only a bit more modern. Nice beach music. I like the tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 and a few others that are noteworthy. Get it, add to your international collection and enjoy for years!