Perfil [Import]

Zeca Baleiro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Som Livre
• ASIN: B00018QHXA
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,934 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Telegrama

2. Proibida Pra Mim (Grazon)

3. Bandiera

4. Salão de Beleza/Citação: Não Vá Se Perder Por Aí

5. Vapor Barato/Flor de Pele

6. Meu Amour Meu Bem Me Ame

7. Lenha

8. Mamãe Oxum

9. Piercing

10. Babylon

11. Samba Do Approach

12. Quase Nada

13. Bienal

14. Heavy Metal Do Senhor

15. Bicho de 7 Cabeças II [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars fun music, June 3, 2011

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Katya Cohen (Clemson, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfil (Audio CD)

Disclaimer: Not sure if this review will help anyone choose whether or not to buy this album.

I was born and raised in Brazil but left the country at the age of 17 to come study here (USA), and here I stayed. Listening to Baleiro's songs takes me back to a time and place I thought I had learned to forget. It is not only the sound of the music that takes me back there, it's the attitude. An attitude that makes itself felt not only in the way Baleiro articulates his sound, but also in the way he constructs his lyrics.

In terms of sound, Perfil is pretty global. Baleiro not only integrates together a bunch of different Brazilian musical beats and styles; but he also deftly cannibalizes and assimilates other genres ranging from American rock, pop, hip-hop, rap and even country, on to Indian beats and rhythms. On the other hand, although Por Onde Andara Stephan Fry (pronounced by Baleiro as Steefã, which I love) contains some of the same songs found in Perfil with their global feel, the album has more songs with a Samba beat and feels more straightforward Brazilian (or Brazeelhã).

In terms of lyrics, well, one just has to learn the Portuguese to understand the breadth and natural poetry of the language, not to mention the humor with which Brazilians put it to use. Brazilians are adept at assimilating other cultures without ever diluting their own. Listening to these albums reminds me of how they integrate into their culture anything that washes up onto their shores, especially the English language. They do it effortlessly and with (again) humor. They consume it and weave it seamlessly into the fabric of their own speech where it feels entirely at home and yet points to the fact of its appropriation and difference. Brazilians do this so gracefully, so unlike the French who do it with a petty Anglophobic attitude. So yeah, I really miss the attitude.

Zeca Baleiro's music takes me back to a certain time and place, which is weird, because he is of this time and not of mine. It reminds me of how much I actually miss that time and that place...

Are these good albums? I like all the songs, love some, and find myself moving to a lot of them. That said, nobody actually makes albums in this day and age anymore... But the music: it is fun.

5.0 out of 5 stars just great!, January 22, 2009

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Christian Rintelen "©" (Zurich Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perfil (Audio CD)

it's a CD i could listen to all day (and night). very modern, with many facets, very brazilian (but not in the ubiquituous MPB-style). listen to the guitar on "Lenha" or on "Quase Nada" and enjoy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Killer, November 26, 2005

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music man "music man" (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perfil (Audio CD)

You have got to be kidding me. If you like modern music, especially music with a Brasilian beat, especially music that is progressive, especially music that is hip (and incorporates modern themes like rap), you will love this. This is particularly true of songs like Piercing and Meu Amour. Some of these songs have appeared before. But that's the beauty of this CD. It includes some of his best stuff. If you're looking for new Brazilian music with the same catchy harmonies and rhythms, you've found it.