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Samba Soul 70!

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This is a superb album for anyone looking for great party music, or a sampling of Brazilian pop from the 70s. I've purchased many Brazilian collections, and this is perhaps the most consistent one on the market. The songs sound fresh and fun, the arrangements are always groovin', and the instrumentation and vocals are eclectic in the best way. While it does not showcase Brazil's most famous or sophisticated talents, it speaks very well of their home-grown pop-charts, where the bar is set very high.

This is it. This is the album that all the Bossa/Lounge/Afro-Latin loving music fans have been waiting for. To describe it in words would be pointless. You just need to put this on during a hot summer day and melt into the lucious beats which shake under funky and beautiful organs, horns, bass and guitar. I promise you will not be the same afterwards. This is the kind of music that can make gridlock traffic go away while you smile smile smile. If you dig the sound of the ESL label or love Brazillian music or just love music period you will be blown away by this. It has more soul than anything this side of Motown and as much beauty as Jobim himself (even though this is samba, not bossa). It is the perfect fusion of those two influences and sounds just as fresh today as the day it was recorded. It is obvious that listening to these recordings that most artists today that work in this genre are praying to be able to come close to the richness and sincerity contained here, but it would be nearly impossible to equal this masterwork. Thank God for those who compiled this work and for the artists who originally recorded these songs. It is a priviledge to hear this. By far this best release of any genre this year.

This is Brazil's answer to American Soul music from the 70's. It is funky like anything you would hear from the American Blaxploitation era. Each groove is catchy and although it is influenced by American soul music, it has a true Brazilian flair that makes it a style all its own. Brazilian soul music, like the songs found on this album, add elements of traditional Brazilian music to it, such as the usage of samba beats and the cuica (for those of you that don't know - it's that instrument that sounds like a monkey). I highly recommend checking this album out. It's well worth your money!

...This cd will bring a smile to your lips, a samba in your hips, and a swoon in all the chicks!!! lousy poetry I know but an awesome CD!

With a title like SAMBA SOUL 70 the CD just jumped off the shelf at me and right into my hands... O.K. to be a bit honest I'm not a HUGE fan of Brazillian music, but I know one thing for sure... it does mix well with SOUL and FUNK (one Japanese group called ORIGINAL LOVE proved this to me excellently a few years ago and I've been firmly in suspicion ever since that funky grooved up Brazillian music goes far beyond Sergio Menez !)

The music on this CD for the most part is a great mix of Jazzy Soul... not watered down latin Jazz, but great FREE SOUL... Its Funky and groovin' and with HIGH MUSICIANSHIP to boot... lot's of heavy percussion and tight snazzy JB/70s action move CHASE type incidental music, incredible rhythm guitar and some funky rhodes and clavs thrown in on occasion ! ! ! ... examples - - just to randomly pick a few... MARIA FUMACA - - a fantastic piece of Blackbyrds/FANTASY JAZZ type disco/soul... crisp rhythm, snazzy horn section... and yes, some really Jazzy keyboards and Rhodes... Next Princesa Negra de Angola (let me guess... this means Black Princess of Negola ???) -- with its JB type intro, the band cuts into a some pretty funky vamping and chanting, and again killer funky horns - - real party music with a touch of OSIBISA in the mix... next Negro Dito - - my gosh so sweet and funky this one with a raspy voice male singer answered Fela style by a cool chorus - - oh and dig the GROOVY opening track COSA NOSTRA... more solid party funk, heavy percussion, call respons vocals, horns and.... oh and the second track even includes a PRE-RAP Brazillian Rap that sounds almost like something De La Soul might have come up with ! I stop here not because the other dozen tracks aren't worth describing but because Amazon sets a limit to the length of reviews. Well let me throw in one more... Mane Joao... the sexy lady vocalists voice is padded with some mean horns, flute and rhythm guitar and some really wicked RHODES... - - This CD, in conclusion is a WINNER... I can't believe I've lived so long without out. VIVA BRAZIL... (oh in case you're hip to brazilian music... and admitedly I'm not... the groups and artists include ERLON CHAVES, WILSON SIMONAL, SOM TRES, DE MELO, WANDERLEA, DOM SALVADOR AND BANDA ABOLICAO, MILTON BANANA TRIO, BEBETO, CAL COSTA, BANDA BLACK RIO, TRIO MOCOTO and numerous others...)

Hey, I loved this compilation of MPB grooves from around
the early 70s.
This album, ..., possesses qualities that can get your juices going.
I am a huge fan of samba by itself, and this took it a step
further by adding R&B/funk elements. The songs keep rolling
through my head, and I still can't get enough!
Check out "Onde Anda Meu Amor"--it's the sexiest. The
only track that lacks on this CD is the last one. I gave
this CD 4 and a half stars just because not EVERY track was
excellent. I think that the five star rating is completely
overused. Not EVERY CD can be THAT good, can it?

I usually hate compilation albums, they include lots of things and artists I rather explore for myself in my own time and a lot more thoroughly. This disc, however, is different and spectacular. I am pig-ignorant about Brazilian music from the 1970s and I would never have stumbled across any of these artists on my own - especially considering I live in Australia. So a disc like this is both educational and highly entertaining for me. And OH how entertaining it is! This is the closest you'll ever get to a party on a CD. All the music is fabulous, cheeky, colourful, stylish and utterly groovy. Yeah, I know, that does sound naff, but believe me, this is a first class CD and one I listen to VERY often - especially when I'm entertaining or need a pick-me-up.

I defy anyone to sit still and listen to this entire album and not feel like getting up and dancing. I feel like getting up and dancing as I write this review - I have it playing on my CD player.

If you only buy one CD of Brazilian music in your entire lifetime, make it this one, please!

I got this album when it came out, and have enjoyed it since then, and when the tracks show up on the "shuffle" in itunes. I like Brasilian music, but sometimes you need a little soul. This CD is has that great late sixties, philly-soul vibe with some JBs and Booker T thrown in with some subtle tropical elements. You'll sing along in faux-Portuguese. Most of the tracks are extraordinarily catchy like any good pop song should be. I'd recommend this to 70s music lovers, Jamiroquai fans and funk fans, Check it out.

I love this CD. It just keeps on getting better with time. It is just a shame that 99% of people will never heard these tremendous songs. I counted 10/16 songs on this CD I give a 10 rating to. What is great is the other songs are good as well. There is not a lemon on the bunch which is unusual for these compilation albums. I cannot recommend this highly enough. If you managed to somehow discover this CD and are reading these reviews, you will like this CD. A must buy. It is impossible to be depressed when listening to this.

Pick this one up in a HURRY. Seriously, pick this up for the curiosity; pick it up for the island vibe; pick it up for the damn groove. Not sure what was being passed around in Rio De back in the day, but all these cats took a LOT of it. Banda Black Rio, Gal Costa, Dom Salvador. Some dude named Milton Banana - who cooks. And my favorite here, Orlandivo's "Onde Anda.." A very moody, trippy, keyboard freak out. Honestly, this music has to be heard to be comprehended. Feed your mind.