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Vamos Dar a Volta No Guetho: Ao Vivo

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Timbalada is energy. Although there is no substitute for seeing them perform live, this is an excellent alternative. If you want to learn about Bahia and especially Timbalada, this is a good starting point. 'Perdido de Amor' is phenomenal along with 'Beija-Flor' and 'Meia-Hora.' If you're running out of energy on the stairmaster 'Canto Pro Mar/Ae,Ae' and 'A Latinha' will revitalize you (a timbalada revitaliza). If you've gotten this far and are reading this review, you will not regret buying this CD. Para pular sem parar.

This album turned me on to Timbalada and axe' music in general. It sometimes takes me a while to warm-up to music I've never heard before, but this one grabbed me immediately.

Brazilian samba-based dance music should be live (ao vivo). There's so much more excitement from the performers and the interaction with the audience. Also, the audio engineers make the percussion on studio CDs, especially the low stuff, like surdos, too weak. On this recording, you feel the bass drums.

Like other live axe' music I've since collected, audience participation is part of the energy. A good example on "Volta no Guetho" is the song, "A Luz de Tieta" where the audience provides the backup singing, strong and on-key.

The following song, "Perdido de Amor" was the one that made me a die-hard fan of this music. I must have repeated it five times when I first heard it.

As a bonus, some of Bahia's finest vocalists guest on this CD, Ivete Sangalo, Caetano Veloso, and a wonderful vocal on the single studio track by Marisa Monte. Timbalada's own Ninha Brito is one of the most exciting and amusing puxadors I've ever heard.

I bought this CD because I play timbau (the hand drum Timbalada is named for), and wanted to hear good timbau playing. The members of Timbalada are amazing. I recommend this CD to anyone who likes exciting music.

By the way, I like this CD.

This CD brings nothing but pure unadulterated joy when I blast it at home, I have a one-person party every time I play it. It brings me back to guetho square as ninho yells "A timbalada 'ta de banda" and a galera yells back "'ta de bandinha!". It brings me back to Salvador and everything I love about Brazil. It nuts, its crazy, it an absolute blast! If you love crazy timbau rythms of Timbalada, Olodum, even Ile Aye, get this CD. Having a bit of mosh pit within you, doesn't hurt either.

Este CD ha que ser a melhor que eu ja escute- a partir da primeira cancao, me sinto levado pela muscia, pelo "toque de timbaleiro," pela voz de Denny, pelo ritmo franetico do tambouro, ate que eu volte ao pais dos meus pais, o Brasil. Se for preciso descrever esta musica por apenas uma palavra, deve ser SAUDADES. Prove este CD, e vai cumprindo seus sonhos de ser levado embora, ate o Carnaval eternal. (Eu sei que meu portugues precisa um pouqinho de trabalho, mas assim e o preco que se paga por ser criado aqui nos Estados Unidos.) Talvez ao ler as letras dentro da caixa do CD, eu va aprender mais uma palavras !!

Timbalada's music is fun, energetic, and gets you moving no matter what kind of mood you're in! Agua Mineral and Latinha will wake you up anytime...I like listening to this CD on my way to work to wake me up. The drumming is also great to work out to--definitely keeps you going. If you like Brazilian music, carnaval music, or drumming, definitely buy this CD!!!

This is one of my all time favorite CD's. I love the crazy fast drums and trumpets. You can not sit still and listen to this CD. It's not for listening it's for dancing. The music is incredible it's amazing the speed the play their instruments. I'm convinced even someone with two left feet will be able to dance to the beat of this drum. The singers sing in soft melodic to outright screaming voices. There's one song just about mineral water (Agua Mineral) that's a riot. It gets you moving! I think it's a better cure for depression than prozac. Even the love songs are mental..this CD is a GOOD TIME, period!