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Windy

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i have been looking for this album for many years now and i finally found it here at amazon.com. i honestly screamed. this was my childhood favorite album. if you love astrud gilberto, this is a necessity. the songs are sweet and will blow you away just like the album's title, "windy".

Okay, I really wanted to purchase this CD, after I heard "Lonely Afternoon" on another Astrud compilation. However, Verve never released this CD in the USA and the Japanese import is quite expensive, considering that the total play time is less than 30 minutes. Anyway, I finally did something I thought I'd never do: I downloaded this album from I-tunes... So here's my review. I liked most of the songs, but some are not as good... My favorites include "Dreamy" (simple and charming, nice orchestration), "Chup-Chup" (funny and entertaining), the two Beatles covers (and I really dislike that band), "Windy" (very smooth) and "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" (this one is hillarious). However, on some tracks, such as "Never My Love" and "Sing Me a Rainbow" she sounds bored and uninspired. I don't know what happened there. And the worst choice is the duet with her son, Marcello. "You didn't have to be so Nice" from her previous album "Beach Samba" was bad enough, why record another one?!? Anyway, that said, I don't regret buying this CD and play it often. Very often in fact. Thumbs almost up for this one. Cheers! P.S. WHY WOULDN'T VERVE RE-RELEASE HER FINAL TWO ALBUMS OF THE 60'S??? HELLO, VERVE, WE NEED "I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO" AND "SEPTEMBER 17, 1969" ON CD!!!

Maybe too much goodness? A music friend of mine who likes Astrud told me this was her worst album, but I totally disagree. Her delivery(and trouble with English)is as amusingly unsmooth as ever, but Astrud is so charming and blithe that her innate sweetness wins you over(especially if you're attuned to her approach to pop-bossa nova). Some of the songs you'll instantly recognize, like her faithful and pretty versions of The Association's "Never My Love" and the title track, but others, like the gorgeous "Dreamy" and the wistful "Where Are They Now?", are hidden treasures.

Like my "fellow fan" I agree that Windy bringes you back to your childhood. You are forced to think about it when you will hear a unique performance of Jungle Book's 'The bare necessities'! It's hard not to smile when you hear this song.