Mel [IMPORT]

Maria Bethania

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000004791
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,006 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honey indeed, February 15, 2003

By	Antonio M Vazquezpausa "amvp" (Miami, Fl United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's late 1979.Your multimillionseller Alibi has been on the charts for months while the show supporting it has been a smash as well.What do you do to keep riding this high wave of success?You team up with the same songwriters that generated the gems from the previous LP.You see them through and interpret them like no one else.That is what Maria Bethania did upon begetting Mel.The album starts off with Caetano Veloso's title track and follows with Caetano's love song Ela e Eu.The word Honey(mel)is a recurring theme throughout the record and often equated with passion and sex.Bethania championed then-new songwriter Angela RoRo by including the intense Gota de Sangue and topped the singles charts with Gonzaguinha's Grito de Alerta which to this day is one of her signature songs.Chico Buarque is represented with Amando sobre os jornais(Loving among the newspapers)a tale of two lovers copulating out in the country.The album closes with Caetano's ode to a waterfall in which Bethania gets to sing about his memories of her near the water,Queda d'Agua.Overall,a gem of Brazilian popular music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente, October 10, 2001

By	Jorge Velasco Cruz (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

¡Una delicia! Un gran álbum. Si bien al principio no me gustaba mucho, con el tiempo supe apreciarlo. Maria Bethania demuestra aquí que es una gran intérprete, versátil, capaz de darle un tono triste o alegre a una canción según sea el caso. Grandes canciones, grandes melodías, grandes arreglos y notables músicos de acompañamiento.Mel asoma como un clásico de Maria Bethania y de la Música Brasileña.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bethania at the peak of her powers, January 4, 2002

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

A great studio album, similar to 1978's beautifully-produced "Alibi." Very slick and technique-heavy, but pleasant and engaging. Some interesting choices for instrumentation, including pedal steel guitar. Admittedly, the popping bass and drifting keyboards come straight out of the '70s AOR handbook, but they are balanced by tasteful post-bossa woodwinds and an upbeat string section, none of which interferes with her lovely vocals. Sounds like she's smiling the whole time she's singing, a sensation which becomes infectious. Highly recommended.