Gilberto Gil & Milton Nascimento [IMPORT]

Gilberto Gil

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
• ASIN: B0000525QN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,805 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Gil & Milton represents the first collaboration between Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento, who between them have shaped the whole tradition of Brazilian music since the 1960s. Gil hails from Salvador, where he helped launch the "tropicalismo" music whose political subversiveness forced him into exile in London, though he's now back home as a celebrated political figure. Nascimento comes from Minas Gerais and had an equally subversive political start; he too gravitated to London, where his music was heavily influenced by the Beatles. Track 6 of this lovely CD is George Harrison's "Something," though it was never so charmingly sung: charm is in fact the keynote of everything these two men sing. Milton--once described by his colleague Caetano Veloso as mil tons ("a thousand tones")--revels in his rich vocal palette, offsetting Gil's more laid-back softness. But behind these songs, with their beguilingly gentle backing, there lurk hard truths about love and war, poverty and oppression. It's great to have the full lyrics, but serious listeners will have to invest in a Portuguese dictionary. --Michael Church

Product Description

2001 release & first ever collaboration for the Brazilian jazz legends Gilberto Gil & Milton Nascimento. Tracks include Brazilian classics such as 'Cancao Do Sal' & 'Bom Dia', as well as five originals composed by Gil & Nascimento. Produced by Guto Graca Mello (Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, Rita Lee). 15 tracks. Standard jewel case housed in a slipcase. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Para los que gustan de la buena música, June 29, 2001

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

Recién tengo este disco desde hace algunas horas y ya lo he escuchado unas tres veces. Se nota que la conjunción de estos dos grandes es muy prolífica. Hay calidad, buenas canciones y tradición. Cada uno respeta el espacio del otro como compositor e intérprete. Sin embargo, ojo, que no es para novatos ni gente que quiera salir bailando la primera vez que lo escucha. Este disco es para paladearlo y digerirlo, para ir gozando de a poco y descubriendo cada canción. Una joya de la música brasilera.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How somebody can screw up a good idea., January 15, 2001

A Kid's Review

For people who know Milton and Gil this work is pure disapointment. The impression is that a smart producer came up with the idea of doing the cd, which is in principle a good one, selected some fashionable songs and allowed them to put two or three songs that are true art. The choice of Sandy and Jr for a track is perhaps the best example of this disapointment. Don't buy this cd. There is much more quality in previous work of both Gil and Milton to be disapointed with this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars no es digno de ellos, August 9, 2005

By	gulartedamian "dami" (Uruguay) - See all my reviews

hay como 4 o 5 temas buenos y el resto.....no es digno.
estos dos monstruos pueden hacerlo mucho mejor.