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The Art of Amalia

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Amalia Rodrigues

Release Date September 21, 1998
Sorry for slipping into the vernacular: Hobson's Choice = voice.

Listening to this album is an incredible experience. I do not know any Portuguese, I have know idea what the lady is singing (although I can guess what she's singing about) but I am moved almost to tears by the emotion she brings to these songs, as if the words are being torn from her heart.

The quality and range of Amalia's voice are superb. The only comparison I can make is the poor one of a Portuguese Kathleen Ferrier, a poor comparison because Amalia is far less constrained by the conventions of classical singing. Then again maybe it's just the difference between Europeans and the uptight English.

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CD-Charts Position 232
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Gato Negro/Dragón Rojo

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Amaral

Release Date September 01, 2008
Sorry for slipping into the vernacular: Hobson's Choice = voice.

Listening to this album is an incredible experience. I do not know any Portuguese, I have know idea what the lady is singing (although I can guess what she's singing about) but I am moved almost to tears by the emotion she brings to these songs, as if the words are being torn from her heart.

The quality and range of Amalia's voice are superb. The only comparison I can make is the poor one of a Portuguese Kathleen Ferrier, a poor comparison because Amalia is far less constrained by the conventions of classical singing. Then again maybe it's just the difference between Europeans and the uptight English.

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CD-Charts Position 233
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Carolina

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Seu Jorge

Release Date March 02, 2005
Have to agree with the other reviewer on this page. Magazines like Straight No Chaser and tastemakers like Gilles Peterson have done an excellent job of opening up contemporary Brazilian music. Artists like Seu Jorge and Ed Motta are working with an obvious knowledge of and sensitivity to Bossa and Samba, but like Azymuth, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle and many more before them, incorporating a great range of styles and influences.

This is not Seu Jorge's most famous album. Most people in Britain are probably more familiar with his work on the Life Aquatic soundtrack and his latest solo album Cru (2005). Carolina isn't as accoustic and folky as the Bowie covers used on Wes Anderson's film. He is much readier to use funk ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 234
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Feliz Navidad

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Jose Feliciano

Release Date October 25, 2004
Have to agree with the other reviewer on this page. Magazines like Straight No Chaser and tastemakers like Gilles Peterson have done an excellent job of opening up contemporary Brazilian music. Artists like Seu Jorge and Ed Motta are working with an obvious knowledge of and sensitivity to Bossa and Samba, but like Azymuth, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle and many more before them, incorporating a great range of styles and influences.

This is not Seu Jorge's most famous album. Most people in Britain are probably more familiar with his work on the Life Aquatic soundtrack and his latest solo album Cru (2005). Carolina isn't as accoustic and folky as the Bowie covers used on Wes Anderson's film. He is much readier to use funk ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 235
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Equinox

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Release Date June 03, 2002
This 1967 album features some of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's finest songs. To anyone not familiar with the group, they play a jazzy bossa nova that's fresh, summery but capable of a poigniance which never veers into downright melancholy. This album is probably the finest from Sergio Mendes' early career, with classic songs like "Night And Day" with its stirring vocal harmoies, and "For Me" with soaring vocals and irrepressible energy. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" meanwhile makes the idea of rain feel utterly refreshing, joyfully invigourating.

Other songs by Sergio Mendes might be better known - especially their covers of Beatles and Carpenters songs - but this album is a consistent delight, and an ideal introduction to the seductive, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 236
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An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba

Release Date July 22, 2008
This 1967 album features some of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's finest songs. To anyone not familiar with the group, they play a jazzy bossa nova that's fresh, summery but capable of a poigniance which never veers into downright melancholy. This album is probably the finest from Sergio Mendes' early career, with classic songs like "Night And Day" with its stirring vocal harmoies, and "For Me" with soaring vocals and irrepressible energy. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" meanwhile makes the idea of rain feel utterly refreshing, joyfully invigourating.

Other songs by Sergio Mendes might be better known - especially their covers of Beatles and Carpenters songs - but this album is a consistent delight, and an ideal introduction to the seductive, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 237
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Butterfly

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Azymuth

Release Date October 13, 2008
This 1967 album features some of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's finest songs. To anyone not familiar with the group, they play a jazzy bossa nova that's fresh, summery but capable of a poigniance which never veers into downright melancholy. This album is probably the finest from Sergio Mendes' early career, with classic songs like "Night And Day" with its stirring vocal harmoies, and "For Me" with soaring vocals and irrepressible energy. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" meanwhile makes the idea of rain feel utterly refreshing, joyfully invigourating.

Other songs by Sergio Mendes might be better known - especially their covers of Beatles and Carpenters songs - but this album is a consistent delight, and an ideal introduction to the seductive, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 238
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Sounds Like

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Herb Alpert

Release Date February 05, 2007
This 1967 album features some of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's finest songs. To anyone not familiar with the group, they play a jazzy bossa nova that's fresh, summery but capable of a poigniance which never veers into downright melancholy. This album is probably the finest from Sergio Mendes' early career, with classic songs like "Night And Day" with its stirring vocal harmoies, and "For Me" with soaring vocals and irrepressible energy. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" meanwhile makes the idea of rain feel utterly refreshing, joyfully invigourating.

Other songs by Sergio Mendes might be better known - especially their covers of Beatles and Carpenters songs - but this album is a consistent delight, and an ideal introduction to the seductive, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 239
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Avatar

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Release Date February 04, 2008
This 1967 album features some of Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's finest songs. To anyone not familiar with the group, they play a jazzy bossa nova that's fresh, summery but capable of a poigniance which never veers into downright melancholy. This album is probably the finest from Sergio Mendes' early career, with classic songs like "Night And Day" with its stirring vocal harmoies, and "For Me" with soaring vocals and irrepressible energy. "Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)" meanwhile makes the idea of rain feel utterly refreshing, joyfully invigourating.

Other songs by Sergio Mendes might be better known - especially their covers of Beatles and Carpenters songs - but this album is a consistent delight, and an ideal introduction to the seductive, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 240
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Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Cuban and Latin
by: Jon Secada

Release Date July 26, 1999
JON SECADA IS THE KIND OF ARTIST THAT KEEPS ON PRODUCING EXCELLENT SOUL LOVE TUNES AGAIN AND AGAIN. A GREAT SONG WRITER HE HAS ALSO WROTE SONGS FOR GLORIA ESTAFAN, AND HIS TALENT REALLY SHOWED WHEN HE RELEASED HIS FIRST TRACK "JUST ANOTHER DAY" A HIT ALL OVER EUROPE ALTHOUGH HE HAS HAD LITTLE CHART SUCCESS SINCE THEN IN MY OPINION HE DESERVES TO HAVE HAD A NUMBER 1 WITH THIS ALBUM RELEASE