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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
****10 Stars******* - The Most Perfect Summer Album, 20 Aug 2002
By A Customer
...The coolest, gentlest Bossa Nova, the most soothing voices, the greatest production, the most fantastic Brazilian tunes, old and new, - and you have Tanto Tempo and the wonderful Bebel Gilberto.Bebel's step-mum is Astrud Gilberto (of Girl From Ipanema fame) her father is one of Brazil's most celebrated musicians, the girl has pedigree and boy does it show. The producer of much of the album is the legendary Suba (sadly no longer with us). If you like chill-out music or latin or smooth laid back jazz you will love this - honestly one of the greatest albums of its the genre ever, possibly the best summer album ever. BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT!!... Ok, enough evangelising....but honestly it is that good. p.s. once you're into this...try "Sao Paolo Confessions" by Suba, anything by Smoke City, "Gemini" by Sven Van Hees, the last two albums by Silje Neergarde, Outro Lado by Zuco 103 and the Tanto Tempo remixes album, "Tributo" the Suba tribute album....all very cool.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Give it time and I think you will grow to love it., 10 Oct 2002
When I first bought this I was a little disapointed, pleasant enough but it seemed to lack the strong songs / identity that characterised Astrud Gilberto and the other Bossa Nova pioneers. However, I stuck it in the car CD player and as a result listened to it fairly frequently. Now I love it! The subtilty of the songs and arrangements takes time to make its mark but now I'm hooked. Bebel is a classic Bossa Nova singer but the more contemporary arrangements mean that this is no period piece.
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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely, cool bossa nova, but......, 26 Sep 2002
In terms of pure style, this CD is great - cool, sexy, relaxing, it creates a mood that only this genre of Brazilian bossa nova can. Bebel has a good voice, and the production is crisp and has a good balance of pace and texture - you can't really fault it on those grounds. The sound of Bebel's Brazilian Portuguese is a pleasure to listen to. However, if, like me, you were brought up on Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Elis Regina etc., what this CD lacks is any really great tunes. By two thirds of the way through, the cool starts to wear a bit thin as one starts to wonder where this CD is going. What was truly great about Astrud was that every song she sang was a classic - one rather forgave her breathy, out-of-tune singing because it all blended into the easy-going feel of the music, elevated by typically stunning impresario performances by the likes of Getz on the Saxophone. Bebel's work seems to lack any particularly special instrumental performances - the snippets of saxophone (?) heard on some tracks are stylised and processed, rather than genuine performances and this CD becomes a pastiche of an older, better latin jazz, where (so typical in music these days) style, production and mood dominate over melody and harmony.
This will be a great CD to put on as background music at a cocktail party or some such, but as listening music, there is something a bit lacking.
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