This is Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 - Love Music (1973), for Bell. This is perhaps the first Sergio Mendes album with no Brazilian songs I see. I don't know if it is the only exception, but it seems to me that we have an effort to make Love Music a blockbuster, all songs are very popular, you will probably have the feeling that you heard everything before. This is certainly a transitional album to the further "pop" phase.
Love music is infectious from the start to end, the girl's vocals works very well and the percussion on top of the pop arrangements are also very nice. Personnel listing was already built on last challenge, but I will list it again, Brazil '77 features top-notch musicians. One last thing, don't let the cover - on a really bad shape, almost dissolving in my hands - cheat you, the vinyl was near mint and the sound is good. Tracks include:
Personnel
Sergio Mendes
(piano, electric piano)
Bonnie Bowden and Gracinha Leporace
(vocals)
Oscar Castro Neves
(violao, guitar)
Sebastiao Neto
(bass)
Claudio Slon
(drums)
Laudir Oliveira
(congas, triangle, percussion)
Paulinho da Costa
(bongos, congas, percussion)
Sergio Mendes
(piano, electric piano)
Bonnie Bowden and Gracinha Leporace
(vocals)
Oscar Castro Neves
(violao, guitar)
Sebastiao Neto
(bass)
Claudio Slon
(drums)
Laudir Oliveira
(congas, triangle, percussion)
Paulinho da Costa
(bongos, congas, percussion)
Track List
01 - Where Is This Love (MacDonald / Salter)
02 - Put a Little Love Away (Lambert / Potter)
03 - Don't Le Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor)
04 - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Fox / Norman Gimbel)
05 - Love Music (Lambert / Potter)
06 - You Can't Dress Up a Broken Heart (Lambert / Potter)
07 - Hey Look At The Sun (Ângelo)
08 - Walk The Way You Talk (Burt Bacharach / David)
09 - I Won't Last a Day Without You (Nichols / Williams)
10 - I Can See Clearly Now (Nash)
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4 comments:
Este album e otimo....
Baita disco! Grato!
Paulinho da Costa está irrepreensível como de costume, destaque para o brilho de todos os outros músicos. Até então eu só conhecia "Where is the Love" pela versão da Liza Minelli.
i love this sergio mendes album. i was scouring the internet for this. we have this album in vinyl but our turn table doesn't play anymore and we tried to record it before to our pc but we can't seem to get a good copy. i am so happy to find this blog coz i basically grew up with this album along with homecooking and diane reeves. ^^ thank u for this blog.
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