Bebel Gilberto - Bebel Gilberto
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Free Music Notes for Bebel Gilberto
Free Music Review: BG, the album, grows on you!
Hit: 5 Stars
When my Amazon order came in, I put this in the CD player. It played and ended. Same thing in the car and at work. It wasn't until I slowed things down that I began to really 'hear' this music.WOW! It's like a slow cooker. Takes its time; develops and mellows, simmers and grooves.
This CD continues to grow on me - and play tricks!
The alternating between English and Portuguese, over time, sounds like one language to me. I had to remind myself that I only know English.
This CD is simply gorgeous!
Free Music Review: Intoxicating
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a sparer, more traditional production than Tanto Tempoin my opinion. The arrangements don't seem to be experimenting
with the genre as much. That being said, I like this better than then the debut (and I love that one). If you are looking
for perfect bossa nova to take you away, this is one to get
lost in.
Free Music Review: Ultimately a disappointment
Hit: 3 Stars
"Tante Tempo" is an absolute classic, start to finish, but Belel's second solo album must be rated inferior to its predecessor. While it starts off strong and reaches its pinnacle early (on the fourth song), the last half of the CD suffers from trivial lyrics and uninspired arrangements that are not worthy of this artist. Some songs verge on embarrasments, sounding as if they were recorded in someone's living room on karaoke night. This album has got to be lull in what will no doubt be a vibrant career hereafter, but "Bebel Gilberto" is just plain disappointing.Free Music Review: Bebel Gilberto has truly arrived...!
Hit: 5 Stars
Bebel Gilberto is the daughter of Brazilian bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto, and is a member of Brazil's pop music royalty. For several years in the 1980s and '90s she apprenticed as a musician while touring with her mother, the singer known as Miucha, as well as with her father and her uncle, songwriter Chico Buarque, then, as the new century opened, Bebel became an international star in her own right with her (North American) debut album, the electronica-drenched "Tanto Tempo," which knocked many folks back on their ears. In the four years since then, Bebel has become an iconic figure in the clubby electro-bossa scene, but as remix disc piled on remix disc, many fans became impatient for new material. For those hoping Gilberto would delve deeper into her Brazilian roots and explore the elegance of the music that made her father a legend, this disc has exceeded all our expectations. The album opens with an English-language version of Caetano Veloso's ironically bilingual "Baby," one of the standards of the early '70s tropicalia scene, and Gilberto ably teases out the song's gentle ironies, which were aimed not at this country or that, but at the very notion of cultural barriers. Gilberto's version may actually prove to be the song's definitive interpretation, surpassing the Veloso original and the well-known versions by Gal Costa. From there, the album glides from one soft, stately song to another, a delicious, well measured bossa nova outing, with modulated, textured electronic ambience bringing a surprising warmth to the sound. Dance music fans will doubtless call "foul," yearning for more beats and mixing -- folks who better appreciate the history of the style and the restraint that the original bossa nova pioneers brought to their art will recognize that Bebel has finally arrived and is one of the fold, an master musician who can make her way in the world as she pleases. Am I gushing? Well, golly, I guess I am. That's because this is an absolutely lovely record, and the awkward moments of her last album are nowhere to be found on this one. It's a good'un... highly recommended!
Free Music Review: Tropical winds blow.
Hit: 4 Stars
I do not know where to begin. I have listened to the first 4 to 5 songs and already i begin to feel the warm, nerve melting summer breeze through these tracks. The melodiess really express the voice of winds, gently and calmly. I've got to say this album is more up-beat than her last one but its most definately, a kick your shoes of and layover, album. So far its a lovely album. I try to sabor her music and listen to a limited amount of songs every once in a while. A headphone set a bed and layover.