1. The Girl From Ipanema
2. Doralice
3. Para Machuchar Meu Coracao
4. Desafinado
5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
6. So Danco Samba
7. O Grande Amor
8. Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer)
Bossa Nova part 2: Electric Boogaloo. Except you can't boogaloo to this at all! It's too relaxing!!
Horror of horrors.
Anyhow, this album is the polar opposite of that Christmas album I suffered a few days ago, in that it is perfectly suited for summertime listening. It is ideal for it, in fact. It is so breezy and floats along at such a languid pace that you might fall asleep halfway through. Not that this is a bad or boring (well, maybe a little) album. There is a beauty in its lazy qualities, even in 'The Girl from Ipanema', which has become the anthem of elevators, supermarkets, and hotel lobbies all across the world. Would that all muzak sounded so pleasant without causing you to gag on the excess treacly sweetness! For something called easy listening, it sure is hard to listen to!!! *pause for laughter*
Considering how boring I thought Jazz Samba was, I was rather surprised that I liked this more. They aren't really all that different, except that this one has singing in it. Maybe I'm a superficial jerk and that's the only reason. Or, it could be the fact that the album has actual Brazilian musicians instead of Americans (besides Getz) that makes it superior? Possibly. In the grand scheme of things, however, such things are not important. 8/10
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