Product Description

Second album from Brazil's biggest selling artist, an acclaimed jazz singer who blends the rhythms of bossa nova with modern production techniques and electronic flourishes. Produced by electronica whizkid Marius de Vries (Bjork, U2, Madonna), this warm, summery album refines the louche, languid coffee-table sound which made her 2000 debut 'Tanto Tempo' a massive worldwide smash.

Track Listing

1. Simplesmente
2. Aganju
3. All Around
4. River Song
5. Every Day You’ve Been Away
6. Cada Beijo
7. O Caminho
8. Baby
9. Ceu Distante
10. Winter
11. Jabuticaba
12. Next To You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25457 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-07
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The fact that it's taken around four years for Bebel Gilberto by Bebel Gilberto to appear gives you some idea how thoroughly its predecessor Tanto Tempo has been milked and marketed. Though it's the work of three different producers in as many locations, Bebel Gilberto doesn't stray far from the formula established on that record by the late Suba. There's less of his trademark quirky electronica and a bit more singing in English. What's surprising is how little of it seems tailored for remixes, with slow bossa crooners dominating what is essentially a satin-smooth late-night listen. Only "River Song", with its trilling flute, vibes and busy brush drums really ventures into mid-tempo territory--unless you count the suave seductive glide of "Cada Beijo". Other highlights include opening track "Simplesmente", which features the wonderfully hypnotic use of a ticking clock, the pulsing "Aganjú", and the cover of "Baby", a nice piece of updated tropicalismo, originally sung by Rita Lee of Os Mutantes. On the down side, singer/songwriterly ballads such as "Every Day You've Been Away" and "Next To You" seem like a waste of Gilberto's talents. This is an accomplished if relatively unadventurous album that neither disappoints nor rocks any boats. --Jon Lusk

Customer Reviews

Superb!
Tanto Tempo was beautiful, but Bebel Gilberto is Superb.! A gorgeous CD. There isn^t one single track I don^t like. A modern day version of 1960s classic Bossa Nova. I just carn^t fault this CD at all. Lovely singing, lovely music. Songs you carn^t stop playing in your head after listening to it. And again as in Tanto Tempo, every song is individual and different.

Excellent album
Most of the other reviewers have mentioned that this album is very relaxing for a summers' afternoon in the garden. This is understandable as most of them probably don't understand the lyrics. The point is you need to understand the lyrics to fully appreciate this album. I'm Portuguese and when I listen to this album I digest it from another perspective. To me this album has great meaning and it is far more than just a background chill out offering. Like any 'world music'album, and I say world music because this is what this album is catogarised as, although to me this is not world music, you need to understand its meaning to fully appreciate it.

Bebel Gilberto
Imagine, summers evening, not in the garden, walking out and about, people watching. A small hill looking over an English seaside town or in southern France. You are sitting watching the sun going down, this is the feeling of the music. Promending, in Nice, feet hanging over the waters edge, with somebody you want to be with, a proposal of marriage and the answer will be yes. A film sound track, a romantic comedy with your favourite actors, the romantic moments and this is playing in the background.

This is a beautiful, soulful CD, in truth I have never heard of this particular singer, but I will buying previous work. A fantastic voice, clear and calming. This is my opinion, buy it and see, hopefully you will understand, you will see the images that were produced while listening