Various Artists – Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical [2xLP] - New LP

Remastered, 2LP set with new notes from David Byrne, the record that started it all!

"Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they’re truly timeless songs. In my notes at the time I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm—which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream—though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. Beauty can be pointed." -David Byrne

A1 Jorge Ben– Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) 3:50

A2 Maria Bethânia & Gal Costa– Sonho Meu Written-By – Delcio Carvalho, Yvonne Lara* 2:52

A3 Gilberto Gil– Só Quero Um Xodó Producer – Guilherme Araujo Written-By – Dominguinhos, Anastacia* 4:52

A4 Caetano Veloso– Um Canto De Afoxé Para O Bloco Do Ilê (Ilê Ayê) Written-By – Moreno Veloso 3:02

B1 Caetano Veloso– O Leãozinho 3:05

B2 Chico Buarque– Caçada Producer – Roberto Menescal 3:03

B3 Chico Buarque Part. Vocal Milton Nascimento– Calice Producer – Sergio Carvalho* 4:01

B4 Lô Borges*– Equatorial Producer – Milton Nascimento Written-By – Beto Guedes, Lô Borges*, Marcio Borges 3:11

B5 Milton Nascimento– San Vicente Written-By – Fernando Brant 2:42

C1 Gilberto Gil– Quilomba, O El Dorado Negro Producer – Gilberto Gil Written-By – Waly Salomão 4:42

C2 Jorge Ben– Caramba!... Galileu Du Galileia 2:29

C3 Nazaré Pereira– Caixa De Sol 3:22

C4 Nazaré Pereira– Maculelê Written-By – Coaty De Oliveira 2:28 C5 Caetano Veloso– Queixa 4:24

D1 Gilberto Gil– Andar Com Fé 3:17

D2 Jorge Ben– Fio Maravilha Written-By – Toquinho 2:15

D3 Milton Nascimento– Anima Written-By – José Renato 4:12

D4 Caetano Veloso– Terra