Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical: Compiled By David Byrne

EDITORIAL REVIEWS


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, 2021

A1. Jorge Ben - Ponta de Lanca Africano
A2. Maria Bethânia & Gal Costa - Sonho Meu
A3. Gilberto Gil - Só Quero Um Xodó
A4. Caetano Veloso - Um Canto De Afoxé Para O Bloco De Ilê (Ilê Ayê)
B1. Caetano Veloso - O Leãozinho
B2. Chico Buarque - Caçada
B3. Chico Buarque - Cálice
B4. Lô Borges - Equatorial
B5. Milton Nascimento - San Vincente
C1. Gilberto Gil - Quilombo, O El Dorado Negro
C2. Jorge Ben - Caramba! . Galileu S Galileia
C3. Nazaré Pereira - Caixa De Sol
C4. Nazaré Pereira - Maculelê
C5. Caetano Veloso - Queixa
D1. Gilberto Gil - Andar Com Fé
D2. Jorge Ben - Fio Maravilha
D3. Milton Nascimento - Anima
D4. Caetano Veloso - Terra