Search - Sergio Mendes :: Bom Tempo Brasil - Remixed

Good, not great....

Papetti | Mexico City | 06/03/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sergio Mendes' latest recording "Bom Tempo" = good time or good weather, could have gone easily to his recording history as perhaps his best recording ever, but instead of being a Great album, IMO is just good. I have almost all his recordings, and I love Sergio's music and style, but unfortunately in this recording, he interacts rap and partido alto (the Brazilian counterpart to rap) to beautiful, almost superb tunes; and that diminishes/destroys the potential quality that was there; I don't share the opinion that in order to make these tunes updated and available to newer generations you need to use rap and nonsense stuff (watered down) like Sergio's done lately; actually, people who'd be really interested in Sergio's music and who would cherish it dearly would not be 15 or 20 year olds.



Anyway, here's the track list (not shown here in Amazon's page):

1. Emorio (with Nayanna Holley and Carlinhos Brown, using incidental tracks by Jorge Ben, Joao Donato, Tom Jobim and Gilberto Gil)

2. Maracatu Atomico (with Seu Jorge)

3. You and I (with Nayanna and Carlinhos) -the first single of this album-

4. Ye-Me-Le (with Gracinha Leporace, and incidental music of Taj Mahal by Jorge Ben

5. Magalenha (with Carlinhos)

6. Orpheus -Quiet Carnaval-

7. Pais Tropical

8. Maracatu -Nation of Love- (with Gracinha and Seu)

9. The Real Thing (with Katie Hampton)

10. Caminhos Cruzados (with Gracinha)

11. Caxanga (with Milton Nascimento)

12. So Tinha de Ser Com Voce (with Gracinha)

13. Mas Que Nada (with Black Eyed Peas) - perhaps the worst version of Mas Que Nada I've ever heard.



All in all, it's a very recommendable album if you can get passed the infamous rap and partido alto segments in the songs; most all of them played by Sergio and his several groups in the past."