Brazilian music Greatness is back
daniel aragão | Recife , Brazil | 11/08/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"pay attention to the new underground brazilian music scene. this is one of the best brazilian albums since the 70's that can flirt with rock, funk, jorge ben-alike, bossa nova, samba and eletronic music. songs like "por pouco" , with an upbeat samba feeling, and "melô das musas" , a stylistic pleasure funk disco erotica, can show us the greatness of this new band that started to play in the 90's. there's also a cover of "minha galera" by manu chao, with a trombone solo (lust!), and "the girl from ipanema" re-worked beautiful, also very strange. and they can prove that bossa nova is alive, i mean, for the brazilians, with the most beatiful song from the style in years, "meu esquema". you can trust me. all you brazilian music seekers around!"
An acquired taste
Paulo Padilha | minha maloca | 12/10/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a huge fan of Mangue Beat in general, so obviously I like Mundo Livre S/A, but they're definetely different from the other bands. They mix more samba with punk and their lyrics are openly political, different from Chico Science, Otto, or Mestre Ambrosio. I've played all this stuff to friends of mine, and while they loved Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi, as well as Otto and Mestre Ambrosio, none of them got into Mundo Livre's stuff. I had the same problem at first. It took me a couple of listens to get used to it, but now I actually like them a lot. I think they tend to catch most people by surprise because they're not as "brazilian" as other stuff people might be familiar with.As for the album, I don't think it's as good as Carnaval na Obra (the only other one I have). Some of the songs are very good, maybe better than stuff on Carnaval, but some of the other ones are so-so. This album features a brass section in a lot of the songs, giving it at times a little latin flare. If I'm not mistaken, the producers are different as well (Carnaval had some of the best producers in Brazil right now). Overall, I still recommed the album if you like Mundo Livre, but if you want to know what they're like, I would recommed Carnaval na Obra first."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1