Soul of Brazil - Gilberto Gil - Music - WEA - 0825646246328 - July 28, 2005
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Soul of Brazil

Gilberto Gil

Soul of Brazil

Gil, along with Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, and Gal Costa, was one of the founding members of the revolutionary late-60's Tropicalia movement, which deliberately challenged the conventions of Brazilian popular culture. They pushed the envelope musically -- mixing American blues, funk, psychedelia and European kitsch to the already potent Brazilian brew of samba, choro, bossa nova and jazz. One of Brazil's most frustrating superstars, Gil had an early burst of pop fame, and rapidly made his way into that musical state of grace where everything he did seemed to shimmer magically. His early stuff is so great, so spellbindingly confident and melodic, that it's hard to reconcile it with the abysmal drekkiness of nearly everything he's done since the mid-1970s. More than any other of the tropicalistas, Gil wholeheartedly embraced mainstream pop -- of the disco and post-disco synthpop variety -- and unfortunately it makes his later music pretty hard to listen to. This is a 2-CD set of his greatest hits. Warner. 2005.


2 CD SET

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 2
Released July 28, 2005
EAN/UPC 0825646246328
Label WEA 2564624632
Genre Brazil
Dimensions 195 g   (Weight (estimated))

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