1. 

   Lil Mike
   March 8th, 2010 - 20:00

   This is an enjoyable Brazilian music sampler, if only the people responsible had attempted to inform us who the actual musicians are. Due to unavailable artist tags in the mp3 files I downloaded from Amazon, I researched other albums on the Brazilian Atração label to find out the names of the artists. Such a sloppy effort to inform us of the actual names of the artists, makes me wonder about the commitment and competency of the label and it’s digital distributor “The Orchard”, the company that owns eMusic as well. I see these irregularities on the eMusic site all the time, and these occurences do not fill me with joy, only hours of tracking down info and re-tagging files.

   Here’s who I think is on this sampler:

   Bomfim by Naurêa
   
   Samba da Bahia by Banda de Boca
   
   Samba de Garoa (trk 12) is actually
   
   Coisas Da Paixão (La Solitudine) by Carlos Pitta
   
   ( thanx to reviewer Speight who tracked down his album Fotos, Baladas E Recordações)
   
   Terezinha De Jesus by Paulo Moura
   
   Vale do Javari by Regional Vermelho E Branco
   
   Xote Laranjeira by Renato Borghetti
   
   Pássaro Sonhador by Arlindo Junior
   
   Lá Vema Onda by Escurinho ( the album is called Malocage)
   
   De Lua e Sol by Gilberto Monteiro
   
   Iererê by Alê Muniz
   
   Nayambing Blues by Adão Negro
   
   Eu Prefiro Baião by Cascabulho
   
   Pérola by Alma Serrana
   
   Sete Palavras by Pedro Bento e Ze Da Estrada (?)
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. 

   Speight
   March 8th, 2010 - 20:15

   Track 12 is actually “Coisas Da Paixão (La Solitudine)” by Carlos Pitta, track 1 of the the album Fotos, Baladas E Recordações.
   
   (I found this out listening to the song samples of length 3:36 on a search for the label name until one sounded the same. Quicker than learning Portuguese.)

   It would be nice if the track listing was accurate and complete, but otherwise some nice music, especially for a free sampler. Does seem odd that they don’t make it easier to find the represented artists.
   Rating: 4 / 5
3. 

   Rajesh G. Krishnankutty
   March 8th, 2010 - 20:26

   Excellent, Excellent effort, Lil Mike…!!!

   That being said, I can add the following changes. Most are just for purity of Nomenclature. Rest assured, they’re no biggie

   Tk 1:- “Sete Palavras” is by “Pedro Bento & Zé Da Estrada” (per the CD sleeve Front) or “Pedro Bento e Zé Da Estrada” (to keep it Spanish). Also note the accent on Zé’s name.

   Trk 4:- The song is by Adão Negro all right. However, what’s interesting is, this sampler version is the Studio version, while Amazon is actually ‘selling’ only a LIVE version. Guess we can call this studio version “An Amazon Freebie Exclusive!!!”

   Tk 7: The song name is “Lá Vem a Onda”, not “Lá Vema Onda”.

   Tk 8: The artist is ‘Arlindo Jr”

   Tk 12: Unfortunately, this is not correct. Demônios da Garoa DOES HAVE a “Samba da Garoa” from the album “E Convidados”. However, it is 5:01 min long, and from the Amazon preview, it sounds pretty bombastic. The 3:36 version in this sampler is a soft And sentimental song… doesn’t AT ALL sound like a “Samba”. Admittedly, I am Stumped as well on this one. If I had to venture a guess, Amazon may have screwed up and uploaded the wrong song for the right title (or vice versa).

   Any of our Spanish-speaking friends wanna help out here?

   That’s all I can find out. Now I’m gonna shut off my smokin’ brain, lean back and listen to the whole CD again….
   Rating: 4 / 5
4. 

   M. Annabi
   March 8th, 2010 - 21:24

   You really can’t beat free for trying out a new kind of music you may or many not like. In my case, it wasn’t for me. Despite there being a wide variety of styles represented, I ended up deleting the whole thing after sampling each track, not a single one made it to my permanent collection.
   Rating: 3 / 5
5. 

   Y. Fernandez
   March 8th, 2010 - 21:31

   I love this album!! I downloaded it when it was first offered and I listen to it about 3 times a week. This is a great album to have as background music to work and work out to. I find myself listening to the songs but not singing along (which will make me lose concentration at work).. Great album!
   Rating: 5 / 5

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