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Astrud Gilberto - Now LP
Astrud Gilberto - Now LP
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Two years after her underrated album on CTI Records, 's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer -- she had that covered -- but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymen and , and her producer . "Gingele" and "Zigy Zigy Za" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo that and company were making popular around this time. "Take It Easy My Brother Charlie" is probably her best song here (covered over 20 years later by ), though it is who often gets the writing credit (here it's listed as and associate producer ). Very few concessions are made to America; only "Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)" comes from the pop world, with instrumentation and sound coming from south of the equator.
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