Beach Samba

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Beach Samba
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Studio album by
Released1967 [1]
RecordedMay 27 – June 30, 1967, New York [1]
Genre
Length27:38
Label Verve
Producer Creed Taylor
Astrud Gilberto chronology
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
(1965)
Beach Samba
(1967)
Windy
(1967)

Beach Samba is a 1967 studio album by Astrud Gilberto, arranged by Eumir Deodato and Don Sebesky.

Contents

Beach Samba was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album three stars and said that the album was "One of Gilberto's less impressive '60s Verve outings, primarily due to the more pop-oriented song selection...some of the pop choices work well, particularly Tim Hardin's gorgeous 'Misty Roses,'" and praised "Nao Bate O Corocao" saying that it had Gilberto "cutting loose with confident, sassy scats, as she rarely did before or since." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Stay" (Gayle Caldwell) – 2:41
  2. "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) – 2:36
  3. "The Face I Love" (Norman Gimbel, Carlos Pingarilho, Marcos Valle) – 2:06
  4. "A Banda (Parade)" (Chico Buarque, Bob Russell) – 2:07
  5. "Oba, Oba" (Luiz Bonfá) – 1:59
  6. "Canoeiro" (Eumir Deodato) – 1:32
  7. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:25
  8. "Bossa Na Praia (Beach Samba)" (Geraldo Cunha, Pery Ribeiro) – 2:48
  9. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 2:47
  10. "Dia das Rosas (I Think of You)" (Bonfá, Patti Jacob) – 2:21
  11. "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (Steve Boone, John Sebastian) – 2:41
  12. "Não Bate O Coração" (Deodato) – 1:35

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Stephen. "Beach Samba". AllMusic . Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 1001 Albums: You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus. 5 December 2011. pp. 272–. ISBN   978-1-84403-714-8 . Retrieved 17 November 2012.