Beach Samba

I’m sure my parents dug it, but it’s a no for me, Dawg.

Meh

The opening to Stay hooked me right away. The more I listened to the album the more I thought it was starting to get corny. And then the more I listened the more enamored I became with it. I’m not familiar with the genre so I have no frame of reference to rate it against. Overall I kind of enjoyed the whole thing, some songs more than others. And at only 27 minutes or so, it wasn’t terribly bothersome. I will definitely check out some more Samba down the road.

No. I don't like this at all. The music is not terribly engaging, and the vocals are bland. Agreed, I'm not a Samba listener to begin with, but I look forward to stretching my exposure through this project. This was a miss.

Pretty weak, Girl from Ipanema singer

I very much appreciated the shortness to this album. Overall, I think that it was too monotone and bleh for me. It sounded boring and didn't contribute much to me as a person. I think I sorta(?) get the influence, but not a huge amount. I don't know- I feel like there are a lot more albums I would put ahead of this one.

Am I on hold with my credit card company?

not for me thanks

This one had me on all fours, moaning for hours.

Background music.

Thoughts before listening: 60s rock from Brazil. Maybe its a little psychedelic but also inspired by traditional Brazilian music. I know Astrud Gilberto gets a lot of praise, but I don't know his music. In general the 60s and 70s Brazilian albums I have listened to on here have been fine, but nothing that blows me away. Review: Oops...this is the Brazilian bossa nova singer that sang "Girl From Ipanema" and not part of the tropicalia movement i.e. Os Mutantes. Astrud has a nice voice, but this is fairly standard sounding lounge jazz. Nice background music for sitting by a pool but not something that I am going to naturally gravitate to. 2-stars

The same song over and over again

Some of the swing was pretty cool. Not quite my cup of tea but nothing abrasive here. 4.5/10

Yawn. Competently and inoffensively same-y throughout.

If I heard the odd track, I'd be thinking this is great, bossa nova summertime vibes! But an album's worth is way too samey. 2.5

Not for me at all

Is this what they call twee? It’s all a bit disengaged sounding if you ask me, the vocals and the instruments. Plus ‘Call Me’ makes me think of Phoenix Nights. ‘Corned Beef, with chips or with salad it’s corned beef…’. Best thing about this if I’m honest

Of all the great samba music out there, you had to pick the most gringo washed one. Where is Tom Ze? Gal Costa? Where is Chico Buarque??!? The genre deserves better. Brazil deserves better.

2.3 Just a bit of a waste of 27 minutes really. The voice isn't that fantastic, which judging by the standard of the backing track seems to be the focal point of the record. It's not terribly offensive so doesn't score too low but it's just a bit of an empty shell. My view of music or the world itself hasn't changed, I just feel slightly more bored than I did before.

I was really excited for this one and it just disappointed me. Musically it was alright but the vocals just did not help, especially the song with the child singing

Someone accused me of playing elevator music in the office

meh 2/5

This was fine, very pretty and decent vocal quality. Just repetitive and honestly boring after awhile (and so long). Great for background music, not much to keep me here as primary listening music though. Stay was the best track with the additional accompaniment interest.

MPB em inglês não dá.

Cute but not gorgeous..

elevator vibes

Aw jeez. No.

Easy listening, but not really my thing

Love Astrud but this is not my fav.

I have a theory. And I won't check if it's true because this is how internet is supposed to work. I think that someone wanted samba music but for white people. Looks the same but is bland and uninteresting but I want to believe that samba music has something more to offer.

This is an okay jazz-y album, a bit slow and very similar-sounding throughout, but there were a couple of nice jams. It is definitely alright as a background listen.

In a nutshell: would make fun hold music. It's not as engaging as Getz/Gilberto, but it's fine Overall: 4/10

It's fine. Nothing much more than that

If I was on vacation at a tiki bar or just chillin at a dimly lit cigar bar, I would not leave the establishment. That said I would never put reached for this intentionally. 2.5/5

This was a decent dose of serenity, I guess. Can confidently say I’ll never hear this album again.

It’s fine. Not overly offensive. But just kinda there. A little too close to Muzak for my refined musical palette.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

amreriikka aemeriikka english elnglish.. 2min biisejä woo woo... sylkii esi-isien haudoille. joka päivä menee ennen kun töihin menee hautausmalle sylkimään syljemään... ei näin. ei näin. turhanpäivästä hoilatusta, menetetty kaikki sielu + sydän tässä. popmusiikkia turhanpäiväiseen kuluttamiseen. kuola lipoo suupieltä lampailla, aaahhh.. lisää sanovat.. lisää, lisää.. kuola hipoo leukapäätä drip drip drip osuu pömppömahaan kuola... aaaaaaahhhhhhhh lisää.. lisää sanovat.. terv. kaikki beach samba fanit. tollasia ne on hehheh naurattaa vaan pikkase, pikkusenvaa vähän härnäystä ei tarvi.. jahas ja taas itketään.. niinnii.. obaboab

I live on the beach. This does not remind me of the beach at all. This makes me yearn for sweet relief from the boredom. Plus, the little kid singing? My word. I wasn’t a fan of this at all. 2/5

First listen.

bom pra dormir

Exactly what you’d expect.

If you liked Girl from Ipanema then this album is for you. It sounds nice but the talk singing isn’t very special.

Reminds me of the sims buy music. Idk why same kinda feel maybe. All i got lol 2/5

Nah. Not for me. This is music for happy people who don't hate their existence every single day.

először nagyon utáltam, de aztán esti tennivalókhoz háttérzenének nem volt kellemetlen, szóval nem egyes :D

And labor days a parade and Mardi Gras a parade and the macys parade and the other parade

Ok. Very middle of the road. Easy listening.

It's a nice listen, perfect background music for a cafe or bar. There's no reel shift in pace from one song to the next, it's great advantage is it's short length. Definitely an album with a certain vibe to it that grew on me, however it's probably only worth 2 stars as it didn't really have any songs that blew me away either

These type of albums I don't hate just find boring so I'll usually rate them a 3 but I don't like her voice that much so it goes down to a 2.

yeah sorry they laid on the twee a bit thick

chill but a bit of a snooze

"Mr. Powers will be with you soon. Relax, have a cigarette & listen to some of his favourite songs to get you in the mood".

Bossa-nova.

It is fine musically but the lyrics are actual bad enough to be distracting and it brings down the listening experience.

astrud I love you always but this is a snoozefest

Oh this is pleasant, nice sound, mmm samba. Sorry, can I squeeze past, this is my floor.

Sounded like 1950's Disney in Brazil

I … I don’t know what this was. Mostly cheesy tunes, and then that’s parade song was a bridge too far. The music is fine, I guess, but the lyrics are suspect. At least it’s under 30 minutes. 2/5

Cool vibes but not interested

Easy Listening for sure.

28 minutes of just meh really

Not my thing, but she could sing pretty well. 2.5/5

B U M B A B A B U M B A Y A B A Y A

VERY not for me. not so bad that it was painful tho, which is my rubric for one-star ratings. 1.5

This was mostly pleasant but I don't know about the Parade song and the song with the child. I enjoyed listening to the artist's profile on streaming more, so it's kind of weird that this is the album selected?

Decent sound. Not my preferred genre overall

Brunch vid polen i Havanna vibbisar, helt skönt att lyssna på men inget speciellt

New album for me. There is an irritation factor, but it could be worse.

This was quite weird collection of songs, none of which really worked for me. The samba/bossanova tunes were okay to listen to, but Gilberto's vocals are not convincing enough to enjoy the album overall.

Relaxed sound but rather flat and some tracks (e.g., Parade) are toe curling.

This album just doesn't really do anything, it's hard to hate it but it's completely devoid of any personality.

felt like a elevator ride to the 1001 floor...

This album faded so far into the background for me that I didn't even notice it loop back and play the first four tracks again (why did you make this a feature, Spotify?!)

60’d Latin sound. Not bad music.

Easy listening background music 2/5

Its like The Girl From Ipanema went on for 17 songs. Pleasant enough background music.

More like Beach Snore-ba, this one's a snooze fest. Sounds like Nancy Sinatra on xanax.

Not my cup of tea. Background music. Too aged.

It's got a fine sound to it but it's just alright overall. The song with the kid was pretty bad.

She has an excellent voice for elevator music

a must listen to..... I think not. Take nothing away from her beautiful voice but it's not a must listen

Her voice is always good but there is some lack of flare in the production making it sound like muzak.

Not really feeling it.

2.5 Meh. I expected to like this more than I did. Nice voice, generally pleasant instrumentation, colossally boring. Would have enjoyed a single track (not that any one stood out in particular) but not 17.

boooooooring

I feel like even in 67 this album seemed dated.

Koffor ikkje Astrid

Fine background listening…nothing particularly interesting here. Pleasant wallpaper music.

Astrud Gilberto always sounds great but the music she is singing over does not always hold up (e.g. Parade). Overall, the album is not seriously bad but I was disappointed.

Well, I’m not sorry that I gave this a listen. It’s lovely, pleasant stuff. But I don’t know enough about this style of music to understand what might differentiate this album from others of the genre or era. I also want really in the mood for this, I think. I might pick a track for an interlude as part of a radio show. Would be great background or soundtrack music for a party or film going after a certain vibe. Perhaps just wasn’t the right soundtrack for me on the day I gave it a listen.

Surprisingly bad. This feels like the a direct-to-video album. It’s cashing in on Girl From Ipanema without much real backbone of its home. It’s not outright horrible (though the parade song and the song with the kid are), but it could be so much more.

Light, breezy. Perfect for lying on a beach.

Very alright, but I feel like her other work outshines.

Lacks the appeal of her work on Getz/Gilberto. That was genius, this is just meh

Pretty boring. Smooth though.

It was okay

Easy listening enough. The nonchalant vocals grew on me.

General culture

Apparently not one of her best albums; she was better known for her version of "The Girl from Ipanema" which isn't on this album, so it makes me wonder why this album was chosen and whether we can expect to see another Astrud Gilberto album in this list. The album is pleasant, but sounds so dated now, reminds me of watching some 1960's foreign-language movie on BBC 2.

Chill, but absolutely nothing special. Why is this on this list??

This is the album Megan Draper would have recorded if Zou Bisou Bisou was an actually hit and not just some performance she did for her husband's birthday. She'd try to win points with her step daughter by saying, "Hey Sally, I have a great idea. How about you duet with me on a Loving Spoonful song. No, not 'Summer In The City'. Another Spoonful song. It'll be great!" Astrud seems a little too full of herself, or at least believes she had been blessed with the voice of an angel. Linda Ronstadt, she wasn't. She got her moment with a version of "The Girl From Iponema" and apparently tried to milk it. And she was a pretty face to put on an album cover. Looks fade, honey.

Zo, dit album was al gedateerd toen het uitkwam. Na 5 minuten heb ik mijn oordeel al wel: saai! Dat het ze zelf ook wel door, want er komt ineens een heel circus langs. Dat is dan wel weer een soort jaren '60 grol. Goed, ik ben goed wakker. Néé, direct daarna komt letterlijk een inslaap-speeldoos-geluidje. Wat wil ze nou? Muzikaal schiet het af en toe plots een rare richting op. (Moet dat kind echt?) Maar zelfs dat voorkomt niet dat het geheel eentonig blijft. Ze heeft één manier van zingen. En die is niet bepaald enerverend.

De dag die je wist dat zou komen. De Joni van Andre, Astrud Gilberto. Ik ga er even goed voor zitten. Want dit wil ik al meer dan een jaar meemaken. Het begint eigenlijk als een soort schijtlollige filmmuziek, voor een romantisch niemendalletje uit de jaren 50. Of voor een Disney film. Met wat blazers en violen, en Astrud die er net niet helemaal loepzuiver overheen zingt. Het brengt wel een bepaald gevoel over in ieder geval. Nog geen gevoel van onbehagen van mijn kant, maar track 4 moet je naar de dark side trekken. De parade is simpelweg lachwekkend. Omdat Andre dit zo haat, zoals ik Joni haat, moet ik dus nu keihard hierom lachen. Het is inderdaad echt teringslecht. En als dit in je irritatiezone gaat zitten, dan komt het er echt never nooit meer uit. Haar stem zit bij mij niet zo in die irritatiezone als Joni kan zitten, maar ome Gilberto aan het draaiorgel of het synthesizer pianootje op track 7 zit daar meer in. Af en toe gooit Astrud er een octaafje hoger tegenaan op het einde, als een soort klapstuk, als een hoogtepunt. Dat had ze beter niet kunnen doen, want dat kan ze niet. Ze kan eigenlijk alleen maar op 1 toonhoogte zingen, of die nu bij de muziek past of niet. Net als dat jengelende kind op track 11. Prachtig om dit mee te maken. Genieten. Voor de ervaring zou ik het een 5 kunnen geven, maar objectief gezien is dit gewoon kutmuziek, want ik zou dit nooit meer uit vrije wil opzetten. Blijft de vraag over, of ik dit liever luister dan Frans Bauer. En dat vind ik toch wel, vanwege de associatie met oude films hou ik het op een vrolijke doch lachwekkende 2.

I usually enjoy some chill samba music, but the covers on this album are rough!

This is a catchy album that definitely feels like the early 60s. I wasn’t living then but judging by the music, it was a real wild time baby. It’s a good album for what it is, but it’s definitely a one pony. Well nostalgic and interesting. Get pretty old pretty quick. 2 1/2 out of five.

Albums like this are one my favourite things about this list. There is a very low chance I would have ever listened to this otherwise and I am not sure how long it would have took me to start listening to Bossa nova. That being said it doesn't mean I love these albums. It is an easy listen an interesting listen but it is not a great album. Another thing where I would rather just listen to a Bossa nova playlist instead of the 12 songs on this album. Some of the songs stand out but come the end of the album you realise that is mainly sounds the same and I would rather have heard just the best ones. I think it is a nice album and I don;t enjoy rating these albums low but I just don't think it has held up in time. The production is not too clear and from I know of Bossa nova this isn't exactly anything ground breaking so although it is a nice easy listen it isn't an ideal album. Fell bad but it is only 2/5. Stand out songs: Stay Beach Samba Dia Dos Rosas

Very easy listening folly bossa nova. At times I got a Joni Mitchell feel but other times, I got this loungey feel. Pretty sleepy album. Probably wouldn't listen to again. But it was interesting none the less.

I'm not a big fan of vocal albums with strings or with that jazzy lounge vibe but this was a smooth and easy listen. I didn't dislike it but there's nothing here that I need to hear again.

Just kinda boring elevator and Christmas sounding music, not great

couldn't understand it, would make for great music in an epilepsy surveillance hall

elevator music

What's up with that parade march song? Takes a hard left turn after a few relatively smooth bossa nova songs. Truly a nothing album. You put it on and it's over before you know it. Not a single memorable song except for the bad ones. It's not all bad though so I can't fault it too much.

Don't know if i could say anything particularly bad about it, but it really just flew by without making a single impression on me. Like the epitome of background music.

This is interesting, sounds like the background music in the restaurant of an all-inclusive resort. A Banda Parade - now we have marching band music? Lol Pretty chill, some songs are almost classic Disney-esque.

If you are in the mood for some bossa nova this was a nice album. The vocals have a nice and cozy timbre. Something is slightly off with the vocals though like thye are not exactly in key. Probably just me. Anyway not a great fan of Bossa Nova and nothing really stood out so giving it a strong 2. Not bad just a bit bland.

interesting; cool piano. never really listened to samba before.

Nyeh

Couldn’t get through this one. I guess I prefer Joao plus Astrud than Astrud solo.

This was inoffensive enough at first but got really boring and by the end I wanted to claw my eyes out.

This is pleasant enough but I don’t quite see what’s so remarkable about it.

If you want a tiki lounge party, here ya go.

A couple songs were good for movie soundtracks but I don't think at this point of my life I'm ever going to be making a movie

It's a little bit too pleasant, sweet, and sleepy for me, I'm afraid. My Foolish Heart was a nice listen, but otherwise I'm gonna have to pass on ever listening to this record again.

Some nice tunes but ultimately descended into the very definition of elevator music.

Not as strong as the Getz/Gilberto album, which I assume will be somewhere on this list.

Meh. Myz. Men bra?

Behaglig bakgrundsmusik men för min del kan det inte bli så mycket mer än så.

Not bad background music but wasnt much more interesting than that. Standout Songs: Parade I think of you

A fun listen, not totally my thing but a welcome change of pace.

One or two OK songs, pretty mediocre

Well, package this into the realm of music I heard my parents listen to when I was a kid. Happy reminiscent memory of that time kinda music.. I'd add this to a playlist of memory songs from childhood. Ok that's all.

I thought I'd love this, but didn't find it very cohesive. Some high points. A very laid-back singing style which at times soothed, and at other times maybe needed another "take"!

I love Astrud but I didn't love Parade and the whole album didn't feel like her best work.

Not particularly memorable. Some songs were downright sappy. Not sure I needed to listen to this album before I die.

Not a bad little album. I don't resonate with all the songs on it, and I think I prefer some of her other stuff over what is on this particular album, but overall not a bad album.

I’m not really very fond of bossa nova as a genre. That being said, this album was okay. Enjoyable enough, but nothing special and I doubt I’ll listen to it again. I liked that it was short.

It's pleasant enough to listen to, but hasn't aged that well. It now sounds like a cross between waiting room music, and the kind of background music used for a montage in the middle of a boring movie.

Tolerable listening, best in right environment/situation.

Kind of wanted to like this but I found it twee and boring

Listened to a few— you don’t have to be so nice, I had the craziest dream, beach samba… and am I wrong to say this feels like elevator music a bit? Or something that would play over a montage in a 50s/60s film? Don’t know anything at all about this genre so don’t feel like I can rate it accurately

Not a big fan of pure classic Bosa Nova music. A bit too lush for me. The constant voice's reverb is a weird mixing choice even it works. Orchestra writing is great with good ideas. I'm not sure that I will listen this record again, not bad but there is so many better things like Nascimento.

Bossa-nova.

“The Girl From Ipanema” sold five million copies and Stan Getz made sure that Astrud Gilberto only got $120 for her contribution to it (Getz was a monster who swindled and sexually assaulted his way across America in the 60’s). Gilberto’s husband cheated on her and she was so desperate for money because of their break-up that she toured with Getz and reportedly slept with him. Astrud Gilberto was one of the countless talented women who the music industry used, abused and discarded. And now that I have listened to “Beach Samba”, I feel the karmic scales are somewhat balanced. I guess the idea is that if she sounded good backed by some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time that she’d sound just as good with the most generic Muzak they could find in the background? This album is a waste of Astrud Gilberto’s beautiful voice. I had to go home and listen to “Getz Gilberto” just to get the taste of this album out of my mouth.

I don't mind Samba music but the songs blend into each other by the 4th song, you could have put the girl from ipanema in halfway through and I wouldn't have noticed. Nice to play on a lazy Sunday afternoon I guess but not something I would actively listen to. Nao Bate O Corocao was probably my favorite. High 2.

A bit too naff 60s ...

chill album, most of the tracks didn't stood out to me. also on three of the tracks the stereo audio annoyed me so much. - 1 add

2/5 not memorable

This is a nice album but to me it’s more that the singer has a nice voice more than the songs are interesting. None of the songs are bad they’re just a little lackluster. I suppose that’s why her version of the girl from impanema is such an enjoyable song. Her smooth voice is a great characteristic but this album doesn’t have much more than that. 4.7/10

Igen, kedeligt. Denne gang dog værre. Minder mig lidt om penguin club, men langt mere kedeligt. Lounge musik i en restaurant

Kind of hokie. Easy to listen to and I get the era it came from.

Super strange to get this boring samba/bossa nova album the day after another boring bossa nova album. Astrud Gilberto does have a bit more interesting phrasings than Bebel Gilberto (related through musical legend and big time playa João Gilberto), but it's not enough to keep my interest, even with the short runtime.

Do not let yourself be fooled by the title. Your friends will not appreciate it, if you bring this to a beach day.

This is a fine bossa nova album (it rides between 2 and 3) but its just very uninteresting, aside from 2-3 tracks

Astrud Gilberto's "Beach Samba," released in 1967, offers a pleasant but somewhat formulaic journey into bossa nova. Known for her distinctive vocals, Gilberto delivers a consistent performance throughout. However, the album, while showcasing the beauty of Brazilian jazz, lacks the innovation and depth found in some of her earlier works. The arrangements, while enjoyable, might feel a bit repetitive, and the album doesn't break new ground within the genre. While it's a serviceable addition to Gilberto's catalog, "Beach Samba" falls short of the heights reached by her more groundbreaking recordings, earning a modest 2/5 for its somewhat predictable execution.

Not bad, but boring.

Pretty chill but not much else

1. ztay - 1 2. mizty rozez - 1 3. the face i love - 1 4. parade - 0 5. oba oba - 0 6. canoeiro - 1 7. i had the craziezt dream - 1 8. beach zamba - 1 9. my foolizh heart - 1 10. i think of you - 2 11. you didn't have to be zo nice - 1 12. nao bate o corocao - 0 13. trizteza - 2 14. call me - 1 15. herez that rainy day - 1.5 16. tu mi delirio - 4 17. itz a lovely day today - 1

Nyt oli vähän vaikea käsittää, mikä oli se erityinen juttu. Varmaan aikanaan oli jotain. Ihan miellyttävää toki.

Ihan teknisesti kelpo levy, mut en kyllä ymmärrä mikä tän nostaa aikalaistensa yläpuolelle. 2/5

Her claim to fame is of course the Girl from Ipanema but there’s nothing of that iconic quality on this album as it sounds like a bunch of retreads and covers of western songs to appeal to North American and western audiences. The 60s backing orchestra sounds a lot like what Burt Bacharach would play back in the day and it hasn’t aged well I’m afraid

Meh

This list loves electronica and samba. I did not like her voice and the album sounded much the same to me. Of the samba albums we’ve listened to, this is my least favorite.

Old school coolio

Very pretty album but nothing I'd listen to again

This parade song made me feel like I lost my mind. I'm almost shocked I've never heard this in anything before. The duet with the kid has a very unique vibe too, and It's A Lovely Day Today feels like it should've down up in an action movie or something. Fun and relaxing listen, albeit a little oddball at times.

The parade song hurts this album. Her voice is like an average person that has had a glass of wine and is just feeling the music. Not really a complaint, it works. Dia dos Rosas had won me over then.... The harmonica is coming in a little hot on this You didn't have to be so nice. It's sweet with her kid, but maybe put it on the B-sides. I enjoyed some of the tracks, might even revisit.

I have no frame of reference with this genre outside of "The Girl from Ipanema." It seems fine, but I'm not really qualified to rate.

Just when I was thinking this is good music to ride an elevator to, or fall asleep to, or get brainwashed to, a PARADE slapped me in the face. It's listenable and the instruments used are interesting. I wouldn't need to listen to it more. Rating 2.4 and rounding to 2.

This album would be perfect elevator music or call center hold music. It's ok, but very boring. It all tends to run together and makes it hard to differentiate between the songs. It was perfect Sunday morning music to sit back and sip a coffee to, but it isn't something upbeat or interesting enough for me to really want to listen to again. Favourite songs: My Foolish Heart, You Didn't Have to Be So Nice Least favourite songs: Parade (A Banda) 2/5

2 stars, not a fan of the poppier elements

Is she a good singer? Yes Did I also fall asle

Starts off so beautifully and then the music veers off into just crass pop directions - marching bands, tuneless kid. Something of a surprise, really - the music could have matched the musician, who I am sure charmed so many with that breathy, Brazilian voice. Talent here but the worst excesses in the music.

I'm not a fan of samba, and Astrud's singing certainly didn't help. I felt like listening to a child learning the scale. It's just music completely out of my element.

Easy listening but very very cheesy. Jazz for people who don't actually like jazz. Though I did quite enjoy the tune with the raspy-voiced kid singing along.

astrud gilberto's beach samba was light and pleasant! it wasn't challenging in the way of punk or metal, that's for sure, though i'm not entirely sure my listening experience was relaxing enough like i was at the beach. the combination of a latin sound with folk music was nice, but i felt like overall the album lacked substance. oh, and the marching band song was weird. don't think that was a necessary inclusion on this album, but i guess it didn't hurt my ears.

When I saw the album title, I was definitely hoping for more Latin samba and less bossa nova. But we don't always get what we want. There was nothing bad about this album, but also nothing particularly noteworthy, in my opinion. In particular, I did not need the marching band song.

Lovely voice, great band. Sixties schmaltz. Pleasant, but not life-changing.

I really like much of her work, but between the child singing and the cheesy sounding organ this album is a pass for me.

Pretty voice, but I can only take so much of this music. And that is 1.5 songs.

I don't particularly enjoy this.

Given this one a few listens but just blends into background music, sorry just not one that’s clicked with me.

Niet top, beetje saai, en er zijn betere albums in dit genre te bedenken. Wel ontspannen.

Yeah... nah. It's OK, but not for me.

i have fallen asleep trying to get thru this record so many freaking times it’s screwed over my listening stats for the month of july. i give up i have no opinions on this i just want to stop racking up streams of it that i’m not even conscious for.

That was mostly a waste of time. I feel no wiser after listening. Nothing gained. Although “Beach Samba” was enjoyable, it was nowhere near close enough to save the album from being competitively boring. 2/5

Very easy listening but almost nothing to make it too memorable. I wish less songs were in English since the Portuguese is much nicer to listen to. 4/10

Non è proprio il mio genere!

Not for me - or most people. The song with the kid - gggeeeezz

Much faster than anticipated.

Bland, but at it least it was short (the original LP is 27 mins)

This was quite a chill late 60’s album. .

What the hell

I don’t know

Of its time. Pleasant enough

Not really my style. Nothing special here.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: yeah it was a really fun listen Favourite song: didn’t have one that I’d listen to outside of the record

She's clearly influenced by Frank Sinatra, with a lovely dreamy voice. The bossa nova is active and lush with additional instrumental like piano. It's pretty generic and tries to stand out with gimmicks. I was pulled in by her voice but just as quickly fell out of interest. It's not bad, inoffensive as many say, but she's not putting anything to grab my attention. Favorites: Stay, Misty Roses, I Had the Craziest Dream, Beach Samba

Braziliaans album hevig geïnspireerd door Amerikaanse popklassiekers, met enkele nummers in Portugees. Op z'n best lobby muziek, verder van matige kwaliteit van uitvoering en gedateerd. leukste nummer: Beach Samba Album heeft een disproportionele hoeveelheid personeel, waaronder Toots Thielemans.

that's some early photoshop on the album cover. she looks like the william shatner mask used for michael myers. music got particularly samey, it's nice to hear one song like this but then you're sat there thinking this isn't as good as the girl from ipanema.

Not as good as Christopher Samba

kinda nothing I listened to it twice in a row and have nothing to say

I don't hate this, but after 15-20 minutes I'm kinda done.

What an odd album. First few tracks were lovely cocktail lounge background music, very 60's, and then some nonsense with a circus.

Warum sollte ich von ihr ausgerechnet dieses Album hören? Gut gemachte Fahrstuhlmusik, aber keine drei Sterne.

Bastante mocho, no está mal pero es demasido generico. 4/10

Na

A few songs would be good under the right movie soundtrack, but I'm not looking to listen to bossa nova like this. Maybe it's cuz i'm not on the beach?

If I'm feeling like bossa nova, I'll do Getz-Gilberto, and not reach for the samba album from the Girl from Ipanema vocalist. It's a "known" name fronting a weaker example of a genre the name is associated with. It's not awful, but there are so many better examples of this type of music.

This was endearing but annoyingly corny.

Sambaa saatana Levyn kuva jostain tutun olon, Adam Neely ehkä jossain videossa puhunut

I really like the Getz/Gilberto album that has Astrid (and thd Girl from Ipanema). This is in a similar vein but a little too light and fluffy. I can't feel anything from the listening experience except thinking a must listen to more Stereolab (if you know you know) probably sounds better in a shady bar in Rio. In a freezing suburb of Birmingham it is a 2

Sims muziek, niks geweldigs

Nope.

A pretty unremarkable Brazilian jazz samba / pop album with some pretty unremarkeable songs. 2.5 stars

It's ok I guess... honestly I found it pretty forgettable.

Lift Music

Pleasant album. Would be nice to walk through a field in Spain listening to this.

Koffor ikkje Astrid

This sounds like pleasant music to have pattering away in the background when you're busy preparing a lavish meal for 10 guests who're coming over in two hours. Or maybe to have playing in the background while sharing a couple of glasses of fruity red wine and it's raining outside, so everyone wants to stay and continue chattering on. Either way, I can't consider this as more than pure background music, pleasant as it may be when you don't pay any attention to it.

18-Oct-2020 Well, this one is a bit all over the place. Some enjoyable songs, some weird ones (You Didn't Have To Be So Nice), and some pretty questionable singing in general tbh. Pleasant enough vibes overall, but not for me. Quite dated as well, this is such a 60s album. I read "August Is Wicked Month" recently, some of these songs would have soundtracked that perfectly! For some reason the Spotify link took me to a version of the album with 5 extra songs which appear to be from the album "A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness" not sure if that's a Spotify issue or an issue with this app. I prefer the shorter 12 song version!

I love her voice but question some of the song choices on this album.

This just doesn't feel very special in any way. Almost like they noticed there was no "Bossa nova" on the list and hurriedly found this one and threw it on there. Didn't do much for me but I tend to listen to these kinds of songs as one-offs. There might be something here that my ears just can't pick up.

2/3

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Ritmos y estilo brasileño, con sonido muy de los años 60. Para entusiastas del género

Una cosa rara

Pretty chill Bossa Nova music. Some tracks pop out and don't feel like they fit the record. Overall a pretty chill listening experience.

Though it carries its cool bossa nova vibe well, that's everything positive i have. Otherwise, it's very samey sounding, and her voice isn't particularly melodic. I definitely rolled my eyes at parade as the some seemed more about naming every national holiday and saying there was a parade for that.

sure

Pretty disappointed with most of this one. I have several bossa nova and samba records that I love - a few featuring Astrud - and thinks ranks with the worst of them.

There is nothing wrong with this. I'm just a cynical asshole that finds this kind of music incredibly boring. I like that the two Brazilian reps on this list are bossa nova Astrud Gilberto and death metal Sepultura.

Underwhelming. All the tracks sounded the same and it was the sort of easy listening my Mum would have heard on the radio when I was young and that was a very long time ago. 2*

Not really.

Not as beach samba as I was expecting an album called beach samba to be. 1. The random marching song was shite. 2. Kids singing is only pleasant for their parents.

I didn't hate it, and didn't want to turn it off. But I didn't like anything in here, either, and will not return.

Beach Samba, more middling jazz/bossa nova background music. 2/5, let's move on.

Not great, but not actively offensive either. Fine background music, the kind of thing you'd expect to hear playing in a hotel lobby, but no edge or interest. The penultimate song (You Didn't Have To Be So Nice) has a child singing on it and is vomit-inducing. Sits at the bottom end of a 2.

Pretty forgettable

Pleasant listen. Will I come back to it? No thanks

Dated. Vintage sound. Some lyrics are in French, but it doesnt seem to matter.

This is by no means the best album of Astrud's era on Verve. It has some nice songs and good arrangements, but it's basically a repetition of the formula of americanizing bossa nova classics for the US, a staple of the 1960s that was already becoming boring in 1967. The result is a little bit more pop oriented than her previous records and the best tracks are reenditions of american standards, like "My Foolish Heart".

Not my bag

Pleasant, Latin-flavoured jazz-lite. I like her voice, but this is hardly the most inspired thing she ever did. Why did they choose THIS album? It doesn't really have anything to particularly recommend it. Soporific. Duet with child (You Didn't Have to Be So Nice) was cute, but I'm not sure I would want to listen to it too many times. I feel like only the final track, Nao Bate O Corocao, worked up a bit of energy. Did not hate, but seems like a pointless inclusion on this list.

Not my jam

I found this boring

Poor singing and very light weight music. Sounds like what might play in a '70s porn film. Not impressed.

Pfoe, dat werd al snel van flauw

Echt mijn best gedaan om hier iets goeds in te vinden en er zaten ook wel aardige dingen bij, maar toch echt niet heel boeiend verder.

Blij dat het klaar was. Het leek/was soms vals.

Nice voice but the selection of songs could have been better

Legno!

5/10

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The guy who invented the bossa nova beat was called Milton Banana.

Pleasant but non exciting

Really smooth singing voice, but she has very limited range (which I think is her trademark). Every song is in 1 octave. Good background music, but that's really it for me. Did think the duet with her kid was cute. 2.5/5.

Chill Bossa Nova music with no ambition. Track 11 includes a kid who can't sing, which pretty much guarantees a bad grade from me. Best track: Misty Roses

Not my thing

Honestly, not a big fan. I do enjoy Astrud from time to time as the bossa-nova icon that she is, but much of this album is a little too pop for me. There are some tracks that I've heard dozens if not hundreds of times while working at POMO. (Stefano was a big fan) So songs like Stay and the title song Beach Samba are tunes I'm very familiar with and stick out as catchy earworms, most of the album is a bit too aimless and overly sappy at times. Probably wont return to it anytime soon.

Pleasant enough, but really doesn't do much for me. It's like the Carpenters without the edge. 2 stars.

Seemed very good for what it was, but what it was was not for me.

Samba!

Ok but nothing spectacular.

Bossa-nova.

29th July 2021 Listened on my phone while working in the kitchen. Perfect for a sunny day! Very chilled, bit bland in places but a nice vibe.

Very bland but pleasant. Reminds me of music from B movies like Diabolik or Moon Zero Two

Never suggest this again

Some nice jazz music, but mostly AM radio style, borderline elevator music. Her voice is nice, but not my cup of tea

jeff goldblum meets john philip souza. I know I listened to this but I have no memory of it occuring

Not my sort of thing

This Portuguese album has tinges of pop and jazz, but the songs are so similar that they all seem to blend together. It doesn't satisfy my musical taste, but the album isn't particularly bad either.

meh

Coffee bar music. Nice and inoffensive.

Hmmm. Too twee? Don't like samba in English!

Yknow in old James Bond movies when he goes to the tropics and weighs up in a bar wearing a safari suit to seduce a hot Latin chick who knows Mr Big ? This music is playing.

Really such a non-captivating music at all. Lyrics were quite lame, but the sound often times saved the whole song.

Brazilian easy listening. BT: Stay, Beach Samba, My Foolish Heart

Interesting i guess Definently not my thing lol Sorta relaxing

Production: 8/20 Songwriting: 9/20 Innovation: 8/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 9/20 = 34 meh. not horrible or owt just meh

Fine

2.8 - Disappointing. On one hand, Gilberto retains some of the dreamy, sunny, breathy elements that I loved when she collaborated with Stan Getz. Mostly though this record is saccharine and sounds like a record that an expensive hairdresser in Bismarck, ND would've played for his poncy middle aged clientele, just to add a hint of "hip" to his shop. Astrud Gilberto has always been “easy listening” but here she’s jumped the shark, eschewing subtlety, favoring a campy “swinging” bop. It’s sad that over the next few decades, an army of American studio hacks took this sound, chopped it up into segments, put those segments on an assembly line, glued the pieces together, packed the sound up and commodified it into a dull facsimile of the original Brazilian samba/tropicalia sound. Now you hear echoes of that sound in parking garages, elevators and bargain warehouse retailers everywhere.

That was fun. Did I hear a marching band?

Meh

Interesting Latin infused marches and jazz

Meh. Not as samba as expect

Very uninteresting and totally bland, feels very tacky. Whole album sounds like the theme song to I Dream Of Genie.

No ideas what to expect! Well I'm not sure why that was on a list of 1001 albums to listen to. It sounded like your stereotypical late 60's/70's album

Didn't do much for me

2. I appreciate the music, but is just isn't for me. Too slow

Varmaan aikanaan ollut hieno levy, mutta vuonna 2021 mielenkiinto loppuu kesken levyn.

This is the voice behind "The Girl from Ipanema". And there is A LOT of soft samba here. The best part of this record is the band: the flute (especially in the first track) is controlled and animated, and brings a lot of colour to what is, largely, an exceptionally dull listen. The songs themselves deal with nothing of real depth; the "Parade" song is particularly bizarre. I looked for some contrast in some of these songs (e.g. Perhaps this is a sombre idea of everything being a parade, whilst the singer looks on, unfeeling), but it's a reach. This is really just a collection of inoffensive rhythm. Unfortunately, whilst she undeniably has a beautiful voice, listening to (even just) 35 minutes of it is very dull. There was no variation in there, no colour. Just that dreamy, wavey, beautifully accented patter. It works for a song or two, but dries up quickly. "You Didn't Have to be So Nice" is a duet recorded with one of her children. Naff. FSs: Misty Roses

Ei pahaa sanottavaa, tollasta ok perussambahommaa.

false

Anteeksi nyt mutta mikä ihme tämä albumi on olevinaan? Miksi tällainen on tehty ja vielä enemmän; miksi tämä on tällä albumilistalla? 1/5

Out of tune voice with parade and you didnt have to be so nice being standout awful songs

Thanks to my time with this list, the word "samba" now fills me with dread, and if this album contains another version of The Girl From Ipanema I may have an aneurysm, think it is this most-featured song across all albums on this list, and it has to appear on at least half of the samba albums. Well, there is no Girl From Ipanema and the album is less than half an hour long, but for me these are the only points in its favour. I just really can't stand bossa nova, you guys. Music to play over stock footage of 1960's tourist destinations.

i'm sorry but i'm allergic to her honey voice and this mellow music. it gives me the shivers!!!

55

Twee Latin nonsense. Lowest point is ‘A Banda’ in which we just list types of parades.