Beach Samba

Easy listening.

Very mixed album 3/5

It’s sweet, not really for me, but there’s still a charm to it. Pleasant in the background but doesn’t break any new ground.

AG FOREVER. For real. Love her and her singing about different parades. This is super pleasant but not PERFECT.

Aw. Very sweet 70:s love songs in Portuguese and English

This album surprised me a little bit. Having listened to Getz/Gilberto with Joao Gilberto, I expected this album be purely samba. However, I was surprised to hear a song with a 3/4 big band feel followed by a march. The march was interesting because the snare almost had a bossa feel like you would hear from claves in a bossa song. I really like the changes and the horn section in Beach Samba. very much enjoyed Gilberto's feature of her son in "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"

Not really my vibe.

Nice

Очікувано приємний запис. На спотіку якась довга версія з піснями, яких немає на оригінальному альбомі. І вони мені саме скоріше не подобаються. Я не те щоб дуже багато слухав Аструд, але я впевнений на 100%, що можна було б кращий запис у неї підібрати. Я б поставив запису 3.5., а тут поставлю трохи упереджені 4.

Здається вже писав в цьому списку про свою любов до бразильської музики. А говорити про бразильську музику і не сказати про Аструд Жілберту неможливо. Не можу сказати що на цьому альбомі всі пісні мені подобаються, до того ж зараз листопад, а таку музику треба влітку слухати. Але окремі моменти, як наприклад Misty Roses, геніальні.

i mean, it was fine. just very goody/boring

Nice

Astrud Gilberto – Beach Samba (1967) On Day 314, this release offered a pleasant, sun-drenched encounter with late-60s bossa nova that ultimately suffered from an uneven tug-of-war between authentic Brazilian rhythm and commercial American lounge pop. While the ambition to blend Rio rhythms with lush orchestral arrangements was clear, the heavy-handed easy-listening strings occasionally flattened the energy and left Astrud’s signature deadpan, whispered delivery feeling emotionally detached. However, when the arrangements stepped back and let the organic groove breathe, the album truly shined: "Stay" established an effortlessly charming, romantic tone from the jump, while the title cut "Beach Samba (Bossa Na Praia)" stood as an undeniable, sun-soaked highlight brimming with authentic coastal swing. A decent, breezy listen that lands comfortably as a respectable 3/5.

Good music

Dancing the samba, Tim Burkland and his partner Mark Ballis.

It was there.

This album is a parade

A nice record with lush sounds, maybe sometimes too lush. But this beach music, enjoyed best on a tropical beach with a nice cocktail. Unfortunately I live in the outlands of The Netherlands with no beach I sight, so this context is missing and the music is still nice for background listening. 3/5

As it happened, the day I got this was a grey, rainy day which made this the perfect album to listen to.

Perfectly serviceable samba album

2.5

I surely do like Astrud, I find her voice to be very pure and innocent sounding, and rather soothing and idealistic, she kinda sings like a bird would sing so I frankly just pretty much like most things she sings. But I have to wonder, why is Astrud Gilberto's unique voice so godawfully misused here? She could sing bossa nova simply, like a bird of nature, but the producers made her sing American (both US and Latin) standards and stuff like that. In my opinion Astrud's voice did not fit that kind of music at all. Even worse, the songs she had to sing were often arranged for an orchestra, a big band or both. None of these cases was the perfect setting for Astrud. There is hardly an intimate feel when an ensemble is blowing their massive horns, and according to many, intimacy was what Astrud's voice was about. it isn't an album I'd consider even a good showcase of its titular genres. But Astrud Gilberto's voice is oh so sweet and the whole album is so light and breezy (although very straightforward) that it is difficult to look at the album with too critical of an eye.

U know what I like Samba and I don’t care who knows it

Je, ako sa hovorí, rozkošná... Mám ju rád, patrí snáď k trom mojim obľúbencom latinskej provinencie...

Easy breezy samba girl

Twas like being stuck in an elevator for half an hour.

Lounge music for your all inclusive resort in Brazil. Pleasant to listen to but I doubt I’ll be coming back.

It’s just not my jam

This was a fun little album. Nothing spectacular that I could see, but a fun little trip.

Parade, what a pile! lyrics so bad they could be written by Paul McCartney. Made it top track 9. She hasnt really got a great voice, most of the songs reminded me of really bad 60's film soundtracks or the Pearl and Dean adverts in the cinema bah bah bah bah bah...

Her voice is pleasant but these songs are weird and not to my tastes at all. Why the song with the child? Sounds like something off Sesame Street. Nah.

cool calm & collected

If you’re a member of the Gilberto family congratulations you get a free album on this list. I’m finding that this style of samba/bossa nova is a high floor, low ceiling sound. It’s an effort to not enjoy this music, but it’s also an effort to see this as a crucially important piece of art. Not that it has to be, this is clearly easy listening music. A few noteworthy songs. “Parade (A Banda)” was really fun and broke the mold a bit as far as what the first half of the record was sounding like. “Canoeiro” was a hyper-colorful song with a lot crammed into a few minutes. Everything else was staggered melodies and rimshots. Strong 3/5

No es el mejor álbum de astrud pero es agradable en cualquier álbum la voz de una de las mejores cantantes de la bossa-nova

Ok this was great

I’m not sure what to say about this album. It’s totally not a style I enjoy, but I’ve liked others in this project that were similar way more. I was mostly bored. The only song I kind of liked was the title track, where she didn’t actually sing any lyrics. Not sure that’s a compliment.

Not my type of music but I didn’t mind this one. Very calming happy music.

Most of these songs had me thinking it was going to be the Girl from Ipanena and then wasn’t. Disappointing each time. I looked it up and I wasn’t crazy, she does sing that song. It’s just, again disappointingly, not on this album. Not terrible. Not great. Old movie soundtrack. 60s specifically. It’s a specific vibe.

Not my thing

Such a pleasant and whimsical album. If you're in the mood to chill and sway, this hits pretty good. Really enjoyed this. 3.6/5.

Good fun album, nice soothing voice

The older I get the more I enjoy Easy Listening.

Kiva albumi! Seura kuunnellessa auttoi ymmärtämään ainakin sen, että joidenkin mielestä tämä oli vielä kivaakin parempi. Mutta se on ihan ok. Kovaa bossa nova fania musta ei tullut, mutta en suutu jos joku soitattaa tätä lisää.

Erittäin maukas. Varmaan aina yhessä kuunneltaessa saa lisäpojoja ja nostetta siitä.

Todella tiukkaa bosista ja hyviä biisejä muutenkin! Yllättävän monipuolinen levy myöskin lopulta.

Miellyttävää ja helppoa kuunneltavaa mutta ei sen kummemmin säväyttänyt. Oikein toimivaa fiilistelyä odotusaulaan ja mikä jottei sinne hissiinkin 😌

Rakastan bossa novaa. Tää oli ihana. Ääni hunajaa ja brasilianportugali on niin kaunista. Mielenkiintoiset sovitukset. I love it.

Really not a great sign when Qobuz warns me right up front that this is "one of Gilberto's less impressive." and I have to agree. This is glorified elevator music.

I have no idea why this album is on the list: a mediocre singer performs naive songs in a language she obviously doesn't use in everyday life. Even though this formula had worked well before with “The Girl From Ipanema", it doesn't make sense as an album because maybe two tracks would have been enough. As it is, “Beach Samba” doesn’t even get boring - you’re more likely to find yourself wondering the whole time when the real songs are going to come. Spoiler: they never do. How is one supposed to fairly rate something like this among all those world-class albums (well, not all of them, but that’s basically the standard)?

Nothing special, but I enjoyed listening to her voice enough to give this 3 stars

Pretty groovy, but after about 10 minutes I’d had enough.

I love stuff like this

Although pleasant, this album struck me as flat and emotionless for most of the runtime. I appreciate the relaxed sound to an extent, but I just found it to be a little dull. This one's fine, but I probably won't be coming back to it. Favorite track: "Não Bate O Coração"

Pleasant

#503 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ✅ Ah, this sounds really light an airy and sunny! Apparently this is a bit americanised pop version of that she is really about, but I don't mind the easy listening aspects since bossa nova nor samba are not really my strong suites. Also learned that she is "the girl from Ipanema", or at least sung that famous track. Some of the songs were quite weird decisions, like the marching one and the one with her kid, but otherwise I enjoyed this one. And I'm very happy there is any music outside US, albeit that this too was aimed at the North American market. I'd put this somewhere in the 3.6/5 range.

Nice singing but nothing spectacular

The pleasant sounds of 1960s counter-counterculture. Music untroubled by time or politics. You can't spend your whole life soaking in a bath like this, but yes we need it every now and then.

Background music

Immediately recognized her voice from Bossa Nova music. On this album her voice is the highlight of course, it's lovely.

Brazilian jazz? Hmm... This was OK. It didn't really inspire any emotions in me beyond mild interest in the sounds. The singing was alright, if somewhat like a deeper, jazzy Bjork. The lyrics were generally mediocre and sometimes plain stupid, and the rest of the album isn't entertaining enough to make up for it(unlike yesterday's Anthrax album). It probably does belong on the list to an extent, but it's not the best thing I've ever heard.

Started out pleasant and inoffensive enough, until the godawful A Banda (Parade) started and destroyed the good will. After that point it delivered...more of the same. It may be only 28 minutes long but it got old, fast.

It’s good. I like samba. Not sure why so many samba albums are on this list though.

Not my favorite bossa nova record.

Perfectly solid Samba album. A Banda (Parade) is pretty funny because I feel like I've heard this one before but I'm not sure I have, and I enjoyed how You Didn't Have to Be So Nice felt like it was sung by a mom and daughter. Not much else to say, but pretty good overall.

kann es nicht anhören

I'm pretty sure you could mix and match tracks from any of the 4 bossa nova albums I've had so far, and you'd still have half an hour of elevator music that takes you somewhere, but says nothing, and does nothing once you're there. So nothing against Astrud, but at this point the nova has rubbed off for me.

A whole album that sounds like something from Animal Crossing? I've got my bells ready. Tell Tom Nook he's got a new villager coming. 4/5

Love her voice. Been a fan of Brazilian jazz forever. Was glad to see her pop up on this list.

It's fine. It's samba. It sounds like elevator/hold music. I didn't hate it but it wasn't especially interesting. Astrid Gilberto has a lovely voice.

Bit lightweight, but some nice tracks. Should maybe listen again when I'm on a summer beach.

Perfectly pleasant, but mostly just background music

Some mornings I wake up excited at the prospect and potential of the album of the day. Today was one of those, and my excitement has been quickly stifled.

I've never even heard of Astrud Gilberto. Honestly I despise this cover art, she doesn't look real. 01. Stay Very nice and smooth. 02. Misty Roses Was fine. Not really my kind of jam. 03. The Face I Love This is more like it! This is really pretty, and my favorite lyrics so far! 04. A Banda (Parade) Feels too childish for me. Like it's explaining what a parade is. 05. Oba, Oba Meh. I didn't feel a thing whilst listening. 06. Canoeiro Boring. 07. I Had The Craziest Dream Fun lyrics, but also boring to me. Not bad, just meh. 08. Beach Samba (Bossa Na Praia) Cute little instrumental. This album so far is feeling very samey. 09. My Foolish Heart I really like this song, but I don't know why. It's not very different from the rest of the album, so I'm not sure why I enjoy it more than most. 10. Dia Das Rosas (I Think Of You) A fairly romantic song. Is one of my favorites so far. 11. You Didn't Have To Be So Nice Cute. That's it. I don't get why there's a little kid. 12. Não Bate O Coração Another boring one. Astrud is a good singer, that's no doubt. But this album is so incredibly one note and boring to me. I like faster jazz, I guess.

Nice listening. Not sure how much substance is here but it does make me pine for 60s California

Bit of a disappointing effort given her spots on other albums. The songs that lean more into 1960s Lounge Lizard and away from the latest studio effort from Doris Day are the highlights.

A pleasant bit of bossa nova, but inevitably, if you're always on vacation, are you ever on vacation? This tries some twists on the formula with Parade and You Didn't Have to be So Nice. They should have stuck to what they're good at, minus half a star (2.5)

Wait a year and two samba records come along together.

This a perfectly inoffensive album. It’s also not at all exciting. Her delivery sounds very blah…..You didn’t have to be so nice was annoying asf.

This is so kitsch. An absolute period piece and difficult to rate. Sorry, but of this type of music from this era, it's not the best

I’m partial to some Bossa Nova from time to time, but this just wasn’t it by a long shot. Most Bossa Nova I do listen to has a cool, calm vocal delivery, but here, it felt more half-arsed than anything else. No more than one memorable tune, underwhelming backing instrumentation, and God, that parade song was truly dreadful.

She’s an amazing vocalist, I’d never heard this album before but I immediately recognized her from Getz/Gilberto’s The Girl from Ipanema. This album is better than that though. Really well written stuff all the way through. Some bizarre inclusions like the literal circus music in the middle of the album bring it down a bit but hey some people probably like it.

A great jazz vocalist, one of my least favorite genres - my father's cocktail music.

Very pretty and safe had an amazing voice, but a little bit too smooth for my tastes.

nice easy listen only 27 mins too 6/10 best song - misty roses

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

I was expecting samba because of the album title, but instead this was jazzy and grand (the kind of theatrical jazz that reminds me of Sinatra's style). Gilberto's voice is soft and beautiful, and it helps lend a coffee-shop quality to the songs. Overall, this album gave me a warm and peaceful feeling on the dreary afternoon I listened to it.

Perfectly pleasant. Does what it says on the tin

This is daydreaming music. Meandering music. An aimless walk where you just think for a while. That’s what this made me think of. I liked it a lot. Ending the album with “It’s A Lovely Day Today” is kinda beautiful in a way.

The Brazilian accent is quite something, but I just didn't like the music.

This sounds like an album Megan would listen to on Mad Men.

i liked the vibe. I have a soft spot for yacht music

Lovely voice. Pleasant album.

not bad but not re-listenable

I see the word “inoffensive” a lot in these reviews. I can’t think of a better word to describe this one. Classic 3 star.

The voice is undeniable: light, unaffected, almost amateur in the best sense. But as a Brazilian I found the English hard to get past: bossa nova is built around the way Portuguese sits on the beat, and translated into English something essential goes missing. Lovely to hear, but not a record I connected with. 2/5.

It's not a 5 for creativity or ingenuity or anything its a 5 for a very specific homework kinda safe vibe. Parade a banda made it a 4, actually took it to a because at first i thought it would be like a safe to leave on vinyl record while you drink coffee with anybody but that mood shift is abrupt and strange and would probably come on right when youre trying to cum and ruin the whole thing

music is love

Not a bad album never heard of it before I quite like her voice I like the instruments a lot kinda jazzy it does have some weird tracks but most of the tracks are chilled and fun solid album if not exactly to preferences

I hate samba. I hate her voice. But this isn't as bad as that other samba album so...two stars

I am coming around to a good casual Samba album Fave track: Tristeza