Reviews (page 7 of 7)
This is a fun pace change. It's not really innovative but it doesn't fit in a genre either which I like. It's a little like a bar band with synth. But then the last three tracks are just crappy dub.
Album 267 of 1001 Suba - São Paulo Confessions Rating : 2 / 5 Doesn't really do much for me. It isn't the worst thing to listen to, but just doesn't make me want to hear more. The language barrier is part of it, I'm sure.
Sort of neat blend of latin and electronic styles, but not my thing. If it were, I'd probably be voting this way higher. If I could avoid voting at all, I would.
Not really into lofi chill and if I was this wouldn't be it.
There are various sounds and sometimes a pleasant sounding woman sings in a foreign language (I will guess Portuguese), sometimes in reverse. Also, a guy with a deep voice talks in one of the songs. I wish it would have ended a bit sooner.
Album #: 331 issued, (289 rated) first impressions: this might be funky fresh after listening through: this is like the portuguese version of that red snapper album; vaguely ominous/sexy/cool hold music. post-reading reviews/wiki: . I can't believe I gave that Red Snapper album a 4. I would be inclined to 3 this one bc at least there's some fun world-music influence on it, but i'd have to take away a star for the whistling and for being at least 10 minutes too long. recommended for: someone interested in getting zooted and pretending its the 90's
Not too much to say about this one. Certainly, it escaped the Gilberto style samba albums and brought some new atmospheric sound. It wasn't terribly exciting to me.
What would happen if you were to take samba and make it wobbly? This is what would happen. It isn't great, I'll be honest. There's a lot of production choices that I just don't get - like the overly repetitive beats and riffs. The sound seems compressed, with not all that much in the way of dynamic range and the preponderance of frequency around the 100hz mark makes this actually quite tiring. When the kick drums break out and bring you some low frequency to drag you away from the floor toms, it's a blessed relief. I'd have preferred some of the vocals to be more prominent, as the balance against that incessant 100hz muddy murk is just too damn low. I guess if this were produced better, had tighter focus on the distinct and stripped out a lot of the padding I'd like it a hell of a lot more.
It was fine. It's in a different langu5,it didn't really hold my attention
It's pleasant. Almost too pleasant, to the point where I don't really care about it. Not sure why this is on the list, since it so easily blends into the background.
c'était pas de la bossa nova .
this album felt too long. i've heard much worse before, for what it's worth. on the bright side, suba created electronic music that was pleasant and not grating to my ears, especially for someone who isn't the biggest fan of electronic music. the infusion of experimental, jazz, and ambient aspects kept suba's são paulo confessions interesting. then out of left field, suba throws a fiddle in for a folk-y feel. the fiddle was a choice, is what i'm saying. still, in the end, the album as a whole just seemed to never end.
Very chill, jazzy, electronic Latin-infused music here. I wanted to like it more, but I think maybe my appreciation for Latin sounds was overrun by my indifference on this style of jazz and electronic music. Either way, it was interesting, but I didn't really feel blown away by this.
Started ok, a bit much by the end
Meh.
somewhere in a midwestern coffee shop the baristas are begging to play their own music and the manager is saying “why make me vet your selections when we already have São Paulo Confessions on repeat all day?”
A few tracks you’ll bop along to in your living room, a few tracks you’ll wish would hurry up, not really best in class for chill out dance and its place on this unwarranted.
Not as good as Busta Rhymes though, is it?
Average.
Inoffensive but seriously bland
Sopi hyvin videopelin taustalle kevyellä tunnelmallaan. En ehkä muuten kuuntelis.
Nooh, tää oli taas tällanen perusihanokkuunneltavamuteimitäänsuositeltavaa
I wad hoping for a but more out of this one. I wanted some Spanish vocals to be more of thw focus. It's alright though. Repetitive but nit bad sonicly.i liked it and saved a song so there's that 2.5* if I could but I'll probably have to give it a 2* sadly
2.5 I’m not sure exactly what Suba is confessing to here, but it sounds to me like he’s admitting to being a pretty average electronic musician. That’s not to say I disliked this - in many ways it feels like the natural evolution of the mellow electronic sound that Air had started experimenting with a year prior on Moon Safari (another album I gave a mediocre score to), but here, it’s hit with a dose of Latin-fusion, courtesy of Suba’s recent immigration to Sāo Paulo. And I would argue that’s the album’s biggest strength - the mixing of genres makes this a unique listen and encapsulates a “late night in a South American metropolis” vibe so well, even as someone who has never been (the album cover does great job of that too). I also really enjoyed singer Cibelle’s voice and thought they were a pleasant addition to just about every track they were featured on. Yet, despite all of that, I wasn’t really hit with any kind of lasting impression. There’s nothing here that I think I would go out of my way to re-visit, and the only songs that stick out to me looking back now are the closing track A Noite Sem Fim, which I found kind of annoying, and Samba Do Gringo Paulista, which I feel would fit perfectly in the soundtrack of a racing game (I could see it in a modern Mario Kart). Not much else to say on individual songs, though there was one track in there I swear sounded like Cibelle was singing “my dick”. Maybe I could learn to appreciate this album if I ever get around to seeing São Paulo firsthand, but as is, I would say I found it okay. That being said, apparently Suba’s next release Tanto Tempo would go on to become the highest-selling Brazilian album outside of Brazil - an album that he apparently realized was that good because he literally died in an effort to save the recordings from a studio fire (a few days after this album released). So, I won’t write off Suba just yet - hell, maybe that album’s on this list.
A Serbian playing Brazilian music! Zzh zzh
Interesting to hear some experimental Brazilian music and there’s some decent beats on here but I didn’t really enjoy it all that much. Might be better as a sound track over the right scenes in a movie
I just did not connect with this at all. It feels like a cop-out but I really don’t have much to say. I guess I’m wondering who it influenced to deserve a spot on the list?
Nice and atmospheric, very backgroundy though
Another weird electronic album that does nothing for me. I enjoyed the tracks where there was a female vocalist but I thought the pure electronica was rubbish. Ok as background but wouldn't listen again. Highlights: Tantos Desejos Segredo Felicidade
Not my thing.
It’s sometimes pleasant!
A little repetitive
São Paulo Confessions shows that modern Brazilian music isn't necessarily better than all the other Brazilian music we had on here. It's different but no more interesting or able to connect with it.
This was better than I expected, but still not really to my taste. It's a lot more modern and electronic than most of the rest of the Brazilian music we've had. but still retains a bit of that repetitiveness (fine for dancing to, but not so good if you're just listening to it). Definitely outstays its welcome, although I think it improves towards the end - could do with a bit of pruning of the first half of the album. As it is, a strong 2.
Not something I'd normally listen to, but it was nice enough.
Inte särskilt roligt!
I have a confession to make... this was pretty shitty
Not a fan but I don't hate it
The vocals in the start are disgusting. 2
Not that it's terrible, I either wasn't in the mood for this, or, just didn't like it. 1.5
I've never heard of Suba before, and honestly, I'll probably never think of them again. This album was fine, and I thought the first thirty seconds or so of the first track showed some promise, but things didn't ever really take off for me. I didn't find this album bad, but there was nothing about it that stood out to me as an album of importance.
Latin acid jazz by a Serbian-born musician. Of course. I don't hate it, but I just wish that the album was as fascinating as Suba's story.
I tried. I really did. Weird Muzak garbage with a slightly Latin flavor? Not sure why this is on any list of “must listen to” besides for someone looking to play some atmosphere music at a mediocre brazilian steakhouse
Basically, upbeat Brazilian muzak. I want to say that I found this interesting, but truthfully, it was kind of boring. I'm glad I listened to it but I have no plans to listen to it again.
I hate electronic music and i’m so sick of it and everything it surrounds. I can see why some might like it because occasionally some of the songs were okay but it’s so ugh and boring. It was okay sometimes though so 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
A very atmospheric album with jazzy beats. The tempo is mellow and kinda drones on.
Not great.
A blend of Samba and Electronic, New Wave, World Music - this album is a varied experience with a cacophony of unique rhythms and sounds. While there isn't anything too memorable or remarkable, this album and entry are fine if you are into this type of music.
Extremely laidback. Some pleasant Latin bits mixed in with the modern production, but quite muddy and messy electro-trance which becomes more and more aimless through the album. Not very good.
Meh
A lot of songs on this album give off the feeling like they're building up to an absolute breakdown that would be in place in the cutscene of a video game before a boss fight, but that "boss fight" music never comes. If not that than it's just basic bossa nova. None of it is bad, just elevator music with flare, and I generally like "elevator music". I also think it's funny many are saying it gets better as it goes but some of the later songs made me laugh out loud at how ridiculous they sound.
This album started off as s strong 3 for me but then quickly became redundant and a bit boring.
Ambient cocktail bar music.
This album was a bit of a letdown. I usually get excited whenever I see a samba album come across but the late 90s electronica infusion just doesn't cut it. Just doesn't stand the test of time like all electronic music of this era, IMHO. Would've been way better if they just stuck to the traditional samba sounds. 4/10.
Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still don’t see myself going back to it in the future
I got into the groove a few times.
Ikkje så glad i syrete 90-tallsmusikk
Subs, was it? I’m sorry, it’s not you. It’s me. I heard some of your beats, I listened to a groove or two, and I just know that I’m not the listener for you. You’ll find someone better, someone Serbian even, who can treat you right. I wish you well, but I’m moving on.
Just noise. Not interesting enough to listen to intently. Not relaxing enough to have on in the background. Maybe if you were on mind altering drugs it would be interesting. Was hoping for more of a chill bossa nova vibe, but nope.
I was with the album for the first couple of bops and then it turned into 40 minutes of looping elevator music.
Meh
nah
Latin-fusion, hypnotiserende, halv-mørkt
I did not enjoy this one. I could not relate to the music any more than I could to the Portuguese lyrics.
No. Nope. Not for me. I wish I understood the appeal of such music but I just don’t. Like steak and red wine, my palette has just never warmed to electronic music.
Not what I was expecting at all.. there were some good ideas, but it's really top repetitive
For me, it takes something special to get over the language barrier. This didn't clear the bar.
Aside from a couple of songs & that one samba, I didn't care for the album. Just not my thing.
Seems to be a common trend of combining stereotypical electronica with various music genres, and in this case we see bossa nova (with elements of funk and Latino in specific tracks). A lot of it is trash and it's too long, but the vocalists meet my expectations, and some of the songs work super well. There's also a bit of versatility while still maintaining coherency. That is, some tracks like the first two flow super well, and nothing is too out of place (maybe in mood, but even the techno "Samba do Gringo Paulistica" fits with the spirit of the genre). Favorites: Tantos Desejos, Segredo, Felicidade
Take a slow and rather uneventful/boring genre like Bossa Nova and then inexplicably combine it with shitty electronic music and out comes this
Not much to say here, except that it was nice. Might just be tired, but it was nothing too stand out for me. Favorite track was Abraco because of the vocals.
Uh... well, it's different. I'll give it that.
Not for me.
Interessant banda sonora de la vida a Sao Paulo per part del malograt artista, que va perdre la vida poc mesos després de la sortida del disc. No m'ha transportat als meus mesos per Brasil ni és un disc que m'emportaria a una illa deserta però té els seus moments i, clarament, els seus mèrits
Nee, het zou fijn zijn als Suba gewoon hiermee stopt. Dit is helemaal niet nodig.
Tja, wel gezellig in de ochtend bij een bak koffie. Maar verder niet enerverend.
Sade was better cut more mainstream.
interesting Serbian and Brazilian, instrumentals were better, could be half as long, maybe less.
Meh
I'm not sure about this one... very easy to have on in the background. Maybe I'm uncultured but it's not really my jam.
Weird album, not bad background music though
Hm. Suba's death story is a sad one, but I can't say I enjoyed the album all that much. Not my genre anyways.
It's fine. Good for background music. Listened to it several times today and nothing stuck. 2/5.
I did not care for it.
Reading into the background of Suba they seemed to be quite influential in this very niche genre of 90s house/ jazz/ Brazilian samba music.....but despite initial intrigue I quickly got bored. Might be fun to listen to at a beach party in the background
I usually like Brazilian music but really struggled to connect with this for some reason. The beats got more interesting and inventive as the album went on, so it *just about* scrapes a second star.
I think this is an okay listen, but most of the tracks are just boring. Favorite tracks are Antropofagos and Ne Neblina.
Really long and weirdly experimental in a way that didn’t pan out super well in my opinion. Maybe another listen would help do it justice but I don’t wanna sit through this album again. 4/10
The album is lo-fi electronica mixed with Latin american beats. It would be good to have on in the background at a low-key dinner or a chill-sesh. Best: Abraço; Samba Do Gringo Paulista Worst: Antropófagos 2.5 Stars
Y no sé. Lo más probable es que este sea un disco al que a VG le encanta, pero a mi no me gustó mucho. Espero que Suba suba el nivel SIX SEVEEEN
Dette er musikk for hasjrøykere. Helt spesifikt for de hasjrøykerne som synes de er spennende mennesker med spennende liv som har spennende meninger nettopp _fordi_ de er hasjrøykere. Folk som har hasjrøyking som altoppslukende hobby. Verre mennesker finnes knapt! 2/10
Meir nittitals kafémusikk. Dette måtte eg skumma meg gjennom. Gir meg tett på ingenting.
Super boring and a little off-putting. DNF
Huh, si mislim, spet nek brazilski šit, k mi najverjetneje ne bo ful všeč, po pa na wiki vidim, da je bil Srb! Prvi komad je prou všečen ("Tantos Desejos"). Zelo of the time. Zj je pa k da sm stuck v early 2000s TV seriji/filmi v sceni, ki se dogaja in a trendy club. In en in istim ritem se nonstop ponavlja & ne vem, a je the song, a sm too high/drunk. Fak, brazilska muska with a tinge of yugo je po možnosti the worst combo zame? Ni, k da je vsak komad isti, se pa v samih komadih ponavlja eno in istoooooo. Fak no, k una muska k si jo dobil na CDju pri Persilu. (Prisežem, da je blo to kratek čas konc 90h, začetek 2000ih! Mogoč je bil Ariel.)
Pretty boring music, no memorable songs
wtf was this?
Mas
Första ettan tror jag. Ingenting för mig, känns oinspirerat och tråkigt. Hissmusik.
Muzak anyone?
Good Lord
Not the worst elevator music I've heard.
Encapsulates everything I hate about pop music,except maybe that screaming in death metal and all that.
Snooze fest
"São Paulo Confessions is an album by the Serbian-born musician Suba" = nah
40 seconds into the first song I know this experience is going to give me an aneurism
I'm not a big fan of bossanova or late-90s chillout music. The combination is lethal.
I'm very surprised this album is on this list. It just sounds like incidental music in a property renovation show. Not for me at all
More crappy Electronica - Now with Brazilian flavor.
I couldn’t wait for this to be over. Wrong day for me to have this shopping for clothes at structure album.
YES! Presumably more Samba music! YES! SCORE! Let me get my dancin' shoes!! Oh baby! We're shuffling good! Woohoo!! AND IT HAS A WASHED OUT GREYSCALE LATE 90's CLUB TWIST!?!?! Teehee WOOHOO!! YIPPEEE!! My propeller on my hat is spinning wildly. My cheeks have never been rosier as I firmly grasp my comically oversized lollipop and solemnly samba shuffle to this amazing (!!!) and not at all repetitive vocal scatting! Once the vocals leave, I'm sure glad that these basic melodies and rhythms repeat forever! I wouldn't want to forget a single one!! Man, this truly is a golden age for albums and thankfully I heard this one before I died thirteen seconds after the needle lifted. My heart simply exploded from the sheer excitement of hearing Brazilian uhh "Tribal Ambient" (don't yell at me, look at RYM). Apparently this guy is also just a Serbian dude who fetishized South American culture. Surely his early death has nothing to do with this album's inclusion! It's just another monolith of musical mastery!!! 0 HIGHLIGHTS: PortuJeez this album is super!
baffling album. a bit trip-hoppy but i did not appreciate this one at all.
SO bored of being bored by this list
es gäbt soo viel geile brasil scheiss wiso isch de lounge scheiss uf dere liste? ich hans etz währedem wäsche putze ufrume poste gloset und es ischmer NÜT bliebe. würkli niiiiix. s isch loungigi beats mit bitz brasilianische traditionelle rhythme und so 90er akustischer gitarre. cool isch en serbische künstler uf dere liste. aber lieber turbofolk neh findi. und lieber no es maria bethania album oder so.
Serbian artist? Ok now this is the closest I'll get to having some Romanian representation on this list. I'll take it honestly. If u ask me I'd say "1001 albums you should listen to before you die" shouldn't mean "1001 highest critically acclaimed albums for pretentious fucks". In my opinion this project should have explored the world's music. Like, maybe music from Latvia or Bahrain or Ghana is banging and I'll never have any idea. This is just a rant unrelated to today's album. Now, the actual album. In my country there's no such thing as a "wine bar", but based on how many people say this is wine bar music I don't have any desire to go to such a bar. This music is so inoffensive it's outright boring. I can't imagine a context outside of background music just so you fill the silence while studying or painting or something. Personally, I'm never gonna listen to this again, not for me at all. It has some groove here and there, but it's not captivating my attention at all. At least it's not a threat to my ears, so I'll give it that. Not as bad as other 1 stars I gave. Just boring. I can't sit through it all.
Latin elevator music
BORING.
Tråkigt och stundtals irriterande, till och med som bakgrundsmusik.
This must be all over, "Expensive Looking Hotel Lobby" playlists
Didn't enjoy this. Samba acid jazz downtempo electronica? Nah
Considering that astonishing amount of good music created and produced in Brazil it is incomprehensible that this makes the cut. While the album has some ok moments, I think that often combining general traditional brazilian music with electronic music is not a good combination. It takes away from the earthiness and groove of those musical styles while pushing it further into elevator music territory. If you want to listen to something from Brasil, listen to Novos Baianos, Jorge Ben or Martinho Da Vila
Gear: DCA ÆON 2 Noire Artwork: 🚘👤🌃 Production: 📈🐍😖 Music: ⁉️⛔🔇 Rating: ☕/5
Na ja
Clean, detached, kinda boring. 2 songs are sorta interesting but overall i’m not very impressed.
This felt never ending and I'm glad it's over, sorry!
2/3/26. Hmm... just thought this one was boring? It didn't seem like this album could decide what it wanted to be, which ended up as tame electronica with a little Brazilian influence. Swing and a miss for me; perhaps this review will age poorly.
Bloody hell two dull listens in a row. Too repetitive for me and quickly faded into background
Like avante garde Brazilian jazz. Very weird
Lo-fi jazzy electronica is definitely not my genre. While I didn’t hate this, it’s not something I’d ever choose to listen to. Also 100% makes me feel like I’m working in coffee shop filled with late 90s global village decor
1. dezejoz - 1 2. gozta - 1 3. neblina - 1 4. zegredo - 1.5 5. antro - 0 6. felicidade - 1.5 7. dia - 1 8. zereia - 0 9. zamba - 1.5 10. Abrazo - 1 11. Noite - 1 12. Pecados -0
Alors non.
1. aucun intérêt 2. mieux! 3. horrible 4. skip 5. skip 6. Reprise sympa sans plus 7. nul 8. pareil 9.skip 10. mieux 11. ok 12. … 1.5+/5 aucun intérêt
Don't give up your day job.
Back to back horseshit early 2000’s electronica. Why is this on the list? I hate it.
Not my type of music.
Not great.
I'm positive this is competently produced and arranged, but for the most part, it's very much outside my wheelhouse and my patience quickly runs thin with it. Suba's story is quite tragic, though. 1.5/5
Headache music
Eh this isn’t for me. Sometimes it’s ignorable background music when I’m working and sometimes it’s distractingly not for me.
the tragic backstory is way more interesting and notable than the music itself, which unfortunately just mills around. too texturally ambitious to work as lounge music, sound design too muddy and sloppy to work as production porn, and structured too loosely to have memorable songs. deserves to be one of the 1001? i would easily swap this pick for a more interesting electronic album. hell, if you want something Brazilian for this niche, Amon Tobin is right there
Nope, can't do it. Too Jazzy
Too repetitive and ambient, not my taste
This BLOWS, I hate electronica
Not for me, sounded dull and repetitive!
I was waiting for this one to end, it’s instrumental which is fine but being an hour long with only attempts to make it exciting lead to a messy, banal and bland album.
Didn’t get interested in it
I can't do it ... We had such a good streak going!
Not for me
Not my thing
Not for me, kind of forgettable on first listen.
1/5 Suba lost me after track 2. Once again I'm reminded that music taste is subjective. It's boring music for people who don't care what they're listening to. The fact that it's very inoffensive as well is what offends me. Music should have grit, distinguishable style and sticking sound and lyrics. This album lacks all of that.
One of the albums ever. Too minimalistic for my taste, decent background noise for working. In my opinion this album does not deserve its place on the list, but I might be missing some backstory.
Too much noise. 1/5
bland, vapid and formulaic
Här och där finns små passager som väcker ett intresse. Men på det stora hela kunde det lika gärna ha varit bakgrundsmusik på något hippt spa eller nått surdegsbageri i ett genomgentrikerat område. Musik som varken gör till eller från.
I did not like this
Ni puta idea. Es música que ponen en las tiendas del grupo Inditex. Esto abre una pregunta: ¿es buena música y el grupo Inditex nos regala una experiencia estética mientras compramos o es música de fondo para atender mejor a otras cosas? En mi opinión, es música de poca profundidad, diseñada para no aportar nada que requiera atención.
Distressingly failing to be any of the attempted Genres (Electronic, Latin, Acid Jazz, Downtempo). Leaving me with dull being on hold in a contact line music.
Much of the Brazilian music this project has introduced me to has been really interesting and worth my while. This one was not that…. I kept thinking it would get interesting when a cool rhythm or vocal passage would start, but it just never did. Absolutely slog to get through.
I sometimes feel like I'm being a bit harsh with some of the scores I'm giving these albums. This is a bang average album at best. If there were only 1,001 albums in existence that might mean it gets three stars... but there are obviously a LOT more albums out there, and we are supposed to be looking at the most essential 1,001 of the millions out there. So, just one star. Sorry. Bang average just shouldn't be on this list in the first place, unless it is notable in some other way, which this really isn't.
Not my genre
Really boring. Does not belong on this list. Giving it my first one.
The background sound of all clothes shops in the 90s. Not a recommendation. If this unnerving nonsense was on whilst I was trying on a new pair of chinos I would leave immediately. Less salsa dip more sheep dip
Music for wine bars, totally inoffensive and dull 1*
Never heard of before, and very unlikely to revisit again in future. Just not my thing at all. Felt like elevator music with occasionally raised BPM
Had to speed listen, again. My Serbian is a little rusty.
Not for me
Damn this week has been bad. This album doesn’t make it better either, this was so shit. It’s just noise, it sounds awful and it sounds like when in the movies there’s like a stereotypical tribal ceremony that no one wants to point out is probably depicted in a racist way. Anyway this sucks.
eh
Repetitive and slightly annoying. Is it even meant for active listening? Don’t know the music tradition it is drawing from, so hard to appreciate.
Brazilian electronic music....what's not to love! Why are there so many Brazilian acts in this list? This sounds like someone put words to the opening notes of the Pee Wee's Playhouse theme song. Electronica is not a genre that I appreciate. The traditional Brazilian samba bits are the best part of the album...makes me envision Carnival. This cannot end soon enough. This is the music of a hipster churrascaria or a nightclub in a mixed income neighborhood or the soundtrack to a Brazilian neo-noir thriller. No one in Brazil could have been asking for this...to paraphrase Hank Hill, they aren't making electronica better, they're making samba worse. Abraco hits like a car alarm with some backwards singing interludes. It continues to get worse from beginning to end.
Just elevator music
Not for me
Blind album and artist. Nope.
Couldn’t do it
Perhaps a bad artist saved by a good producer to make a hardly tolerable album. This should be on anyone’s must listen to list, except teaching what not to do.
Garbage experimental music again. 1/5
Pretty bland 90s music that would be used in the background of some try-hard small town wine bar.
En jaksanut kuunnella kovin kauaa. Ei osu.
p839. 1999. 1 star. Background music for shopping at Ikea. Why is this on the list?
Muzaaaak
1.5
1.5
Seriously boring. Lacking in dynamics and doesn't sound organic. Also I am not a fan of Brazilian music generally. 1 star
São Paulo confessions that by themselves are more wretched than the crime. All in all a bunch of noisy Latin and sterile, listless electronica and downtempo styles that don’t mesh well at all. Some tracks are technically ok whilst others are just jarring and awful. I give it 1 star for not being essential listening at all and for being murderously long and dull.
Turns out electronica drags jazz down hard
they combined discordant electronic music with bossa nova but no one asked if they really should. in all seriousness, this takes the fun, calm, and smooth sounds of brazilian music and makes it feel like a panic attack. really really not my thing.
Why is this on here
1.41
Well this was atrocious. Very relieved when it ended, although I did get a bit excited in the final song when I heard the PS2 noises that Chris pointed out.
No thanks
Man, who listens to this?
This was weird.
Elevator music
Terrible
This reminds me of the Friday night drum circles that would happen in Asheville, NC when I used to live there. Infectiously fun for five minutes, then the novelty begins to wane and it becomes droning. This is the second album this Serbian has had on this list (the other being the one he died trying to save from a studio fire), and though I appreciate the tragedy of his life cut short quite literally for his art, I just don’t see anything more than techno-laced samba. Forgive me; I’d rather that some other 90s club scene albums would have made this list.
The singer sounded a bit like a Brazilian version of Sade - absolutely terrible. The album itself was at times boring and at others downright unpleasant, the strange clicking sounds were the most annoying. At times I thought someone was knocking on my window - very intrusive. Awful music and a waste of just over an hour of my time. Thankfully I know to never listen to this abject shite ever again.
Really very dull
Did not know like
What a bunch of balloney
Listened Before? N Many of the songs on this record have less than 100k listens on Spotify. Is it an undiscovered gem or trash? I don't know because I don't have the patience to listen to over an hour of Portuguese. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Tantos Desejos
Lazy, repetitive crap
What if Nujabes, but bad? Total snoozefest. Some of the vocalists were cool, but this was a slog to get through.
Entirely too repetitive and never really exciting. Maybe if you were at a dance club on acid this album would be good.
Meh
This sounds like you’re in a Starbucks and the only thing they’re serving is MDMA Not my thing
Again, not my bag. I can see how it spawned a million mass produced tracks known as ‘chillout’ and that’s a million tracks I don’t like. There is clearly skill on this work, but I want songs and lyrics, not just monosyllabic riffs
This was hit or miss for me. The first track (Tantos Desejos) the vocal on the long holds sounds couple semi-tones out of key which messes with my brain significantly. The second track (Você Gosta) is interesting but sounds like the mario star-power-up music during the syncopated bits and that's hilarious to me. The rest of the album was equally confusing. There were moments of "cool hip coffee-house-vibe" and then moments of "what the actual eff?". Not something I'd seek out and I couldn't make it through the entire album sadly.
Did this make the list because we needed a best album for the genre of background music. This is nothing more than something you hear at an upscale place and say oh that sounds cool because it fits the vibe only to never think of the song again. 3.5/10
Not my cup of tea.
Uhh, yeah, sure. THIS had to be listened to before I died….said no one ever. Latin Prog Synth Alt something or another.
Meh. Pretty forgettable. 1.5/5
good background music but some of the use of out of tune, twangy instruments was piercing. dislike.
Not for me. I feel like I should like it but I didn't. 1 star.
There's a vibe to it, but it's hidden under a bunch of stuff that's bad. Just not for me.
En ihan ymmärrä tätä, ainakaan levyn pituutta. Loppujen lopuksi tää on vain yksi ysärin elektroninen junnauslevy. Sentään vähän bossa novalle kumarrusta, joka tuo omaleimaisuutta. Aika vähän.
Musiikkia, joka on tarkoitettu unohdettavaksi jo kuunneltaessa.
Boring
Interesting to hear once but not something I'd listen to again.
Just not my thing
Not my thing at all. I thought her voice was good, but the album way too long. Some songs I thought the overall vibe was OK, but this isn't really anything I could see myself playing, other than for this list. I'll give it a 1.5. Mainly for the release date of 1/1/1999. I'm now going to play a few tunes by Prince and get my head straight. 1.5
Not really sure why this is on the list. Possibly to fill some quota of South American music maybe?! Either way it did nout for me. Coffee shop background music, minus interesting bits. Was expecting something that reminded me of being in Brazil, but this has more vibes of weak coffee and expensive Italian biscuits
Brazilian instrumental background music. Not particularly interesting to me, listened while working and only it distracted me a couple of times when there were some discordant noises that didn't really work. It might sonically capture sao Paulo really well, can't say, never been, but it wasnt a great listen so regardless it get a 1.
Antropofagus is a bit of a laugh. A hard listen.
Long and largely uninteresting. To be fair, as background music some of it wasn't too bad but there's other background music I'd much prefer. Not sure why it's on the list
1.5
I gave it a try and nope
Doesn't particularly stand out.
2.5/10. sonaba bien on paper mezclar weas brasileras con electronica y weas pero real este album es como el pico. suena cmo musica de restaurant caro pero como el dick. enbola hay algunas canciones q se salvan pero son 0 inspiradas pa mi gusto.
If I spoke Spanish I still wouldn’t listen to this album.
Did not liek.
FFS really
I thought this would be really fun, but I was wrong, dull and repetitive. Defo better Latin music out there.
Combines aspects of electronic music that I don't like with Latin music that I don't know much about. Not something I'd ever put on of my own accord.
Just bored by it.
Nothing good in here at all for me
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Nah
Bad. A truly bad album.