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Astrud Gilberto
Now
Release Date: 1972
Label: Castle Music Ltd.
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Two years after her underrated album on CTI Records, Astrud Gilberto's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer -- she had that covered -- but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymen Milton Nascimento and Jorge Ben, and her producer Eumir Deodato. "Gingele" and "Zigy Zigy Za" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo that Ben and company were making popular around this time. "Take It Easy My Brother Charlie" is probably her best song here (covered over 20 years later by Kahimi Karie), though it is Ben who often gets the writing credit (here it's listed as Gilberto and associate producer David Jordan). Very few concessions are made to America; only "Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)" comes from the pop world, with instrumentation and sound coming from south of the equator. Ted Mills, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Zigy Zigy ZaGilberto4:03
2Make Love to MeGilberto, Deodato3:16
3BaiaoTexier, Gonzaga3:00
4Touching YouAdams, Jordan3:48
5GingeleGilberto3:59
6Take It Easy, My Brother CharlieJordan, Jordon, Gilberto3:22
7Where Have You Been?Gilberto3:05
8General da BandaDe Mello, Alcides, Silva3:36
9BridgesNascimento, Lees, Brandt3:46
10Daybreak (Walking Out on Yesterday)Bingham, Knowlton2:51

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Now [DualDisc]
Release Date: 1972
Label: Silverline








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