Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo

Decade - 2000s


Label: Ziriguiboom
Producer -Suba
Country - Brazil
Genre - Bossa Nova

1	Samba da Benção	4:47
2	August Day Song	4:37
3	Tanto Tempo	3:01
4	Sem Contenção	3:10
5	Mais Feliz	4:17
6	Alguém	4:04
7	So Nice (Summer Samba)	3:32
8	Lonely	2:24
9	Bananeira	3:26
10	Samba e Amor	3:28
11	Close Your Eyes	4:16

Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo (2000)

Well, one of the few albums on the list not from the UK/US/AU.

Bebel obviously comes from a music loving family - her father is Joao Gilberto, a Bossa Nova legend (and these are his songs). Her mother is also a singer, Muicha, and her uncle (Chico Buarque) is a singer/songwriter. Bebel has recorded with all of them!

This album is actually the biggest selling Brazillian album outside of Brazil... a fact the poor producer never got to see because he died straight after it was completed.

Anyway to the album itself - it is basically background music. Pleasant and fairly relaxing background music for sure with an old time and Latino vibe - but that is still all it is.

There is just nothing really compelling here. She has a nice (and again, pleasant) voice but there is little passion or rawness to make you sit up and listen. While the electronic vibe towards the end of the album is good, it still doesn't add enough personality to this to make it interesting. I have a feeling it probably doesn't even improve on the originals.

It's certainly not a hard listen. The production is lush and a bit dreamy, so for those who like background music or very relaxing, passive music then it's a good choice.

Score - 6.8/10
Recommended - Sure