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 enlarge | Artist: Sergio Mendes
Label: Concord Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $7.20
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New (46) Used (17) from $6.52
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 4848
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30278
UPC: 888072302785
EAN: 0888072302785
ASIN: B0012RLWSY
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: FACTORY SEALED SHIPS IMMEDIATELY
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VERY NICE....BUT NOT QUITE AS NICE AS TIMELESS July 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sergio and Will.I.Am back at it again. This album has a much stronger Brazilian backdrop than Timeless did; and the organization, content and structure of the album are a little more mature. Featured artists such as Natalie Cole, Herb Alpert, and Ledisi show the maturity and growth in assembly and production. The album is one that can definitely be played through with continuity and will be overly enjoyed. I would give the album 4 Stars. In analyzing my rating, please be aware that I am disposed to comparing this album with Timeless and I am just a bigger fan of Timeless.
 Incredible Album July 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't listened to S.M. since the 60's. This is a fantastic collection and I can't stop listening to it; even my teenagers are hooked. The Look of Love includes one of the lowest, deepest bass lines I have ever heard (in a real song)...it rattles your gut. Highly recommended...I don't know anyone that wouldn't enjoy this music. Totally infectious.
Perfect July 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The CD was in perfect condition upon arrival with all the accompanying packaging. I wasn't disappointed by the contents of the album and/or package.
Mendes proves that you can go home again! July 20, 2008
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Two years ago Sergio Mendes came back into the mainstream with the Grammy-winning "Timeless" co-produced by wil.i.am with songs featuring Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, John Legend, Justin Timberlake and several other international stars. That album, by virtue of its all-star pop line-up and co-producer had a more hip-hop "flava" to it.
Though wil.i.am returns on "Encanto," most of the new album sounds remarkably like Mendes's classic albums from the 60's and 70's with updated technology. It's like a trip back in time when Brasil '66 was heating up the pop charts.
Ledisi, Carlinhos Brown, Jovanotti, Juanes, Gracinha Leporace, and Vanessa da Mata, along with Siedah Garrett, Natalie Cole and wil.i.am possess the right vocalizations to match Mendes' sultry trademark keyboards.
The benchmark of the album, however, is "Dreamer," featuring the legends Lani Hall on vocals and Herb Alpert on trumpet. That song is worth the price of the whole release.
Fergie's contribution is pretty good on the update of "The Look of Love" but that one pales in comparison to the original classic.
 Don't buy unless you enjoy using your "skip" button July 19, 2008
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
Hip hop elements just don't belong in Sergios music! Guest performner Fergie is atrocious and makes we want to stick a fork in my ear. The only good track is by Lani Hall/Herb Alpert. The rest can be banished to short memory. I wish Sergio would have hired a producer that understood what it is that makes his music stellar. Instead we get Producer Will I Am and his grossly misguided contemporary "flava". I've already traded my copy for the Brasil 66 "Equinox" cd. Listen to that album and you'll thoroughly understand my review.
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