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 enlarge | Artist: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Label: A&M
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 2016
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 3258
UPC: 075021325821
EAN: 0075021325821
ASIN: B000002GCB
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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 Nice easy listening, with a Brazilian flavor! December 10, 2007
I have enjoyed Brasil '66 since hearing Fool on the Hill on satellite radio. The group, working with jazz legend Herb Albert, covers a number of easy listening hits, though spicing them up with a Brazilian flair. Check out Fool on the Hill, With A Little Help From My Friends, and Scarborough Fair to see what I mean. Also check out Mais Que Nada, a nice song in Portuguese (you don't need to understand Portuguese to like the song - I only understand a few words). In short, this is a very nice sounding album for people who like soft, easy listening.
 Lost nothing in 40 years ! November 10, 2007
I was 15 when I first listened to this album. Decided to buy again ( after so many years ) and what a delight ! Ah, its so good !
Brazil 66 October 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this CD of Brazil 66. I bought the album back in the 60s...now with the CD I can listen to these beautiful songs while I am driving. If you're a fan of Brazil 66, this is a great buy.
Still a favorite September 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
1966, I was nine years old and upon hearing Sergio Mendes I knew I somehow how to get my hands on this "album". I now have the CD, still am mesmerized by it. It remains a favorite and was the reason I HAD to learn the very sexy language of Portugeese.
 The Kind Of Album That Drives Collectors Nuts September 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Herb Alpert and his friends at A&M should be ashamed for putting out a 12-selection album claiming to be someone's greatest hits and then leave off four of the sixteen hits Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 had from 1966 to 1970 under that title (two more would be added under the billing Sergio Mendes & Brazil '77 in 1973, and from 1977 to 1976 Mendes would add nine more, including one under the billing Sergia Mendes & Brasil '86).
But this is supposed to cover his Brasil '66 "greatest" so where are Constant Rain [Chove Chuva], which was their second charter in early 1967 [# 11 Adult Contemporary (AC)/# 71 Billboard Pop Hot 100] after Mas Que Nada (# 4 AC/# 47 Hot 100), For Me [# 16 AC/# 98 Hot 100 in April 1967], (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay [# 12 AC/# 66 Hot 100 in July 1969], and Wichita Lineman [# 34 AC/# 95 Hot 100 in December 1969]? These all fit into the category "greatest" by any definition of the word since they charted on both the AC and Hot 100 lists.
The same cannot be said for Like A Lover, Goin' Out Of My Head, Look Around, So Many Stars, and Day Tripper. With the exception of Like A Lover, which backed The Look Of Love in 1968, these weren't even the B-sides of hits! At least their cover of Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends did go to # 31 AC in spring 1968.
That's not to say they aren't great performances, but come on folks. How hard would it have been to include at least all those that made the more lucrative Billboard Pop Hot 100 along with their B-sides and turn it into a 20-selection CD? I don't know whether you've noticed or not, but not many people are buying 10-12 selection CDs these days. Something else we like to see are informative liner notes. This has none at all.
A shoddy product from all angles.
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