Beleza Tropical (RSD 11/26/21)

Remastered, 2LP set with new notes from David Byrne, the record that started it all! "Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they’re truly timeless songs. In my notes at the time I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm—which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream—though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. Beauty can be pointed." -David Byrne, 2021 A1. Jorge Ben - Ponta de Lanca Africano A2. Maria Bethânia & Gal Costa - Sonho Meu A3. Gilberto Gil - Só Quero Um Xodó A4. Caetano Veloso - Um Canto De Afoxé Para O Bloco De Ilê (Ilê Ayê) B1. Caetano Veloso - O Leãozinho B2. Chico Buarque - Caçada B3. Chico Buarque - Cálice B4. Lô Borges - Equatorial B5. Milton Nascimento - San Vincente C1. Gilberto Gil - Quilombo, O El Dorado Negro C2. Jorge Ben - Caramba! ... Galileu S Galileia C3. Nazaré Pereira - Caixa De Sol C4. Nazaré Pereira - Maculelê C5. Caetano Veloso - Queixa D1. Gilberto Gil - Andar Com Fé D2. Jorge Ben - Fio Maravilha D3. Milton Nascimento - Anima D4. Caetano Veloso - Terra