Cover of Beach Samba

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

1967

Average
5.6
Ratings
201
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Tracklist 12 tracks, 27:11
  1. A1Stay2:24
  2. A2Misty Roses2:35
  3. A3The Face I Love2:08
  4. A4Parade2:08
  5. A5Oba Oba1:55
  6. A6Canoeiro1:32
  7. B1I Had the Craziest Dream2:21
  8. B2Beach Samba2:47
  9. B3My Foolish Heart2:44
  10. B4Dia das rosas2:27
  11. B5You Didn't Have to Be So Nice2:40
  12. B6Não bate o coração1:30

Reviews

Rated 1/10

Beach, please... Sambady get this annoying music away from me

Rated 6/10

Something about the lazy rythms and overly sweet lyrics grates my nerves after a while. This is not a bad album, but I would never, ever, chose to play it outside of this list.

Rated 6/10

Favorite track(s): The Face I Love, Oba Oba, My Foolish Heart

Rated 6/10

Pleasant enough.

Rated 4/10

I thought it wld be better, a bit disappointed.

Rated 8/10

Portuguese is such a beautiful language... It feels too weird to hear some great songs in english instead of portuguese. Maybe English people also feel weird hearing their songs when we sing in portuguese.

Rated 6/10

Nice enough, but all a bit backgroundy. I feel there are better examples of this genre.

Rated 8/10

Another new one for me.

Man, this is smooooooth. I'll likely listen to this again. It seems like it'll make for enjoyable napping music.

Rated 6/10

Well done but not my style

Rated 6/10

I really liked the first song, was really chill and loved the vibe. It got really repetitive after that though so I started getting bored, which was a shame

Alright on the whole

3 ⭐️

Rated 8/10

Short, sweet, good vibes. I'm in a beach in Miami in the 50s. I'm at the Copacabana.
Granted, I've never been to either, but this is what it evokes.
4*

Rated 6/10

Pretty enjoyable. It wasn’t amazing but I didn’t mind it.

Rated 2/10

Inessential world music.

Rated 4/10

Don’t love it. I think this is the third or fourth of this type of album and it’s unnecessary.

Rated 6/10

This is really lovely but perhaps not so memorable.

Rated 6/10

Delightful. The drummer on this album is FEASTING on these rhythms, and, with a couple exceptions (A Parade and You Didn't Have to Be So Nice - cute though it is) everyon sounds great. Excellent late 60s Brazillian pop Jazz.

Rated 2/10

Half an hour of tipsy lullabies, tropical hold music, and the soundtrack to a cutesy wes anderson montage. Sleepy, swishy, swinging subdued jazz and a hushed intimate vocal. Kind of a snoozefest

Rated 4/10

If I heard the odd track, I'd be thinking this is great, bossa nova summertime vibes!

But an album's worth is way too samey. 2.5

Rated 6/10

This is exactly what I thought it would be, and I had a pleasant enough time with it for the most part. 45 minutes of incredibly similar, softly softly music is a bit much though I admit.

Rated 6/10

I listened to this at work, and it drifted by pleasantly enough (apart from You Didn't Have to Be So Nice, which is a bit sugary for my tastes). However, I think the optimal conditions for listening to this would be in a 1960s New York bachelorette pad while mixing a cocktail. I bet it would sound terrific.