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Latin
Release Date: 10/18/1990
Run Time: 68:53
Although she has released dozens of recordings in her three-decade long career, this anthology is the best place to be introduced to one of the great voices in pop music. Covering a period from the start of tropicalia in the late '60s up to post-military dictatorship years of the '80s, this is as strong a collection of
Costa's material as one is likely to find. The cream of the Brazilian songwriting crop is well represented here, especially
Caetano Veloso with seven tracks;
Chico Buarque's
"Foltheim (A New Leaf)" and
Dorival Caymmi's
"So Louco (Just Crazy)" are also noteworthy. But it's when
Costa sings
Veloso that the record takes off. Many of the
Veloso songs included in this collection were songs he wrote while in exile in London, when the only way to hear his music was through recordings by
Gal Costa. All of the songs are excellent, but it is the bluesy and melancholy
"Luz do Sol (Sunlight)" that's transcendent, easily one of
Costa's greatest moments on record.
~John Dougan, All Music Guide
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