Astrud Gilberto – Now
- Label:
- Perception Records
- Art.No.:
- 0451936
- Cat.No.:
- PLP 29
- Released:
- 1972
- Cover:
- Picture
- Format:
- LP
- Pressing:
- US - Reissue
- Genre:
- Funk + Black Grooves + Latin / Salsa / Bossanova + Jazz + Exotic Grooves
Two years after her underrated album on CTI Records, Astrud Gilberto's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer -- she had that covered -- but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymen Milton Nascimento and Jorge Ben, and her producer Eumir Deodato. "Gingele" and "Zigy Zigy Za" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo that Ben and company were making popular around this time.
Title | Featuring | Producing | Time | ||
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A1. | Zigy Zigy Za | Astrud Gilb... | 04:02 | ||
A2. | Make Love To Me | Astrud Gilb... | 03:15 | ||
A3. | Baiao | Astrud Gilb... | 02:55 | ||
A4. | Touching You | Astrud Gilb... | 03:40 | ||
A5. | Gingele | Astrud Gilb... | 04:00 | ||
B1. | Take It Easy My Brother Charlie | Astrud Gilb... | 03:15 | ||
B2. | Where Have You Been? | Astrud Gilb... | 03:00 | ||
B3. | General Da Banda | Astrud Gilb... | 03:35 | ||
B4. | Bridges | Astrud Gilb... | 03:45 | ||
B5. | Daybreak | Astrud Gilb... | 02:45 |