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- Artist: Ivan Lins
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- Release Date: November 10, 1998
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Latin
Review
This album is more "Brazilian" than the previous Awa Yiô. The pop elements are still here, but they are more discrete in the all-Brazilian production. There are more sambas in an otherwise peaceful release where Lins spares listeners from his somewhat high-pitched vocals, focusing in the medium region. Lins wrote several string arrangements and invited César Camargo Mariano and other musicians to write others, resulting in a dominating orchestral feel. The sambas are "É de Deus," "Camaleão," and the classic "Desde Que O Samba É Samba" (Caetano Veloso). Ballads predominate: the hit "Lembra de Mim," "Te Amo" (with the excellent singer Vânia Bastos), and "Saudade de Casa" (6/8). "Pra Aalegrar Coração de Moça" is a hybrid of four-to-the-bar swing and 2/4 ballad. Romantic sambas-canção also are represented in "Anjo de Mim," "Noturna," and "Será Possível." The also classic blues "Vinte Anos Blues" had its vitality somewhat diluted by the orchestral subtlety. "Bonito" is a beautiful samba-choro, in this re-recording exploring orchestral sounds in a slower tempo. ~ Alvaro Neder, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Anjo de Mim | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (5:21) |
| Menino | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (4:54) |
| Saudades de Casa | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (3:55) |
| Pra Alegrar Coração de Moça | Ivan Lins | Ivan Lins | (4:21) |
| É de Deus | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (4:14) |
| Lembra de Mim | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (4:21) |
| Camaleão | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (4:05) |
| Te Amo | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (3:27) |
| Desde Que O Samba É Samba | Caetano Veloso | Ivan Lins | (4:31) |
| Noturna | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (3:53) |
| Vinte Anos Blues | Ivan Lins | (3:08) | |
| Bonito | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (3:58) |
| Será Possível | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (2:42) |
| Bom Vai Ser | Ivan Lins, |
Ivan Lins | (5:30) |
