rocky says:
this was a loan from Gallo a while back,
and it was a real revelation to me.
othermusic.com: Nelson Angelo is a great, if somewhat overlooked Brazilian songwriter and arranger mainly known outside of his homeland for his appearance on Milton Nascimento's classic Clube da Esquina (the present record is practically its sister album). By 1972, when this album was cut, Joyce had been gaining renown as a bossa nova interpreter with a couple of albums and some singles under her belt. Just prior to this record the couple were part of a short-lived quartet called A Tribo which experimented with the conventions of bossa nova. After the dissolution of that group, Angelo and Joyce teamed up for the recording of this very, very beautiful album of hushed atmospherics and sweet melodies. The emphasis is on space, with songs constructed around Joyce's delicate acoustic guitar and Angelo's moody string and woodwind arrangements. The songs are given so much room to breathe that even a bit of fuzz guitar seems unobtrusive. A very subtle masterpiece, and one of the finest and most successful explorations into Brazilian song following the initial heyday of the Tropicalia movement. [MK]
loronix: Nelson Angelo e Joyce (1972), for Odeon, the third Joyce LP from Joyce, a Brazilian singer with several fans at Loronix. Joyce was married with Nelson Angelo when this LP was recorded in 1972. I think this makes the difference on this nice album with both playing and making several duets together as they were rehearsing on their living room. People say that this is a classic album from Brazilian MPB (Musica Popular Brasiliera) in the 70's.
dustygroove: Amazing! This album is one of Joyce's truly hip albums, and it's a beautiful set of tracks written and performed with Nelson Angelo (who was Joyce's bandmate in the group A Tribo) -- with a sound and feeling that's slightly different from her other work as a leader. The music has an extremely haunting quality, and Angelo's presence adds a lot to Joyce's usual mix of lovely vocals and guitar playing. Many of the tracks on here have been extremely hard to find over the years, and very little of the album was issued on the Essential Joyce compilation. It's all fantastic, and the record's a truly essential chapter in Joyce's career!
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