Sergio Mendes

Timeless

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Genre

World

Catalogue Number

VIZP43

Number of Discs

Label

Victor Entertainment

Release Country

Japan

Format

Other

+DVD, Special Edition

Product Description

It's easy to think that since Santana made his big comeback using a lot of contemporary pop stars it would become the formula for the artists of yore to edge their way back into the limelight. Sergio Mendes, the best-selling Brazilian recording artist of all time, hasn't made a platter in eight years. He plays piano on a Black Eyed Peas track — "Sexy" from Elephunk — and the jam's a smash. Will.i.am of the Peas decides to hook up for a full-on collaboration with Mendes, because he's a huge fan. Being the hotshot producer of the moment, will.i.am recruited everyone from Q-Tip, Justin Timberlake, and John Legend to Jill Scott, Black Thought (the Roots), and Stevie Wonder (just to name a few) to sign on. Recorded in both Brazil and the House of Blues in Encino, the set revisits many Mendes and Brazilian songbook classics and reworks them in the modern beat-driven idiom. Needless to say, the end result is entertaining, if mixed. Let it be said that a cut like "Mas Que Nada" should never have been covered, let alone redone. But it is here with Black Eyed Peas and some backing vocals with, of course, Mendes playing that trademark piano riff. OK, "That Heat" is a reworking of "Slow Hot Wind," the Henry Mancini tune Mendes covered and is supposedly the first track will.i.am ever sampled at the ripe old age of 14. Here Erykah Badu croons in a sultry humid way as will.i.am goes down deep with the rap. Mendes' piano is what keeps the thing from falling completely apart. Better is the Baden Powell-Vinicius de Moraes medley of "Berimbau/Consolacao." Mendes' Rhodes offers the vamp that the elegant chorus singers — Gracinha Leporace, Debi Nova, and Kleber Jorge — and Mendes groove to.

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[USED:Cond.B] Timeless

¥330 Japan Edition 26 Mar 2008
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[USED:Cond.B] Timeless

¥440 Japan Edition 26 Mar 2008

Track List

Disc 1

Disc 2

-DVD-

01． Mas Que Nada Featuring The Black Eyed Peas [Video Clip]
02． That Heat Featuring Erykah Badu And Will.i.am Of The Black Eyed Peas [Video Clip]

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軽い感じでポルトガル語の歌を聴きたいなー...

投稿日：2012/10/19 (金)

軽い感じでポルトガル語の歌を聴きたいなーと思っていたのと、このCDはよく耳にする曲が多かったので購入しました。「Sergio Mendesが好き！」というわけではなかった（別に嫌いとかではありません）ので、コンピレーションでちょうどよかったと思います。外国人の友人も持っているそうで、世界中で聴かれているものなのかと思ったら、ワールドワイドな気分になりました！

Alface さん | 福岡県 | 不明

もはや先見の明無し。

投稿日：2008/02/18 (月)

もはや先見の明無し。

　さん | kyoto | 不明

Will.I.Amがﾌﾟﾛﾃﾞｭｰｽの為かWillの少々出す...

投稿日：2007/08/14 (火)

Will.I.Amがﾌﾟﾛﾃﾞｭｰｽの為かWillの少々出すぎなところが本来のsergioの音を変化させ過ぎている感じもあるかもしかしながらｵｼｬﾚで聴きやすく良いアルバムではあります

EGA さん | 福岡県 | 不明

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