My husband and I are counting the days until we can return to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This CD strengthens our love for the sounds, but makes us pine for Rio even more. A fabulous collection of samba and bossa nova, you will play this CD hundreds of times and never tire of it. There are also wonderful descriptions of each song's meaning and artists. Get this one...close your eyes...and you'll be back drinking a caipirinha.

I've had this CD for about a year now and still have not gotten tired of it. It's the best Brazilian compilation CD I own. Highly recommended! You'll never get tired of listening and will definitely get you grooving.

este cd es perfecto para aqullas personas que aprecian la buena musica, preincipalmente la bella musica de brazil, cada vez que lo escucho mas me gusta principalmente la cancion numero 8 , que esta encantadora, se los recomiendo, no se van a arrepentir

Honestly, before I bought this CD, I didn't even know anything about bossa nova or Veloso. I bought this CD at Kmart based on the album says Brazilian music. I told myself "give it a try." I have to say I immediate fall in love with this CD the first time I play it. I don't understand Portugese but the music and the songs are just wonderful. I especially I like Lamento No Morro, Meu Mundo e Hoje, Admiracao and Feitico Da Vila. The CD booklet translated a few sentences of the song into English, which is a big plus for me to understand how romantic the songs are. This album got my highest recommendation. Sit next to my Santana.

...I've bought the cd and for days now I've been transfixed telling anyone I can about how stunning this music is. A lot of the beats are very playful and daring while others are seductive and warm like Veloso's version of Deusa do Amor...enveloping you like heavenly sunshine. I also can't get enough of Jobim-Morelenbaum's Eu e o Meu Amor/ Lamento No Morro or Jorge Aragao's Preto, Cor Preta or Rita Ribeiro's Banho Cheiroso.

Putayamo's label isn't kidding when they say "Guaranteed to make you feel good!" I feel on top of the world listening to this stuff! Definitey check it out!