The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil (1998 album)

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The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released5 May 1998
GenreWorld, Brazilian
Length68:09
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa
(1998)
The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil
(1998)
The Rough Guide to the Music of Cuba
(1998)
Complete list

The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil is a world music compilation album originally released in 1998. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series,[1] the album spotlights the music of Brazil, with tracks representing genres from across the country.[2] Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network, produced the album.[3] This was the first of two similarly named albums: the second edition was released in 2007.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[2]

The album received mixed reviews. Writing for AllMusic, Alex Henderson named it one of the most ambitious collections of its type.[2] What Henderson called "variety", Michaelangelo Matos of the Chicago Reader called "inconsistency". According to Matos, the album displayed "a wider stylistic range than any other I've heard", even amongst the Rough Guide releases.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Provei (
Sertaneja/Minas Gerais)"
Pena Branca & Xavantinho3:23
19."Carinhoso (Choro/Rio de Janeiro)"Joel Nascimento w. Radamés Gnattali & Camerata Carioca2:35

References

  1. ^ Douglas H., Henkle (2012-10-23). "Rough Guide Discography / World Music Network Discography". FolkLib Index : A Library of Folk Music Links. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  2. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved 17 Jan 2014.
  3. ^ World Music Network. "About Us - The WMN Story". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (5 November 1998). "A Rough Guide to the Rough Guides". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2014-01-10.