Ultimate Samba Collection

Ultimate Samba Collection

Ultimate Samba Collection

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Time Passing
2. Latin Vibe
3. Jazzelicious
4. Camiel
5. Seduçao [Afro-Brazilian Lounge Cut]
6. So Tinha de Ser Com Voce - Sepia
7. Cascade of the Seven Waterfalls - Soul Bossa Trio
8. Corcovado
9. Drummer Boy - Italian Secret Service
10. Buweyah
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Disc: 2
1. Maracana
2. Samba Tranquilla - Thievery Corporation
3. Inspiração - Praful
4. Ultra Samba - Bossacucanova
5. Bossa Per Due - Nicola Conte
6. Sonhando Ipanema
7. Rimini Samba - Banda Nova
8. Sensaçao - Rose Max, Racoon
9. Serrano Story - Gregor Salto
10. Copacabasa
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Ultimate Samba Collection
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Cafe Samba... Combined!
 Ultimate Samba Collection
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sunswept
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AYYUKC
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

  1. Time Passing
  2. Latin Vibe
  3. Jazzelicious
  4. Camiel
  5. Sedu [Afro-Brazilian Lounge Cut]
  6. So Tinha de Ser Com Voce - Sepia
  7. Cascade of the Seven Waterfalls - Soul Bossa Trio
  8. Corcovado
  9. Drummer Boy - Italian Secret Service
  10. Buweyah
  11. Felicidade
  12. Cerchio Rosso
  13. Segundo - D'Angelo, , Rossi
  14. Hommage - Les Hommes
  15. Sunset on Ipanema Beach

Tracks:

  1. Maracana
  2. Samba Tranquilla - Thievery Corporation
  3. Inspira - Praful
  4. Ultra Samba - Bossacucanova
  5. Bossa Per Due - Nicola Conte
  6. Sonhando Ipanema
  7. Rimini Samba - Banda Nova
  8. Sensa - Rose Max, Racoon, Racoon
  9. Serrano Story - Gregor Salto
  10. Copacabasa
  11. Sambastique
  12. One (Is the Lonliest Number) - The Tao of Groove
  13. Time Has to Come
  14. At the Brazilian Cafe - Giacomo Bondi
  15. Sabor Antibe

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Cafe Samba... Combined!.......2005-11-03

This is actually Sunswept's Cafe Samba series combined into one double disc package. So you get Cafe Samba from 2003 along with Cafe Samba II from 2004 wrapped up into a double disc set for 2005. There's nothing really new (no other songs) in the set that I saw, other than a red cover. However there is one sensational thing about it from the get-go - it's priced very well! Quick recap - It's a heavy Italian Bossa flavored series in which I loved volume 1, but didn't care for volume 2.

And here's the longer recap. I have mixed feelings for the two releases. Cafe Samba vol 1 had some very nice original songs on it along with tracks that really fit the title of the cd. Latin Vibe's remake to "Beijo Na Boca" was very cute, and Jazzelicious "Sambossa" became wildly popular with advertising agencies - you can hear it on shampoo commercials along with a cut from it on those cereal commercials (the one where the cereal's so crunchy, he cannot hear that his boss is firing him and stays there forever!) Other good tracks were Camiel's "El Alba", with a chilled sense to it and the explosive Soul Bossa Trio rendition of "Cascade of the Seven Waterfalls". I LOVE their version... it's so fresh and full of life, you can feel the mist. Meanwhile Volume two didn't grab me. It didn't have the same aura as the first and actually leaned more so on the overused cuts in the genre. It also exposed the one thing about volume one that I found a bit dubious - the immense duplication in tracks between this series and the "Brazil Re-Mixed" series, since volume 2 of this one had some cuts off of that too. Also, not all of the songs here were in their entirety (Racoon's "Sensacao"). But there are still some decent acts here like BossaCucaNova, Bunglove (although... the name... lost in translation), Praful and again Nicola Conte.

Still, at about 18 bucks, I can't recommend against it because you do get some fantastic cuts on the whole if you haven't heard either of these before, or any of the songs in general. Keep in mind that they did pull from several other bigger labels in the genre like Irma. So if you like this, I'd recommend Irma's bossa comps (Sister Bossa 1 thru 4 in particular), Brazilectro 4 and 5, Sony's "Rio Lounge" series, "Nova Brasil: Nova", Nova Latino 4 and Frequent Flyer: Rio De Janeiro.
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    		Ultimate Collection

    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000DEOAQ
    Release Date: 2001-12-19

    Tracks:

    1. Swedish Rhapsody
    2. Delicado
    3. Little Bells and Big Bells
    4. Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal)
    5. Theme from Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)
    6. Cucaracha
    7. Guadalajara
    8. Cuanto le Gusta
    9. Granada
    10. Cielito Lindo
    11. Jealousy
    12. Temptation
    13. Begin the Beguine
    14. Tara's Theme
    15. Theme from "A Summer's Place"
    16. Mucho Gusto
    17. Besame Mucho
    18. Negra
    19. Altenitas (A Gay Ranchero)
    20. Perfidia

    Tracks:

    1. Up on the Roof
    2. Can't Get Used to Losing You
    3. Theme for Young Lovers
    4. I Will Follow Him
    5. Rhythm of the Rain
    6. Go Away Little Girl
    7. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)
    8. Batucada
    9. Amorada (Brasileirinho)
    10. Tico Tico
    11. Minute Samba
    12. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
    13. Release Me
    14. Mary in the Morning
    15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    16. Spanish Harlem
    17. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
    18. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
    19. Girl from Ipanema
    20. Don't Sleep in the Subway

    Tracks:

    1. I Say a Little Prayer
    2. Georgy Girl
    3. Born Free
    4. Those Were the Days
    5. Both Sides Now
    6. For Once in My Life
    7. Let It Be
    8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
    9. Michelle
    10. Something
    11. Eleanor Rigby
    12. Yesterday
    13. Fool on the Hill
    14. Paso
    15. Most Beautiful Girl
    16. Annie's Song
    17. Behind Closed Doors
    18. Sundown
    19. For the Good Times
    20. Orange Blossom Special

    Music Review:

    1. Witching Hour
    2. 18 Carat Garbage [Import]
    3. Abstract Funk Theory [Limited Edition]
    4. All Her Fears [CD-single] [Import]
    5. All My Love's in Vain [Import]
    6. Asian Relaxation [Import]
    7. Atlanta Soul: Soulful Kinship from the Phoenix City [Import]
    8. Blanco Y Negro Summer Dance Hits 2005 V.1 [CD-single] [Import]
    9. Born Again: Collected Remixes 1999-2005
    10. Chatroubadour

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