This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
COME-ON: OK, so maybe you can’t jet your sweetie down to Rio for Valentine’s Day. As a consolation prize, try this compilation of sexy samba and bossa nova classics featuring the honey-voiced come-hither cooing of Astrud Gilberto, accompanied by the likes of guitarist and pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim, sax legend Stan Getz, vibes king Gary Burton, pianist Gil Evans and, of course, her singer-guitarist Joao Gilberto.
TURN-ONS: The supple sensuality of these lightly jazzy tropical rhythms is just right for dancing. And you know what that leads to.
TURN-OFFS: An Astrud Gilberto album without The Girl From Ipanema is just wrong.
GOES WITH: Umbrella drinks, tanning beds, wicker furniture, sand boxes, conga drums, paella, papayas, mangoes.
