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Two years after her underrated album on CTI Records,ย Astrud Gilberto's follow-up is her first attempt to be taken seriously, not as a singer -- she had that covered -- but as a songwriter, at a time when simply singing standards was seen as lacking. Her four songs on this ten-song album show she has a way with a melody, though obviously influenced by countrymenย Milton Nascimentoย andย Jorge Ben, and her producerย Eumir Deodato. "Gingele" and "Zigy Zigy Za" are exactly the kind of riff-based tropicalismo thatย Benย and company were making popular around this time. "Take It Easy My Brother Charlie" is probably her best song here (covered over 20 years later byย Kahimi Karie), though it isย Benย who often gets the writing credit (here it's listed asย Gilbertoย and associate producerย David Jordan). Very few concessions are made to America; only "Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)" comes from the pop world, with instrumentation and sound coming from south of the equator.
