1. Wave
2. The Red Blouse
3. Look To The Sky
4. Batidinha
5. Triste
6. Mojave
7. Dailogo
8. Lamento
9. Antigua
10. Captain Bacardi
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It's hardly a stretch to say that Antonio Carlos Jobim--the wonderful Brazilian composer almost single-handedly responsible for all things bossa nova--influenced some of past half century's best and most insipid musics, from bossa nova jazz to elevator Muzak. Wave, a collection of 1967 dates featuring keyboardist Jobim backed by an extensive orchestra, straddles that line: it's full of amazing original compositions, but the arrangements have a certain faux suave, late-'60s lounge feel that reeks of stale cheese. The result is actually great, the veneer of kitsch insidiously masking Jobim's trademark immeasurable sadness, which creeps up on you and leaves you unexpectedly affected. --Keven McAlester
Album Description
24-bit remastered Japanese reissue of 1967 album packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve, features ten tracks. A&M. 2004.
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Gold CD in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
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Wave
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1990-10-25)
- Publisher: A&M
- Label: A&M
- Studio: A&M
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 60 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #3038
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Really Nice 2008-07-01
Comment: I really enjoy listening to Wave. I find the sound relaxing and the songs enjoyable. I recently started listening to the famous Getz/Gilberto album and I wanted to pickup albums from some of the other artists featured on it, hence Wave. Good album and I would recommend it to anyone who liked Getz/Gilberto.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: One Enjoyable Track 2008-05-23
Comment: The title track, for which I bought the CD, was everything I expected. Unfortunately the rest of the CD was "ho hum". I'm going to donate it to the Public Radio annual CD sale.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: One of the Best Albums Ever 2008-04-18
Comment: I have been listening to this album since I was a child. I'm now in my late 30's and it never gets old.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Beautiful music 2007-12-03
Comment: I can't really add much to what has already been written here. This is one of my favorites of all time. Listening to it is like visiting with an old friend. Just makes you feel good.
To describe it as a masterpiece doesn't do it justice.
You must have this work in your collection.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Run-of-the-mill. Sort of. 2007-08-24
Comment: It's kind of easy listening. The sort of music you hear in shopping malls, restaurants and such. But if you stop savoring your lobster with cocktail sauce and take the time to listen to this music, maybe you'll hear an unexpected instrumental break. It could also happen that you hear a particular tune you heard over and over for the last twenty years but all of a sudden that tune becomes surprising because the piano starts improvising in a jazzy way.
Songs like "Dialogo" and "Lamento" remind you of the fact that the Portuguese, even in South-America, are prone to 'Saudade': a feeling of longing and melancholy. After all it's a little disappointing that you get only thirty minutes of music. Oh well...
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