Brasil (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Brasil
Brasil
Studio album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released	November 1987
Studio	Ocean Way Studios, Studio 55, JHL Studios, Bill Schnee Studio,Grey Room, Skip Saylor Recording, LA, CA,; Som Livre Studios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Genre	Adult contemporary, Latin pop, Smooth jazz
Length	41:12
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Tim Hauser
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
New Musical Express	5/10^[1]

Brasil was The Manhattan Transfer's tenth studio album. It was released in 1987 on Atlantic Records.

This album was a new foray for the group into Brazilian music. During the recording sessions, they worked with many songwriters, including Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Djavan and Atlantic Records Jazz recording artist Gilberto Gil. After the initial recording sessions, the songs were re-arranged and then fitted with English lyrics.

Awards

This album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.

Charts

The song "Soul Food To Go" reached #25 on Billboard Magazine's Top Adult Contemporary chart. The stop-motion animated music video for "Soul Food To Go" was produced by Will Vinton Studios.^[2]

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Food to Go"	Djavan, Doug Fieger	5:08
2.	"The Zoo Blues"	Djavan, Fieger	3:55
3.	"So You Say"	Djavan, Amanda McBroom	4:47
4.	"Capim"	Djavan	4:58
5.	"Metropolis"	Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Brock Walsh	4:15
6.	"Hear the Voices"	Gilberto Gil, Tracy Mann	4:06
7.	"Agua"	Djavan, Walsh	5:08
8.	"The Jungle Pioneer"	Márcio Borges, Milton Nascimento, Walsh	3:30
9.	"Notes from the Underground"	Lins, Martins, Walsh	5:45
Total length:			41:12

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

Cheryl Bentyne – vocals, vocal arrangements (3)
Tim Hauser – vocals
Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangements (2, 4, 5)
Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6–9)

Musicians and Guests

Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1–3, 5), synthesizer programming (1–3, 5), arrangements (1–3, 5)
Larry Williams – keyboards (4, 6–7, 9), synthesizer programming (4, 6–7, 9), arrangements (4, 6–7, 9)
Yaron Gershovsky – acoustic piano (5)
Wagner Tiso – synthesizer programming (8), arrangements (8)
Wayne Johnson – guitar (1, 5)
Dann Huff – guitar (3, 7)
Toninho Horta – guitar (4, 6, 8)
Oscar Castro-Neves – guitar (4, 9)
Victor Biglione – guitar (8)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (4, 6)
Nathan East – bass (5, 7)
Jamal Joanes Dos Santos – bass (8)
Buddy Williams – drums (1)
John Robinson – drums (3–4, 7–8)
Djalma Corrêa – percussion (1, 6)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 4–5, 9)
Frank Colón – percussion (8)
David Sanborn – alto saxophone solo (3)
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone solo (4)
Djavan – guest vocals (1, 4)
Milton Nascimento – guest vocals (8)
Uakti (Paulo Sergio Dos Santos, Marco Antonio Guimaraes, Decio De Souza Ramos and Artur Andres Riberto) – soloists (7, 9); Arranged by Marco Antonio Guimaraes

Production

Producers – Tim Hauser (Tracks 1–7 & 9); Tim Hauser and Mazzola (Track 8).
Executive producer on Brazilian sessions – Alberto Traiger
Recorded by Ed Thacker
Second engineers – Carlos Ronconi and Mike Ross
Vocal engineer – Keith Cohen
Second vocal engineer – Ted Blaisdell
Mixed by Brian Malouf
Second mixing engineers – Jim Dineen and Clif Jones
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Studio 55 and Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Bill Schnee Studios and The Grey Room (Hollywood, CA); JHL Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA); Som Livre Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
Album coordination – Marsha Loeb
Project coordination – Ivy Skoff
Art direction, design and paintings – Fayette Hauser
Back cover photography – Lawrence Manning
Sleeve photography – Nancy Clendaniel, John Cutcliffe, Fayette Hauser, Tim Hauser, Lawrence Manning and Louise Velasquez.

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[3]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References / Sources

The Manhattan Transfer Official Website

Specific

^ Dellar, Fred (January 2, 1988). "Manhattan Transfer: Brasil / Sarah Vaughan: Brazilian Romance". New Musical Express. p. 25.
^ Miller, Chuck (October 5, 2011). "K-Chuck Radio: Relax and feel good with a tasty mix of music…". Times Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 957. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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[1] Dellar, Fred (January 2, 1988). "Manhattan Transfer: Brasil / Sarah Vaughan: Brazilian Romance". New Musical Express. p. 25.

[2] Miller, Chuck (October 5, 2011). "K-Chuck Radio: Relax and feel good with a tasty mix of music…". Times Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

[3] Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 957. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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Studio albums	Jukin' The Manhattan Transfer Coming Out Pastiche Extensions Mecca for Moderns Bodies and Souls Vocalese Brasil The Offbeat of Avenues The Christmas Album The Manhattan Transfer Meets Tubby the Tuba Tonin' Swing The Spirit of St. Louis Vibrate An Acapella Christmas The Symphony Sessions The Chick Corea Songbook The Junction
Live albums	The Manhattan Transfer Live Bop Doo-Wopp Live Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo Couldn't Be Hotter
Compilation albums	The Best of The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland The Very Best of The Manhattan Transfer Boy from New York City and Other Hits The Definitive Pop Collection
Singles	"Tuxedo Junction" "Chanson D'Amour" "On a Little Street in Singapore" "Where Did Our Love Go"/"Je Voulais Te Dire (Que Je T'Attends)" "The Boy from New York City" "Route 66"

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