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 Too loose, too everything-at-once November 11, 2008
Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After a first record that hit all the right spots and a sophomore effort that did not, this third offering is somewhere between "alright" and "okay". It's more experimental, but not in all the right directions. Too loose, too everything-at-once. Not as sure-footed. A few tracks work, but this mostly comes off as mish-mash of noodlings.
 Good not great and best for already established fans September 28, 2008
J. Wright Witcher
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This the third Brazilian Girls CD is another evolution for them - just as much as Jique was compared to their Brazilian Girls debut album. Words and music have gone from dreamy/introspective and infused with sex (debut), to edgy/political (Jique) to, in this case, verging on obscure. Established BG fans like me will keep listening to it, and it does grow on you - but not without effort. If you have had someone say to you, "Brazilian Girls are great - check them out", I'd strongly recommend that you start with one or the other of their first two CD's. As always, in order to really like these guys, you have to have fairly eclectic musical taste and internationalist tendencies - lyrics are in English here, in French, Italian, German or Spanish there, often within the same piece (and no lyricis in the liner notes -shame!). Rhythmic intensity, a trademark of BG from the beginning, is definitely still here, though maybe not as inventive as in previous CD's. I look forward to seeing Brazilian Girls live as they tour this - if you like live shows, do not miss them - Sabrina Sciubba is electric, and both Didi Gutman and Aaron Johnston are awesome musicians. The energy level is very high. BG have replaced their old website with a good MySpace page - tour dates, samples, etc are all there.
Disappointed. September 21, 2008
Music Lover 327 (WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First let me say: the first two Brazilian Girls albums are incredible. I have listened to them more than any other two albums I own over the last couple of years. This one is a lot different, mainly because it lacks the rhythmic bass lines and instead adds some sort of tribal-sounding drums. Also, there seems to be less creativity in the song structure and certainly the lyrics are less interesting. I did not look to see who writes the lyrics, but for whatever reason there is certainly a down-turn since the earlier two albums. Judged on its own merits, this is an OK album. It is pretty typical for the genre, with 3 or 4 decent songs and several that I would rather not listen to again. I will probably not play it very often in the future, but I still have the first two Brazilian Girls albums which remain favorites in my collection.
First BG album for me - won't get another September 12, 2008
mmmmm (Northeast, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
With all the great reviews, I was highly looking forward to this album. I was sorely disappointed. The album starts off solid, but really, there's only a few songs on here I would recommend: St Petersburg, L'Interprete, I Want Out, and maybe Mano De Dios and Losing Myself.
I just find this album all over the place and not coherent. All of my car companions were bored listening to this and wanted to skip many of the tracks. Maybe their other stuff is better, but if this is your first Brazilian Girls album - like it was for me - you're probably in for a let down. I would either try another one of their albums first or skip the band entirely (as I will do from now on).
 Cool mix of oldschool and modern electronica September 9, 2008
James A. Tolen (Los Angeles, CA)
Good album overall, some of the tracks are forgettable, but some you will be singing in your head for days. :)
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