Carlinhos Brown, alfaGAMAbetiZADO (Metro Blue) 9+
Set aside any preconceptions of brazilian music before you listen to this, otherwise the shock may be dangerous. Carlinhos Brown has often been characterized as the "brazilian Prince". Unless Prince developed a neo-Jamaican dancehall patois of a Shabba Ranks/Shaggy, and learned the wonders of a percussion section big and loud enough to convince you it is now boogie-down Armagiddeon time, I would say those comparisons are wrong. He croons the occasional mash note too. The whole affair is reigned in by the artful production of Arto Lindsay. An amazing album.







