Album Facts
Various - Beleza Tropical (Compiled by David Byrne) Vinyl LP
Timeless tropical compilation that started it all!
Price $27.00
Format 2xLP
Label Luaka Bop
UPC 680899100113
Color Black
Year 2022
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Album Facts
Timeless tropical compilation that started it all!
Price $27.00
Format 2xLP
Label Luaka Bop
UPC 680899100113
Color Black
Year 2022
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Remastered, 2LP set with new notes from David Byrne, the record that started it all!
"Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they’re truly timeless songs. In my notes at the time I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm—which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream—though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. Beauty can be pointed." -David Byrne, 2021
"Wow when did this first come out? 1989? Over 30 years ago! I listened to some of the songs yesterday and, well, they hold up, they’re truly timeless songs. In my notes at the time I wrote about the way this music joined musical sophistication with memorable pop melodies and often social and political commentary. Like Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On this music mixed sensuality with pointed social engagement. I learned that though we often feel like screaming we can also couch our awareness and frustrations in beauty and rhythm—which often makes a more seductive and effective argument than a scream—though a scream can be pretty damn cathartic for sure. But as beautiful as the songs sound their message was pointed enough that some of these artists were jailed and forced into exile. Beauty can be pointed." -David Byrne, 2021
