Marisa Monte - Mais (1991)

Brazilian vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Marisa Monte is widely considered the greatest singer of her generation. Her expressive, operatically-trained alto delivery weds samba and MPB to jazz and pop, funk, soul, and more.

"Mais" was released in 1991. By the time of the album's release, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo praised the album, saying Monte was "less dramatic, with her voice even more tuned and crystalline, which seemed impossible, Monte even commoves. And, definitely, enters the pantheon of the titans, in all senses." In a 2020 retrospective review for his blog on G1, Mauro Ferreira said the album saw the emerging of "a Brazilian pop music which conciliated MPB, rock, samba and Northeastern [Brazil] music without having one genre overcome the other" and that Mais "reversed expectations of the ones waiting for another album of Brazilian music jewels polishing".


Tracklist:

1 Beija Eu 3:10
2 Volte Para O Seu Lar (Go Back To Your Home) 4:41
3 Ainda Lembro (I Still Remember) 4:05
4 De Noite Na Cama (At Night In Bed) 4:24
5 Rosa 2:43
6 Borboleta (Butterfly) 1:56
7 Ensaboa (Soap It Up) 4:15
8 Eu Não Sou Da Sua Rua (I Don't Live On Your Street) 1:29
9 Diariamente (Daily) 4:05
10 Eu Sei (I Know) 2:40
11 Tudo Pela Metade (Everything Halfway) 4:11
12 Mustapha 2:23


Marisa Monte - Mais (1991)
(ca. 230 kbps, cover art included)