Gilberto, Joao / In Tokyo
Album: In Tokyo   Collection:World
Artist:Gilberto, Joao   Added:Jul 2004
Label:Verve Forecast  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-08-23 Pull Date: 2004-10-25 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Oct 24 Oct 17 Oct 10 Sep 26 Sep 19 Sep 12 Sep 5 Aug 29
Airplays: 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 26, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Aug 8, 2015)
Adeus America
4. Feb 15, 2014: Music Casserole
Pra Que Discutir Com Madame?
2. Jul 20, 2019: Music Casserole
Adeus America
5. Mar 28, 2009: Music Casserole
Adeus America
3. Aug 08, 2015: Music Casserole
Adeus America
6. Aug 17, 2005: Come Play In The Milky Night, Chapter 5 (Final): Evening On The Edge Of Tomorrow
Meditacao

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2004-08-06
JOÃO GILBERTO – “In Tokyo”
Verve, 2004

One of the inventors and greatest stars of bossa nova, recorded in a live solo performance in 2003. João’s voice sounds pretty creaky on some of the slow tracks, but it’s a funny thing about bossa: that sort of voice doesn’t hurt (it can even help). And it isn’t an issue on the faster numbers anyway.

These familiar classics are stripped of strings, saxophones, and the other usual trappings, allowing the fragile essence of the songs to shine through. On the other hand, that also means that every track sounds more or less the same. Just pick a favorite song (or one you don’t know) and go for it…

All nice. If I must have a favorite, I pick #13.

More upbeat, happy, or playful: 1, 3, 6, 8, 11
Slower, more meditative or wistful: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 15
Somewhere in between: 7, 12, 13, 14

[ Fo ] – 8/6/2004

Track Listing
1. Acontece Que Eu Sou Baiano   8. Pra Que Discutir Com Madame?
2. Meditacao   9. Ligia
3. Doralice   10. Louco
4. Corcovado   11. Bolinha De Papel
5. Este Seu Olhar   12. Rosa Morena
6. Isto Aqui O Que E?   13. Adeus America
7. Wave   14. Preconceito
  15. Aos Pes Da Cruz