By 1969, Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 were proven hitmakers, with an effervescent signature sound that was instantly recognizable. Crystal Illusions kept that sound alive, and it also added some new elements to the mix — digging deeper into Mendes’s roots with dazzling new tunes by young Brazilian songwriters like Milton Nascimento and giving the band a chance to stretch out and experiment on the adventurous title track.
TRACK LIST:
1. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
2. Vila
3. Song of No Regrets
4. Salt Sea
5. Empty Faces
6. Pretty World
7. Dois Dias
8. You Stepped Out of a Dream
9. Crystal Illusions (Memorias de Marte Sare)
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Exotic rhythms, catchy melodies, jazzy piano, sexy vocals — it was a unique mixture of all these elements and more that propelled Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 to the top of the charts in the mid-1960s, and by the end of the decade they were still going strong. The Brasil ’66 sound is as fresh and as irresistible as ever on this album, with everything from the Beatles (“Norwegian Wood”) to Burt Bacharach (“What the World Needs Now”) to Hair (“Easy to Be Hard”) getting a sparkling Mendes makeover.
TRACK LIST:
1. Wichita Lineman
2. Norwegian Wood
3. Some Time Ago
4. Moanin'
5. Look Who's Mine
7. Easy to Be Hard
8. Where Are You Coming From?
9. Masquerade
10. What The World Needs Now
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