The bossa Bible
The best Gilberto album (one of the best Brazilian albums of all time), stripped down to his voice, his guitar, and light hi-hat/percussion. It's sublime, it's enduring and timeless, it's a desert-island disc, it has opened the ears of musicians and fans alike for many years. Stop reading and buy it.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................!
luscious.
exquisite.
to me this music is sexual. erotic. sensual to the extreme, tenderness, sweetness, the body in its joy, as in pure happiness, lovemaking. This album has brought me to tears more than once, tears of pleasure, yearning and joy.
so I am gushing. I don't care. Listen with your heart and with your skin.

Wonderful
Perfect summer music. The opposite of annoying jazz. Beautiful guitar chords, nice rhythm, minimalist accompaniment, low-key voice. I don't speak Portuguese, but I love it. It's zen jazz.

Perfect
After I had read the previous reviews and I had listened into the songs, I decided to buy this album. It is fantastic: Gilberto concentrates on the essential, the music is not overcrowded. It is stunning, sublime. What else could I say? Listen and go for it.

Killer
Sometimes referred to as The White Album (one of the few modern artists whose greatness can withstand comparison to that of the Beatles), this album was recorded sometime around 1970. Only Joao and a drummer are present, though then-girlfriend Miucha appears on one song. Somehow this album stands apart from all his others--maybe because it is so sparse, yet many of the numbers are up-tempo. He runs through "Eu Vim da Bahia" five times and makes it definitive. He brings a new and unexpected phrasing to "Aguas de Marco." He is at his most playful on "Eu Quero um Samba". And three tunes virtually do away with words altogether--"Undiu" finds him hypnotically chanting the title word, "Valsa" finds him humming a lullaby to his daughter, and an astonishing instrumental version of "Na Baixa do Sapateiro" finds him at his most dexterous on the guitar. It's a near-perfect album.