A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness

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A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
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Studio album by Astrud Gilberto
Released 1966
Recorded September 20-23, 1966, NYC
Genre Bossa nova
Length 29:47
Label Verve
Producer Creed Taylor
Astrud Gilberto chronology
Beach Samba
(1967)Beach Samba1967
A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness
(1967)
Windy
(1968)Windy1968
Walter Wanderley chronology
Rain Forest
(1966)
A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness
(1967)
Cheganca
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album by Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley, recorded in September 1966.[2][3]

It was released by Verve Records at the height of the Bossa Nova craze in the United States, and featured the two most popular Bossa Nova musicians at the time: vocalist Astrud Gilberto and organist Walter Wanderley. A 1998 CD reissue added two songs recorded during the same sessions that yielded the album.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "A Certain Smile"   Sammy Fain, Paul Webster 1:27
2. "A Certain Sadness"   Carlos Eduardo Lyra, John Court 3:08
3. "Nega do Cabelo Duro"   Reubens Soares, David Nasser 2:18
4. "So Nice (Summer Samba)"   Marcos Valle, Paulo Valle, Norman Gimbel 2:41
5. "Você Já Foi à Bahia"   Dorival Caymmi 2:15
6. "Portuguese Washerwoman"   André Popp, Roger Antoine Lucchesi 1:30
7. "Goodbye Sadness (Tristeza)"   Edu Lobo, Niltinho, Norman Gimbel 3:33
8. "Call Me"   Tony Hatch 3:20
9. "Here's That Rainy Day"   Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke 2:43
10. "Tu Mi Delirio"   Caesar Portillo de la Luz 3:38
11. "It's a Lovely Day Today"   Irving Berlin 2:39
12. "The Sadness of After [CD bonus track]"   Lobo, Gimbel 2:27
13. "Who Needs Forever? [CD bonus track]"   Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Howard Greenfield 2:48

Personnel

Also, João Gilberto may have played guitar on tracks 2, 7, and 13.[3]

References

  1. Allmusic review
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  3. 3.0 3.1 1998 CD liner notes