Brasil (The Manhattan Transfer album)

Brasil was The Manhattan Transfer's tenth studio album. It was released in 1987 on Atlantic Records.

Brasil
Studio album by
The Manhattan Transfer
Released1987
GenrePop, Adult contemporary, Latin, Smooth jazz
Length41:12
LabelAtlantic
ProducerTim Hauser
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Live
(1987)		 Brasil
(1987)		 The Offbeat of Avenues
(1991)

This album was a new foray for the group into Brazilian music. During the recording sessions, they worked with many songwriters, including Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Djavan and Atlantic Records Jazz recording artist Gilberto Gil. After the initial recording sessions, the songs were re-arranged and then fitted with English lyrics.

Awards

This album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.

Charts

The song "Soul Food To Go" reached #25 on Billboard Magazine's Top Adult Contemporary chart. The stop-motion animated music video for "Soul Food To Go" was produced by Will Vinton Studios.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Soul Food to Go" (Djavan, Doug Fieger) - 5:08
  2. "The Zoo Blues" (Djavan, Doug Fieger) - 3:55
  3. "So You Say" (Djavan, Amanda McBroom) - 4:47
  4. "Capim" (Djavan) - 4:58
  5. "Metropolis" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Brock Walsh) - 4:15
  6. "Hear the Voices" (Gilberto Gil, Tracy Mann) - 4:06
  7. "Agua" (Djavan, Brock Walsh) - 5:08
  8. "The Jungle Pioneer" (Márcio Borges, Milton Nascimento, Brock Walsh) - 3:30
  9. "Notes from the Underground" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Brock Walsh) - 5:45

Personnel

The Manhattan Transfer

Musicians and Guests

Production
  • Producers – Tim Hauser (Tracks 1–7 & 9); Tim Hauser and Mazzola (Track 8).
  • Executive Producer on Brazilian sessions – Alberto Traiger
  • Recorded by Ed Thacker
  • Second Engineers – Carlos Ronconi and Mike Ross
  • Vocal Engineer – Keith Cohen
  • Second Vocal Engineer – Ted Blaisdell
  • Mixed by Brian Malouf
  • Second Mixing Engineers – Jim Dineen and Clif Jones
  • Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Studio 55 and Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Bill Schnee Studios and The Grey Room (Hollywood, CA); JHL Studios (Pacific Palisades, CA); Som Livre Studios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Album Coordination – Marsha Loeb
  • Project Coordination – Ivy Skoff
  • Art Direction, Design and Paintings – Fayette Hauser
  • Back Cover Photography – Lawrence Manning
  • Sleeve Photography – Nancy Clendaniel, John Cutcliffe, Fayette Hauser, Tim Hauser, Lawrence Manning and Louise Velasquez.

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[2] Gold 50,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References / Sources

Specific

  1. Miller, Chuck (October 5, 2011). "K-Chuck Radio: Relax and feel good with a tasty mix of music…". Times Union. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 957. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 27 August 2019.


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