Brasil (The Manhattan Transfer album)


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

Track listing

  1. "Soul Food to Go"
  2. "The Zoo Blues"
  3. "So You Say"
  4. "Capim"
  5. "Metropolis"
  6. "Hear the Voices"
  7. "Agua"
  8. "The Jungle Pioneer"
  9. "Notes from the Underground"

    Personnel

Guests