Kindala is an album by the Brazilian musician Margareth Menezes.[1][2] It was released in 1991.[3] It reached the top 10 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[4] Menezes supported the album with an international tour.[5]

Kindala
Studio album by
Released1991
LabelMango
ProducerNestor Madrid
Margareth Menezes chronology
Um Canto Pra Subir
(1990)
Kindala
(1991)
Luz Dourada
(1993)

Production

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The album was produced by Nestor Madrid.[6] Jimmy Cliff sang on "Me Abraça e Me Beija", which he also cowrote.[7][5] "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" is a cover of the Milton Nascimento song.[8] "Jet Ski" is a protest song about, among other things, environmental degradation in Brazil.[9]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [10]
Chicago Tribune    [11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[12]
MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide     [6]
The News & Observer    [9]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album melds "the rough rhythms of Bahia with modern technology."[12] The Chicago Tribune stated that the "samba-reggae" sound "joins thundering Afro-Brazilian bloco afro percussion with the well-recognized rhythms and social messages of reggae."[11]

The Province said that Kindala adds "reggae and African rhythms to a mighty orchestra of latin percussion."[13] Newsday determined that it "leans most heavily towards a percussive unification of samba's big-bottom strut with reggae's languorous lope."[14]

AllMusic wrote: "In contrast to so much of the softer, more jazz-influenced pop that has come out of Rio de Janeiro, Kindala is grittier and notably percussive, yet consistently melodic."[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" 
2."Paz No Mundo (Pwazon Rat)" 
3."Negrume da Noite" 
4."Jet Ski" 
5."Negro Nago" 
6."Vendaval Temporal" 
7."Me Abraça e Me Beija" 
8."Repique Romântico" 
9."Kindala" 
10."Menina Dandára" 
11."Praga Do Céu" 
12."Pot-Pourri 'Samba Reggae'" 

References

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  1. ^ "Divina Maga". Geral. A Tarde. February 19, 2012. pp. 22–23.
  2. ^ Lannert, John (Dec 22, 1991). "Menezes blends right in". Sun Sentinel. p. 3F.
  3. ^ "Margareth Menezes Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Bibisi, Suzan (March 27, 1992). "From Jamaicans to Ethiopians, Musicians Feel at Home in U.S.". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L7.
  5. ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 706.
  6. ^ a b MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 507.
  7. ^ "Album Reviews — Kindala by Margareth Menezes". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 47. Nov 23, 1991. p. 35.
  8. ^ Pareles, Jon (15 June 1991). "Sounds Raw and Sweet by a Singer on the Move". The New York Times. p. 13.
  9. ^ a b Olsher, Dean (December 8, 1991). "Alterative listening for the holidays". The News & Observer. p. H2.
  10. ^ a b "Kindala". AllMusic.
  11. ^ a b Heim, Chris (2 Jan 1992). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 8.
  12. ^ a b "Kindala". Entertainment Weekly.
  13. ^ Harrison, Tom (9 Sep 1992). "Margareth Menezes: Kindala". The Province. p. C5.
  14. ^ Oumano, Elena (17 Nov 1991). "New Releases". Fanfare. Newsday. p. 17.