SOUL TIM DUETOS
Tim Maia (2000)
2000
Som Livre
2282-2
Crítica
Cotação: 
The intentions were not very nice. Since Tim Maia died in 1998, the albums Soul Tim (a compilation of his latest recordings) and Tributo a Tim Maia (with big BPM names interpreting his songs accompanied by Vitória Régia, Tim’s back up band) have been released. Now, in the best Unforgettable fashion, this Soul Tim Duetos arrives. What would our very spontaneous soulman have to say about that? Necrophilia? Greed? Maybe. The fact is, from the bottomless pit into which his legacy has been thrown, this is one of the most interesting products to come out.
There’s a little bit of everything in the posthumous duos with his counterparts and followers: exaggerated dance arrangements, a great deal of instrumental flourish and strange adaptation liberties – sins typical of Lincoln Olivetti, who wrote most of the arrangements. But the joy oozed by the duos (caused by the same and unbeatable Olivetti) is contagious, in spite of Tim’s voice not really being in the spotlight, here. The best moment, undoubtedly, is the duet with Luiz Melodia in Você – the very decent instrumental support testifies to the range of the meeting of such great voices, one soft and one husky. Other good tracks are Azul da Cor do Mar (with Emílio Santiago) and Pede a Ela (with soul pal Hyldon). Não Quero Dinheiro, on the other hand, was turned into a house-disco, with an appropriate guest appearance by Sandra de Sá. Dominguinhos was a perfect choice for the version of the baião-soul A Festa do Santo Reis.
In the duets with newcomers - Eu e Você, Você e Eu, with Claudinho & Buchecha, Acenda o Farol, with Alex & Alex and Vale Tudo, with Pepê & Neném, who were small children when Tim Maia used to rule - the singer simply comes back to life. There’s also a lot of space for vocal jugglery on Um Dia de Domingo (with Fat Family) and Essa Tal Felicidade (with Tim’s adoptive son, Léo Maia). In the midst of all this, the instrumental side has not been overlooked: renewed bands Black Rio and Vitória Régia are pure groove on the tracks Reencontro and Do Leme ao Pontal, respectively. And if anyone still questions the result of the edition (mixed by DJ Cuca) that includes the historic complaints and insights so very typical of Tim on stage, the good news is that I Wanna Dance (Cadê o Retorno) is really funny. Now, if Tim would approve... that’s another story. (Silvio Essinger)
There’s a little bit of everything in the posthumous duos with his counterparts and followers: exaggerated dance arrangements, a great deal of instrumental flourish and strange adaptation liberties – sins typical of Lincoln Olivetti, who wrote most of the arrangements. But the joy oozed by the duos (caused by the same and unbeatable Olivetti) is contagious, in spite of Tim’s voice not really being in the spotlight, here. The best moment, undoubtedly, is the duet with Luiz Melodia in Você – the very decent instrumental support testifies to the range of the meeting of such great voices, one soft and one husky. Other good tracks are Azul da Cor do Mar (with Emílio Santiago) and Pede a Ela (with soul pal Hyldon). Não Quero Dinheiro, on the other hand, was turned into a house-disco, with an appropriate guest appearance by Sandra de Sá. Dominguinhos was a perfect choice for the version of the baião-soul A Festa do Santo Reis.
In the duets with newcomers - Eu e Você, Você e Eu, with Claudinho & Buchecha, Acenda o Farol, with Alex & Alex and Vale Tudo, with Pepê & Neném, who were small children when Tim Maia used to rule - the singer simply comes back to life. There’s also a lot of space for vocal jugglery on Um Dia de Domingo (with Fat Family) and Essa Tal Felicidade (with Tim’s adoptive son, Léo Maia). In the midst of all this, the instrumental side has not been overlooked: renewed bands Black Rio and Vitória Régia are pure groove on the tracks Reencontro and Do Leme ao Pontal, respectively. And if anyone still questions the result of the edition (mixed by DJ Cuca) that includes the historic complaints and insights so very typical of Tim on stage, the good news is that I Wanna Dance (Cadê o Retorno) is really funny. Now, if Tim would approve... that’s another story. (Silvio Essinger)
Tracks
As dores do mundo (Hyldon)
MetaMusica