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Release Date
1 January 1974
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Length
14 tracks
Elis & Tom is a collaborative album by Brazilian singers Antônio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina, released on August 1974, by PolyGram.
The album is the meeting of two of the biggest names in Brazilian popular music and features arrangements by César Camargo Mariano, pianist and then husband of Elis, who innovated using electric instruments in bossa nova. In a restrained and smooth way, she interprets several classics of the genre, such as "Águas de Março" (which became the album's biggest hit), "Corcovado", "Inútil Landscape", sometimes in a duet with Jobim, which in other moments only accompanies her on guitar or piano. "Modinha" was the only song on the record to be fully arranged by Jobim.
Elis & Tom was a sales and critical success, and continues to be acclaimed to this day by musicians and critics worldwide. On its 30th anniversary, in 2004, it had a special re-release and, until 2013, it was one of the albums highlighted in the iTunes sales charts in Brazil. In addition, Elis & Tom has been remembered in the main Brazilian and international music books, compendia and encyclopedias and, in 2007, it was chosen by journalists and music critics as the 11th best album in Brazilian music by Rolling Stone.
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