Spectrum Music's budget-priced
Viva Brazil compilation offers up 22 "Brazilian Summer Anthems," nearly all of which live up to the boast. Highlights include
Jorge Ben's funked-out football (soccer) jam "Ponta de Lanca Africano,"
Stan Getz,
Astrud Gilberto,
João Gilberto, and
Antonio Carlos Jobim's bossa nova classic "The Girl from Ipanema,"
Wilson Simonal's stadium-ready crowd-pleaser "Nem Vem Que Nao Tem (Bof La Cite de Dieu)," and
Caetano Veloso's festive "Chuva, Suor e Cerveja [Rain, Sweat and Beer]."