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Title: sarah saves it, but...
Review: As happened so many times in her career, Sarah Vaughan is caught in a series of terrible arrangements in this album (cue the mushy strings). And, as happened so many times, she triumphs over many of them. This album is uneven, at best, and just wretched at worst. What on earth is "Das Roses" doing on this album, for instance? Then again, she breathes amazing life into Chuva, Empty Faces, and Like a Lover. I'm sorry that Jobim allowed "Se Todos Fossem..." (If Everyone Could Be Like You) to transmogrify into "Someone to Light Up My Life." Although Sarah does a nice enough job on the English torch-song version on this album (accompanied by Jobim), to hear the best version of this song, as a love song (not a torch song), check out Gal Costa's live performance on "Jobim and Friends," which is a great concert from beginning to end.
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