This essential bossa nova  masterwork everyone agrees on in a historical context does miss perfection. Despite the commanding songwriting and singing, this newfound vocabulary of sexy chord changes does slightly replay itself throughout the short disc making for parallel melodies throughout, along with the sumptuous, at times slightly awkward vocal phrasings. This is not to negate the fact that this album is a complete triumph of aesthetics, overpowering any specific gripes with it's liquid smooth tranquility.