''Kindala'' is an album by the Brazilian musician

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. It was released in 1991. It reached the top 10 on ''Billboards

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chart. Menezes supported the album with an international tour.

Production

The album was produced by Nestor Madrid.

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sang on "Me Abraça E Me Beija", which he also cowrote. "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" is a cover of the

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song. "Jet Ski" is a protest song about, among other things, environmental degradation in Brazil.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album melds "the rough rhythms of Bahia with modern technology." The ''

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'' stated that the "samba-reggae" sound "joins thundering Afro-Brazilian bloco afro percussion with the well-recognized rhythms and social messages of reggae." ''

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'' stated that ''Kindala'' adds "reggae and African rhythms to a mighty orchestra of latin percussion." ''

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'' determined that it "leans most heavily towards a percussive unification of samba's big-bottom strut with reggae's langurous lope."

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wrote: "In contrast to so much of the softer, more jazz-influenced pop that has come out of Rio de Janeiro, ''Kindala'' is grittier and notably percussive, yet consistently melodic."

Track listing

References

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