Kindala is an album by the Brazilian musician Margareth Menezes.[1] It was released in 1991.[2] It reached the top 10 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[3] Menezes supported the album with an international tour.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Nestor Madrid.[5] Jimmy Cliff sang on "Me Abraça E Me Beija", which he also cowrote.[6][4] "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" is a cover of the Milton Nascimento song.[7] "Jet Ski" is a protest song about, among other things, environmental degradation in Brazil.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Chicago Tribune	[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[11]
MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide	[5]
The News & Observer	[8]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album melds "the rough rhythms of Bahia with modern technology."[11] The Chicago Tribune stated that the "samba-reggae" sound "joins thundering Afro-Brazilian bloco afro percussion with the well-recognized rhythms and social messages of reggae."[10]

The Province stated that Kindala adds "reggae and African rhythms to a mighty orchestra of latin percussion."[12] Newsday determined that it "leans most heavily towards a percussive unification of samba's big-bottom strut with reggae's langurous lope."[13]

AllMusic 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."[9]

Track listing

References