20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim

1	The Girl from Ipanema 5:24
2	Desafinado (Off Key) 4:13
3	Só Danço Samba 3:38
4	Insensatez (How Insensitive) 2:48
5	Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) 3:37
6	Água de Beber 2:51
7	Samba de Uma Nota Só (One Note Samba) 2:16
8	Wave 2:53
9	Tide 4:04
10	Aguas de Março (Waters of March) 3:57
11	Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) 3:51
12	Passarim 3:36

All Music Guide

Pieced together from various albums to showcase what a remarkably consistent songwriter and performer Antonio Carlos Jobim was, Hip-O's 20th Century Masters - The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim opens with two of Jobim's compositions from Stan Getz and João Gilberto's quintessential bossa nova record, Getz/Gilberto, before threading through his own career. With over 12 tracks, many of Jobim's defining songs are covered, from "The Girl from Ipanema" (the song that kick-started the careers of both Jobim and Astrud Gilberto, while also bringing bossa nova to popular consciousness) to "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)," a song proving that Jobim's talent only grew in emotional depth and complexity over ten years of being in the public eye. Though two-thirds of this collection focuses, rightly so, on his material from the early to mid-'60s, four tracks glimpse at his career in the 1970s and '80s as proof that Jobim's high standards, both as a songwriter and producer, were never forsaken. 20th Century Masters - The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim proves an excellent set for those casually interested in exploring Jobim's work and the shaping of bossa nova. Gregory McIntosh