Brasil '86
Brasil '86 is an album by Sérgio Mendes. The album is best known for four songs by different vocalists: "Daylight" sung by Siedah Garrett, "Your Smile" by Gracinha Leporace, "No Place to Hide" by Lani Hall, and "What Do We Mean to Each Other", a duet by Lisa Bevill and Joe Pizzulo, which charted at No. 19 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1987. The first single released in 1986, "Take This Love" charted at No. 14 on Billboard's AC chart and charted at No. 9 on the R&R AC chart.
Track list
- "Daylight" 4:30
- "Take This Love" 4:20
- "What Do We Mean to Each Other" 4:35
- "Your Smile" 3:30
- "The River" 2:35
- "Nonstop" 3:23
- "It Hurts a Whole Lot More" 4:13
- "Flower of Bahia" 4:19
- "No Place to Hide" 2:49
- "Here Where I Belong" 4:13
Personnel
Musicians- Sérgio Mendes – keyboards, Synclavier, acoustic piano, arrangements
- Peter Wolf – keyboards, Synclavier, Synclavier bass, Synclavier drums, effects, arrangements
- Dann Huff – guitars
- Dori Caymmi – acoustic guitar, arrangements
- Nathan East – bass
- Alphonso Johnson – bass
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Ernie Watts – saxophone solo
- Gracinha Leporace - vocals
- Siedah Garrett - vocals, background vocals
- Joe Pizzulo - vocals, background vocals
- Lisa Bevill - vocals, background vocals
- Dori Caymmi - vocals
- Lani Hall - vocals
- Maxine Waters Willard - vocals, background vocals
- Julia Waters - background vocals
- Phillip Ingram - background vocals
- Phil Perry - background vocals
- Michael McDonald - background vocals
- Robin Beck - background vocals
- Kate Markowitz - background vocals
- Sérgio Mendes – producer
- Peter Wolf – producer
- Paul Erickson – engineer
- Brian Malouf – engineer, mixing at Can-Am Recorders
- Thom Perry – engineer
- Bruce Swedien – engineer
- David Bowman – assistant engineer
- Michael Bowman – assistant engineer
- Dan Garcia – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
- Tom Nordstrom – painting