Stillness Explained

Stillness
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sérgio Mendes
Cover:	Stillnessalbum.jpg
Alt:	L'giallo di italiano
Released:	1970
Recorded:	1968–69
Studio:	Venice, Italy
Genre:	Bossa nova
Label:	A&M SP-4284^[1]
Producer:	Sérgio Mendes, Herb Alpert
Prev Title:	La Verità
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	País Tropical
Next Year:	1971

Stillness is the seventh album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66.

Longtime featured singer of Brasil '66 Lani Hall left midway through completion of the album to marry Herb Alpert and to pursue a solo career. Mendes replaced Hall with Gracinha Leporace.

Track listing

1. "Stillness" (Paula Stone) – 2:40
2. "Righteous Life" (Paula Stone) – 3:15
3. "Chelsea Morning" (Joni Mitchell) – 2:56
4. "Canção Do Nosso Amor" (Silveira, Medeiros) – 3:46
5. "Viramundo" (Gilberto Gil, José Carlos Capinam) – 3:02
6. "Lost in Paradise" (Caetano Veloso) – vocals by Gracinha Leporace – 3:43
7. "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) – 3:36
8. "Sometimes in Winter" (Steve Katz) – 4:43
9. "Celebration of the Sunrise" (instrumental) (Sebastião Neto, Oscar Castro Neves) – 1:45
10. "Stillness (reprise)" (Paula Stone) – 1:28

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – Stillness (1970, Vinyl). 2 January 2022. Discogs.com. 1970 .