In the ten years since his untimely passing at age 56, the music of Tim Maia has been rediscovered by younger generations, who got to know him via re-recordings contemporary artists like  Kid Abelha, Lulu Santos and Marisa Monte.

During the 1970s, Maia was part of a small group of musicians who, inspired by American funk and soul, sought to adapt and translate the rhythm to their native country by adding local musical elements. On this disc, we have a collection of some of the hits he made during his two-decade career.

Unfortunately, the disc also includes his 1980s decline period, when he recorded tunes by the Michael Sullivan-Paulo Massadas music factory, which mass-produced songs for immediate consumption. There are, however, some great gems, including two English-language tunes: the ballad “These Are The Songs” in a duet with Elis Regina and the funky (yet poignant in retrospect) “Nobody Can Live Forever”.