Kindala
{{Infobox album
| name = Kindala
| type = studio
| artist = Margareth Menezes
| cover = Kindala.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1991
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Mango
| producer = Nestor Madrid
| prev_title = Um Canto Pra Subir
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Luz Dourada
| next_year = 1993
}}
Kindala is an album by the Brazilian musician Margareth Menezes.{{cite news |title=Divina Maga |work=A Tarde |date=February 19, 2012 |department=Geral |pages=22-23}}{{cite news |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=Menezes blends right in |work=Sun Sentinel |date=Dec 22, 1991 |page=3F}} It was released in 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/margareth-menezes-mn0000574063/biography|title=Margareth Menezes Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}} It reached the top 10 on Billboard's World Albums chart.{{cite news |last1=Bibisi |first1=Suzan |title=From Jamaicans to Ethiopians, Musicians Feel at Home in U.S. |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=March 27, 1992 |page=L7}} Menezes supported the album with an international tour.
Production
The album was produced by Nestor Madrid. Jimmy Cliff sang on "Me Abraça e Me Beija", which he also cowrote.{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews — Kindala by Margareth Menezes |magazine=Billboard |date=Nov 23, 1991 |volume=103 |issue=47 |page=35}} "Fé Cega, Faca Amolada" is a cover of the Milton Nascimento song.{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Sounds Raw and Sweet by a Singer on the Move |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 1991 |page=13}} "Jet Ski" is a protest song about, among other things, environmental degradation in Brazil.
Critical reception
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kindala-mw0000270986|title=Kindala|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=2 Jan 1992 |department=Tempo |page=8}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=706}}
|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev4score = A−{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1991/11/29/kindala/|title=Kindala|work=Entertainment Weekly}}
|rev5 = MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide
|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |date=2000 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=507}}
|rev6 = The News & Observer
|rev6score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Olsher |first1=Dean |title=Alterative listening for the holidays |work=The News & Observer |date=December 8, 1991 |page=H2}}
}}
Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album melds "the rough rhythms of Bahia with modern technology." 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."
The Province said that Kindala adds "reggae and African rhythms to a mighty orchestra of latin percussion."{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Tom |title=Margareth Menezes: Kindala |work=The Province |date=9 Sep 1992 |page=C5}} Newsday determined that it "leans most heavily towards a percussive unification of samba's big-bottom strut with reggae's languorous lope."{{cite news |last1=Oumano |first1=Elena |title=New Releases |work=Newsday |date=17 Nov 1991 |department=Fanfare |page=17}}
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."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Fé Cega, Faca Amolada
| length1 =
| title2 = Paz No Mundo (Pwazon Rat)
| length2 =
| title3 = Negrume da Noite
| length3 =
| title4 = Jet Ski
| length4 =
| title5 = Negro Nago
| length5 =
| title6 = Vendaval Temporal
| length6 =
| title7 = Me Abraça e Me Beija
| length7 =
| title8 = Repique Romântico
| length8 =
| title9 = Kindala
| length9 =
| title10 = Menina Dandára
| length10 =
| title11 = Praga Do Céu
| length11 =
| title12 = Pot-Pourri 'Samba Reggae'
| length12 =
}}