Plus is a joint studio album by Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto and German composer James Last, released in 1986 by Polydor Records. The album was recorded at different studios in Florida (USA) and Hamburg (Germany). The producers were the artists themselves. In the US, the album was released in 1987 by Verve Records under the title Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra with an alternative cover.. Retrieved 8 June 2023

Critical reception Ron Wynn from AllMusic gave the album three of five stars and noted that "Gilberto still has alluring sound".

Track listing

Personnel

Astrud Gilberto – vocals James Last – arrangement Thomas Eggert – audio engineering, synthesizer Peter Klemt – audio engineering Ron Last – audio engineering, synthesizer Ted Stein – audio engineering Romero Lubambo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Katie Kissoon – backing vocals Nicky Sun – backing vocals Pearly Gates – backing vocals Marcelo Gilberto – bass guitar Axel Schönlein – bass guitar Benny Bendorff – bass guitar Uwe Boiko – bass guitar Björn Hängsel – bass trombone Christoph Weiss – cello Joachim Kerwin – cello Michael Streif – cello Thomas Bruder – cello Duduka Fonseca – drums, percussion Terry Jenkins – drums Peter Hesslein – guitar Edson Da Silva – percussion Herbert Bornholdt – percussion Steve Herrick – piano, Rhodes piano Günter Platzek – piano Karl-Hermann Lüer – saxophone, flute Stan Sulzmann – saxophone, flute David Sacks – trombone Detlef Surmann – trombone Ole Holmquist – trombone Bob Coassin – trumpet Bob Lanese – trumpet Derek Watkins – trumpet Hakan Nyqvist – trumpet Anne-Louise Comerford – viola Christine Kaulbach – viola Gerd Gräbnitz – viola Ulrich Schneider – viola Alfred Meichsner – violin Bronislaw Ogiba – violin Christian Brüning – violin Friederike Zumach – violin Martin Lehmann – violin Ralf Caspers – violin Richard Kohnen – violin Sally Ann Yeh – violin Stefan Pintev – violin Susanne Ingwersen – violin Winfried Vögele – violin Wulf Lohbeck – violin

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts + Chart performance for Plus Chart (1986) Peakposition

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