Plus (Astrud Gilberto and James Last album)

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.

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

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.