2006年 Dec 9日 Saturday, 11:42

yet another list, i know. so, yeah, these are the awesomest brazilian albums of all times, in my opinion (in alphabetical order):

wave (actually, you should listen to anything by jobim at some point of your life)

baden powell & vinícius de moraes - os afro-sambas de baden powell & vinícius de moraes

caetano veloso

caetano veloso

caetano veloso

transa (i could put at least 3 more caetano albums, (the guy is god) but i think that's enough already)

cartola

construção (genius, genius)

elis regina e tom jobim - elis & tom (for those who don't know, tom jobim = antônio carlos jobim. this is the album with the classic version of águas de março (waters of march); just beautiful)

gal costa

expresso 2222

gilberto gil (probably my favorite tropicália album)

gilberto gil

a música livre de hermeto pascoal

amoroso/brasil (i should listen to joão gilberto more. quoting miles davis: "he could read a newspaper and sound good")

a tábua de esmeralda (you should probably check "áfrica brasil", too. i think it's a little bit overrated, though)

jacarandá

clube da esquina (it's actually by milton nascimento & lô borges, but last.fm is lame. this is one of the greatest albums of all times, brazilian or not, btw)

acabou chorare

os mutantes

mutantes

rogério duprat - a banda tropicalista do duprat (duprat was the producer of tropicália; some call him the "brazilian george martin", but i think he was more inventive than him. this is a cover album, with stuff ranging from flying to jobim and de moraes' chega de saudade, all with a tropicália touch)

racional (brazilian funky stuff. it was cooler when it hadn't been released on cd, though ;)

estudando o samba (todos os olhos, his s/t and 2006's estudando o pagode are also worth checking out)

p.s.: check hermeto pascoal playing glass bottles (!!!!) and flute (even when it's under water), while in the water:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Qm-Z5OsHw

artists mentioned:

antônio carlos jobim, baden powell, vinícius de moraes, baden powell & vinícius de moraes, caetano veloso, cartola, chico buarque, elis regina, gal costa, gilberto gil, hermeto pascoal, tom jobim, elis regina & tom jobim, joão gilberto, jorge ben, jorge benjor, luiz bonfá, milton nascimento, lô borges, milton nascimento & lô borges, novos baianos, os mutantes, rogério duprat, tim maia, tom zé