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Compiled by former Talking Head David Byrne and released in 1989, with liner notes and translations by Arto Lindsay, Beleza Tropical documents a New York hipster's first infatuation with the rich, deep, and varied spectrum of Brazilian popular music from the rebellious '70s. There are better Brazilian anthologies, but none so clearly assembled in order to counter the received opinion of Brazilian music as lightweight bachelor-pad fluff (although Milton Nascimento, with his beautiful high tenor, sometimes comes close). Caetano Veloso (whose magnificent "Terra" is itself worth the price of admission) and Gilberto Gil are remarkable lyricists whose music is influenced as much by the Afro-Brazilian rhythms of northern Brazil as by the Beatles. Jorge Ben contributes a pair of highfalutin yet funky soccer songs, Chico Buarque is at his most uncompromisingly poetic, and Nazare Pereira taps deep into Brazilian folklore.
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Ponta de lança africano (Umbabarauma)
Jorge Ben Jor
2
Sonho meu
Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa
3
Só Quero Um Xodó
Gilberto Gil
4
Um Canto de Afoxé Para O Bloco do Ilê (Ilê Ayê)
Caetano Veloso
5
O Leãozinho
Caetano Veloso
6
Caçada
Chico Buarque
7
Cálice (com Milton Nascimento)
Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento
8
Equatorial
Lô Borges
9
San Vincente
Milton Nascimento
10
Quilombo, o el Dorado Negro
Gilberto Gil
11
Caramba!... Galileu Da Galileia
Jorge Ben Jor
12
Caixa de Sol
Nazaré Pereira
13
Maculele
Nazaré Pereira
14
Quiexa
Caetano Veloso
15
Andar Com Fé
Gilberto Gil
16
Fio maravilha
Jorge Ben Jor
17
Anima
Milton Nascimento
18
Terra
Caetano Veloso
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