Artist: Novos Baianos
Title: Acabou Chorare
Label: Som Livre
Genre: Brazilian : MPB (Brazilian Popular Music)
UPC: 7891430050221
Territory: World ex. Brazil
Release Date: 07.26.10
The year was 1972 and, at that time, all the Novos Baianos’ members – Pepeu Gomes, Baby Consuelo, Moraes Moreira, Luiz Galvão, Paulinho Boca de Cantor, Dadi and Jorginho – lived at the same place: a house at a Rio de Janeiro suburb that looked much like a hippie commune. After releasing an acclaimed but not very commercially successful album, the band used to spend their days at this place happily, playing soccer under the sun and raising their children freely. You can add to that their “godfather” João Gilberto and his family. It was in this warm climate that was born the loveliest masterpiece of the group and one of the most beautiful moments of Brazilian music: “Acabou Chorare”.
The record – heralded as “the greatest Brazilian record of all time” in a Rolling Stone feature - shows a perfect synthesis between traditional and modern, rock and Brazilian rhythms like Samba and Frevo, all married in the poetry of Galvão and the fantastic arrangements by Pepeu, a musician with an impressive repertoire on acoustic and electric guitar and ukulele.
The album opens with the classic “Brasil Pandeiro”, a samba written by Assis Valente that became a radio hit in the 40’s with Carmen Miranda, and continues with the delighful “Preta, Pretinha” written and gently sung by Moraes Moreira, a song that casts an irresistible atmosphere of brotherhood: “Opens the door and the window / and come to see the sunrise….”. Baby Consuelo sings exuberantly, and shows mix of strength, softness and sensuality in songs like “Tinindo, Trincando” and “A Menina Dança”. The disc closes with a smaller version of “Black, Pretinha.
It’s unclear if the group knew what they were achieving and that’s the most interesting fact about the record: it’s effortless; it simply exists in its time and grace. Beautifully.
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