Tom Zé - Estudando o Samba (1975)

The weirdest samba album I've ever heard.

Tom Zé is a brilliant brazilian multi-instrumentalist that was influential in the late sixties Tropicália movement but kept recording great albuns in the other decades too.

Even though he's a very talented artist, Tom Zé didn't enjoy much success and lived in relative obscurity throughout the 80's and 90's, until David Byrne, Talking Heads's lead singer, in a visit to Rio de Janeiro, found this album(Estudando o Samba, Studying Samba) in a record shop and instantaneously fell in love.

Byrne then went on to find Tom Zé and offered to produce him and sign him to his american label Luaka Bop from this point on. This is a true story, I swear. I read it in the internet.

Tom Zé in 1978, on a sexy photoshoot for Playboy magazine.

1. "Mã" (Tom Zé)
2. "A Felicidade" (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
3. "Toc" (Tom Zé)
4. "Tô" (Élton Medeiros - Tom Zé)
5. "Vai (Menina Amanhã de Manhã)" (Perna - Tom Zé)
6. "Ui! (Você Inventa)" (Odair - Tom Zé)
7. "Doi" (Tom Zé)
8. "Mãe (Mãe Solteira)" (Élton Medeiros - Tom Zé)
9. "Hein?" (Tom Zé - Vicente Barreto)
10. "Só (Solidão)" (Tom Zé)
11. "Se" (Tom Zé)
12. "Índice" (José Briamonte - Heraldo do Monte - Tom Zé)

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Squeeze - Cool For Cats (1979)

Two songs are the main reason for me posting this album here: Cool For Cats and Up The Junction. These two songs alone are worth all the trouble downloading the whole record.

Squeeze used to be a nice powerpop new-wavey band from the late seventies and early eighties. Their songs resemble those of XTC, Cheap Trick and other related bands.

But, enough of useless talk, today is saturday and it's already 21:00 o'clock. You're all already leaving to the nearest pub, so, I'll just leave you with these videos, take your conclusions by yourselves.

Cool For Cats (if there is any girl reading this blog, this is how you should dance, ok?)


Up The Junction (the quintessential perfect pop song?)

1. "Slap and Tickle" – 4:01
2. "Revue" – 2:30
3. "Touching Me Touching You" – 2:25
4. "It's Not Cricket" – 2:35
5. "It's So Dirty" – 3:11
6. "The Knack" – 4:34
7. "Hop, Skip & Jump" – 2:46
8. "Up the Junction" – 3:12
9. "Hard to Find" – 3:37
10. "Slightly Drunk" – 2:41
11. "Goodbye Girl" – 2:59
12. "Cool for Cats" – 3:29
13. "I Must Go" – 2:16
14. "Ain't It Sad" – 3:29

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Beach Boys - Holland (1973)

It took me a long time to start loving this album. Everyone refers to this album as a minor piece in the Beach Boys's catalog. As usual, I strongly disagree.

Holland is beautiful. And It's not because you can smoke marijuana and have sex in the parks, but, because pretty much every song here is very good.

Sail on Sailor and Funky Pretty are the only Brian Wilson compositions on here, as far as I know. In 1973, Brian was still completely cuckoo and practically out of the band. It is funny, however, that my two favourite songs are his. Sail on Sailor is a gorgeous soul classic and Funky Pretty is the weirdest song on the album, and the catchiest too.

Some call it the Beach Boys's progressive rock album. It certainly does sound a bit prog in some places(there's a long synth solo on Leaving This Town, what the hell), but I wouldn't go this far and call this prog. These are the Beach Boys maturing and making complex, although still gorgeous, songs.

Brian Wilson having his favourite breakfast: The Beatles's Sgt. Pepper with jelly and toast.

Track listing:
1) Sail On Sailor;
2) Steamboat;
3) California Saga/Big Sur;
4) California Saga/The Beaks Of Eagles;
5) California Saga/California;
6) The Trader;
7) Leaving This Town;
8) Only With You;
9) Funky Pretty

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Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He who am the only one (1970)

Even though we all hate progressive rock excesses (and Van Der Graaf are the best in prog-rock excesses) this album is kind of cool. It has some really good saxophone riffs and the songs aren't that long, therefore, you won't get bored easily. Killer is one of my favourite prog-rock tracks, Hammil has an undeniable great voice.

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1."Killer" – 8:24
2."House With No Door" – 6:37
3."The Emperor In His War Room" – 8:15,

4."Lost" – 11:17,

5."Pioneers Over c." – 12:42

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Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (1972)

This is one of my favourite rock n' roll albums ever. Do you like Rolling Stones? Do you like to boogie? Crunchy guitars? Groovy rhytms?

Classy stuff to hear while drinking some booze.



Track listing:
1) High Flyin' Baby;
2) City Lights;
3) Have You Seen My Baby?;
4) Yesterday's Numbers;
5) Teenage Head;
6) 32-20;
7) Evil Hearted Ada;
8) Doctor Boogie;
9) Whiskey Woman

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Neu! (1972)

I didn't find a good review from this album, so I'll make mine.
This is some GOOD OLD KRAUTROCK formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 70's. End.

1. Hallogallo – 10:07
AWESOME, pretty hypnotic, even the Bishop likes it (I know this because Hallogallo was in his MSN's quick message for days!)
2. Sonderangebot ("Special Offer") – 4:51
3. Weissensee ("White Sea" or "White Lake") – 6:46
4. Im Glück ("Lucky") – 6:52
5. Negativland ("Negative Land") – 9:47
Well, this music rocks so hard that inspired a band!
6. Lieber Honig ("Dear Honey" or "Rather Honey") – 7:18

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King Funk (1969-1973)

Do you like groove? Do ya, punk?
That's the best funk compilation I've ever found to date. I found it by luck the other day on the internet, and it's completely fantastic.

This is real FUNK music, before disco came out and beat the shit out of it. It's got power and It's got SOUL(in the literal meaning of the word, these guys play with their heart).

1. Honky Tonk Popcorn - Bill Doggett
2. Butter Your Popcorn - Hank Ballard
3. Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing - Marie Queenie Lyons
4. Tighten Up - Roosevelt Matthews
5. Live It Up - James K-Nine
6. Gold Walk - The Presidents
7. See and Don't See - Marie Queenie Lyons
8. From the Back Side, Pt. 1 - Sons of Funk
9. From the Back Side, Pt. 2 - Sons of Funk
10. Witch Doctor - Over Night Low
11. Papa's Got the Wagon - Gloria Walker
12. Camelot Time - J Hines & the Fellows
13. Fever - Marie Queenie Lyons
14. Love Potion No. 9 - The Coasters
15. Soul Train - Little Royal
16. Unwind Yourself - Hank Ballard
17. Get It Right or Leave It Alone - Dan Brantley
18. Stand Up and Get Funky - James Duncan
19. Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett
20. Funky Lady, Pt. 1 - Soul East

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Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)

Ok, so people always send me emails saying how nice the records I put on the blog are, how I never post bad music here, how my musical taste and fantastic and etc...

Well, here's a terrible record. I hate it.

Phaedra is regarded by many as Tangerine Dream's masterpiece. Supposedly, this album is one of the best ambient-music records that have ever been made. Many call it a ""transcendental experience"", or, to quote some fellow from amazon.com: "it took me beyond the limits of my imagination".

I have no idea how can someone go beyond the limits of his imagination listening to 40 minutes of one keyboard note constantly pressed. I guess I just don't have what it takes to reach the spiritual potential of such deep albuns, as, for example: Brian Eno's extremely highly acclaimed ambience albuns.

Brian Eno, a very spiritual guy.

If you wanna listen to it and come up with an opinion by yourselves, the download link is right below:

1. "Phaedra" – 17:45
2. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" – 9:55
3. "Movements of a Visionary" – 8:01
4. "Sequent C' " – 2:18

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Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

Deeply spiritual. Morrison explores themes of renewal and redemption. Light, soulful, and jazzy, Moondance opens with the sweetly nostalgic "And It Stoned Me," the song's pastoral imagery establishing the dominant lyrical motif recurring throughout the album — virtually every track exults in natural wonder, whether it's the nocturnal magic celebrated by the title cut or the unlimited promise offered in "Brand New Day." At the heart of the record is "Caravan," an incantatory ode to the power of radio; equally stirring is the majestic "Into the Mystic," a song of such elemental beauty and grace as to stand as arguably the quintessential Morrison moment.

Side one

1. "And It Stoned Me" – 4:30
2. "Moondance" – 4:35
3. "Crazy Love" – 2:34
4. "Caravan" – 4:57
5. "Into the Mystic" – 3:25

Side two

1. "Come Running" – 2:30
2. "These Dreams of You" – 3:50
3. "Brand New Day" – 5:09
4. "Everyone" – 3:31
5. "Glad Tidings – 3:13

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Cat Stevens - Harold & Maude Soundtrack (1971)

This post is an answer to the innumerable emails I've received these last few days complaining about the same thing: "The blog is lacking of gentle and peaceful folk-rock music".

Well, alright, then. Here's some Cat Stevens for you with Harold & Maude's soundtrack. The movie is brilliant and tear-inducing. The soundtrack is Steven in his best, in my humble opinion. If you want to sing out, sing out is something I'll sing to my children.

Side one
"Don't Be Shy"
"On The Road To Find Out"
"I Wish, I Wish"
"Miles From Nowhere"
"Tea for the Tillerman"
"I Think I See The Light"

Side two
"Where Do The Children Play?"
"If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out"
"If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (banjo version)" – previously unreleased
"Trouble"

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Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)

God dammit. I was taking a look at my recent posts today and I figured I have been posting only crazy people's music. It's bizarre because I did it unconsciously, but, just take a quick look at JvCv's last posts:

Brian "Schizophrenic" Wilson,

Captain "Nuts" Beefheart,

Damo "Jeovah Witness" Suzuki from CAN,

Frank "I never made a normal record in my life" Zappa,

Roky "Lobotomized" Erickson;

"Well" - I thought to myself - "if the subject is crazy people's music, then the blog is sure lacking a Gong record. Gong is surely one of the most freaky bands that have landed on this planet. Flying Teapot will do the job just perfectly."

And here it is.

"Gong's leadsinger Daevid Allen asking for a hug."

1) Radio Gnome Invisible;

2) Flying Teapot;

3) The Pot Head Pixies;

4) The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine;

5) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell;

6) Witch's Song I Am Your Pussy

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Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

This is a fantastic record. One of my favourites ever, definitely.
If you still arent familiar with Can and Krautrock, I'd recommend you to search wikipedia to see what they stand for. In resume, they are a german band with a japanese singer who sings in mumblings.

This record is one of those you get high while listening to. I mean, not literally, it's just that the sound is so grasping and involving, you can't help but start feeling part of the experience.

Prindle describes it as:
"Like you just fell like putting on dark sunglasses and shaking your head back and forth like a heroin user might before the dark slumber of death rolls over."

Starostin describes it as:
"Keywords: 'organic', 'polyrhythmic', 'tribal', 'voodoo', 'dark', 'mystical', but far from the generic game 'Let's Pretend We're So Very Psychic''. Let it just grow on you."

1) Pinch;
2) Sing Swan Song;
3) One More Night;
4) Vitamin C;
5) Soup;
6) I'm So Green;
7) Spoon

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Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)

Undoubtely the best Dylan live album to me. The Rolling Thunder Revue was a famous concert tour assembled by Bob himself in 1975. These series of shows are notorious for having the mose intense versions of some songs (see Isis video below for example) and great guest musicians(Joan Baez, Roger Mcguinn from The Byrds and others).

The Rolling Thunder Revue culminated with the release of Desire, in early 1976, that, to many and to myself, is one of the best albuns in Dylan's career.



Disc one
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" – 3:55
"It Ain't Me Babe" – 5:25
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" – 5:16
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" – 5:25
"Romance in Durango" (Dylan/Levy) – 5:22
"Isis" (Dylan/Levy) – 5:11
"Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:39
"Simple Twist of Fate"– 4:17
"Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:43 (with Joan Baez)
"Mama, You Been on My Mind" – 3:11 (with Joan Baez)
"I Shall Be Released" – 4:33 (with Joan Baez)

Disc two
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:34
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit" – 3:13
"Tangled Up in Blue" – 4:41
"The Water is Wide" (Traditional) - 5:16 (with Joan Baez)
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – 3:12
"Oh, Sister" (Dylan/Levy) – 4:04
"Hurricane" (Dylan/Levy) – 8:15
"One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" – 4:14
"Sara" – 4:29
"Just Like a Woman" – 4:31
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"– 4:22 (with Roger McGuinn)

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Gang Of Four - Entertainment!

It's a great entertainment!
Obvious joke is obvious.

Entertainment! is one of those records where germs of influence can be traced through many genres and countless bands, both favorably and unfavorably. From groups whose awareness of genealogy spreads wide enough to openly acknowledge Gang of Four's influence (Fugazi, Rage Against the Machine), to those not in touch with their ancestry enough to realize it (rap-metal, some indie rock) -- all have appropriated elements of their forefathers' trailblazing contribution. Its vaguely funky rhythmic twitch, its pungent, pointillistic guitar stoccados, and its spoken/shouted vocals have all been picked up by many. Lyrically, the album was apart from many of the day, and it still is.
Review from allmusic.

1. Ether (3:51)
2. Natural's Not In It (3:06)
3. Not Great Men (3:05)
4. Damaged Goods (3:27)
5. Return the Gift (3:05)
6. Guns Before Butter (3:47)
7. I Found That Essence Rare (3:13)
8. Glass (2:28)
9. Contract (2:39)
10. At Home He's a Tourist (3:30)
11. 5.45 (3:43)
12. Anthrax (4:24)

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Os Mutantes - Discografia/Discography

What can I say about this absolutely fantastic band besided it is quasi-unanimously considered the best rock band from Brazil?

Some people even pair up their albuns with the Beatles's. If that doesn't make you feel curious, I guess nothing will.

1968 - Mutantes

1969 - Os Mutantes

1970 - A Divina Comédia (ou Ando Meio Desligado)

1971 - Jardim Elétrico

1972 - E os cometas no país dos Baurets

Brainticket - Cottonwood Hill (1971)

Cottonwoodhill is one of the trippiest records ever made, capturing the intensity of the peak LSD experience far more successfully than any Timothy Leary recording, and even today, when many such documents from that era can sound silly and dated, Brainticket's fascinating debut still holds hallucinogenic potency. Rather than the laid-back mellow groove of some psychedelic music from this era, Cottonwoodhill has a hyper energy in the frenetic organ riff and Muir's voice, like an acid trip out of control, while at times the various sound effects take over completely.

On the original records inside, it was issued with a Warning of "After Listening to this Record, your friends may not know you anymore" and "Only listen to this once a day. Your brain might be destroyed!"


1. "Black Sand" (Ron Bryer, Joel Vandroogenbroeck) – 4:05
2. "Places of Light" (Bryer, Dawn Muir, Vandroogenroeck) – 4:05
3. "Brainticket, Pt. 1" (Bryer, Hellmuth Kolbe, Muir, Vandroogenbroeck) – 8:21
4. "Brainticket, Pt. 1: Conclusion" (Bryer, Kolbe, Muir, Vandroogenbroeck) – 4:36
5. "Brainticket, Pt. 2" (Bryer, Kolbe, Muir, Vandroogenbroeck) – 13:13
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Source of the review: allmusic.com

The Clash - Discography

The Clash is, we could say, the most intelligent band of the punk moviment and maybe wich has awakened the desire of mayhem and wear leather jackets in the boys. Their style wasn't common, punk rock mixed with rockabily, reggae, rap and ska. The band was great, they gone from underground until the top, when launched their masterpiece London Calling and later the greatest comercial sucess with the song Should I Stay or Should I Go. The group falled in many traps, drugs, internal feuds. Over time, they were disassembling bit by bit, until no one's left.

The Clash é, digamos assim, a banda mais inteligente do movimento punk e talvez a que tenha despertado a vontade dos garotos quebrarem tudo e usarem jaquetas de couro. Seu estilo é muito diferenciado, punk rock misturado com rockabily, reggae, rap e ska. A banda era ótima, foram do underground até o auge, quando lançaram a obra prima London Calling e depois o maior sucesso comercial com a música Should I Stay or Should I Go. O grupo caiu em muitas armadilhas, drogas, conflitos internos e o sucesso subindo a cabeça. Com o tempo, foram se desfazendo pouco a pouco, até que não restou mais ninguém.

When the band's over, the integrants starting take care of their lives, in separate careers. In 1999, the most notorious member Joe Strummer was returned to the stages with his new band The Mescaleros, regenerated from the huge wound that the end of Clash left over him. Until in 2002 he died from a congenital heart defect.

Quando a banda acabou, os integrantes foram seguindos suas vidas em carreiras separadas. Em 1999, o mais notório membro Joe Strummer voltou à subir aos palcos com sua nova banda The Mescaleros, regenerado da enorme ferida que o fim do Clash deixou nele. Até que em 2002 morreu de um defeito congênito no coração.

I didn't upload the last album "Cut the Crap" because it's really bad. Now, the discography, beggining from the end.

Fiz questão de não colocar o último álbum "Cut the Crap" de tão abaixo da média que é. Agora vamos à discografia, começando pelo fim.

Combat Rock
(1982)

1. "Know Your Rights" – 3:39
2. "Car Jamming" – 3:58
3. "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" – 3:06
4. "Rock the Casbah" – 3:14
5. "Red Angel Dragnet" – 3:48
6. "Straight to Hell" – 5:30
7. "Overpowered by Funk" – 4:55
8. "Atom Tan" – 2:32
9. "Sean Flynn" – 4:30
10. "Ghetto Defendant" – 4:45
11. "Inoculated City" – 2:43
12. "Death Is a Star" – 3:08

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Sandinista!
(1980)

CD 1:
01. The Magnificent Seven
02. Hitsville UK
03. Junco Partner
04. Ivan Meets GI Joe
05. The Leader
06. Something About England
07. Rebel Waltz
08. Look Here
09. The Crooked Beat
10. Somebody Got Murdered
11. One More Time
12. One More Dub
13. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
14. Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
15. Corner Soul
16. Let’s Go Crazy
17. If Music Could Talk
18. The Sound Of The Sinners

CD 2:
19. Police On My Back
20. Midnight Log
21. The Equaliser
22. The Call Up
23. Washington Bullets
24. Broadway
25. Lose This Skin
26. Charlie Don’t Surf
27. Mensforth Hill
28. Junkie Slip
29. Kingston Advice
30. The Street Parade
31. Version City
32. Living In Fame
33. Silicone On Sapphire
34. Version Pardner
35. Career Opportunities
36. Shepherds Delight

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CD 1
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London Calling
(1979)

01. London Calling
02. Brand New Cadillac
03. Jimmy Jazz
04. Hateful
05. Rudie Can't Fail
06. Spanish Bombs
07. Right Profile
08. Lost in the Supermarket
09. Clampdown
10. Guns of Brixton
11. Wrong 'Em Boyo
12. Death or Glory
13. Koka Kola
14. Card Cheat
15. Lover's Rock
16. Four Horsemen
17. I'm Not Down
18. Revolution Rock
19. Train in Vain

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Give 'Em Enough Rope
(1978)

1. "Safe European Home" – 3:50
2. "English Civil War" – 2:35
3. "Tommy Gun" – 3:17
4. "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" – 3:03
5. "Last Gang in Town" – 5:14
6. "Guns on the Roof" – 3:15
7. "Drug-Stabbing Time" – 3:43
8. "Stay Free" – 3:40
9. "Cheapskates" – 3:25
10. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" – 4:55

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The Clash
(1977)

1. Janie Jones
2. Remote Control
3. I'm so bored with the Usa
4. White Riot
5. Hate & War
6. What's my name
7. Deny
8. London's Burning
9. Career Opportunities
10. Cheat
11. Protex Blue
12. Police & Thieves
13. 48 Hours
14. Garageland

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