release date: 1978
format: cd (reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]
producer: Ronaldo Bastos
label: EMI - nationality: Brazil
Track highlights: 1. "Amor de Índio" (5 / 5) - 2. "Novena" - 3. "Só Primavera" - 6. "Feira Moderna" (4 / 5) - 7. "Luz e Mistério" - 8. "O medo de Amar é o medo de ser Livre" - 9. "Era menino"
2nd studio album by Beto Guedes is like the '77 debut album produced by Ronaldo Bastos, also credited as co-composer of two songs. Guedes has written most songs and co-composed the majority of these tracks together with Marcio Borges and/or Fernando Brant - one song is composed with Gaetano Veloso (track #7). "Feira Moderna" is composed with Marcio Borges and Fernando Brant as early as in 1969, thus preceeding the music collective "Clube da Esquina" also featuring Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges.
On Amor de Índio Guedes contines in the style of MPB [Música Popular Brasileira] in the folk tradition rooted in the Minas Gerais-region. The album contains two of Guedes' most beloved songs: the aforementioned "Feira Moderna" and the title track as his perhaps most magical contribution ever, but also the fine songs composed with Veloso and Brant (tracks #7 and #8) have become MPB staples.
The album betters his debut and has secured Beto Guedes national glorification.
Highly recommended.
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