release date: 1979
format: cd (1995 remaster)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: Ronaldo Bastos, Mayrton Bahia
label: EMI - nationality: Brazil
Track highlights: 1. "Sol de Primavera" - 2. "Como Nunca" - 3. "Cruzada" - 5. "Pedras Rolando" - 10. "Casinha de Palha"
3rd studio album by Beto Guedes following the fine Amor de Índio (1978). With this Guedes still upholds the traditional style of MPB and latin folk but the album mostly shows his attempt to blend in elements from Western popular music in form of heavier arrangements and with touches of more simple-structured soft rock, which may be an influence from Genesis and 10cc, but also from fusion rock bands like Santana and Weather Report. It's not that it's without originality, as it still contains Guedes' highly original light singing style but it's undoubtedly a step away from the more traditional latin folk he demonstrated on his first two solo releases. On Sol de Primavera Guedes appears to try to incorporate the succesful styles from contemporary British, American and Mediterranean artists, and it becomes a bit of mouthful to digest. The best tracks - and especially heard on the title track - are still compositions fitting more in the line of his earlier works. This is not a poor album, but it's really not too coherent.
