15 September 2014

Beto Guedes "Contos da Lua Vaga" (1981)

Contos da Lua Vaga
release date: 1981
format: cd (2002 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,76]
producer: Beto Guedes
label: EMI - nationality: Brazil


4th studio album by Beto Guedes follows two years after Sol de Primavera and is the first with himself as producer. Much as usual the majority of the songs are written by Guedes with various other co-composers like Ronaldo Bastos, Marcio Borges and Luiz Guedes. In tradition with his former releases this also contains one song written by Milton Nascimento and Fernando Brant (track #6), and ends with a song of his fathers (track #11).
"O Sal da Terra" is already a modern classic of MPB but other songs lifts this release and makes it his so far second best only superceded by Amor de Índio (1978).
Recommended.