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1977-1982

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"As criancas da nova floresta" is the best gem taken from the album of the same title,this track representing the band at its peek: here the influence of Camel and generally of light symphonic/light Canterbury is evident ... the excellent use of flute, a tasteful guitarist(a bit Santana-like), and an interesting rythmical section too(honestly not always inspiring, but nevermind...),create a romantic picture. The right rate should be "3 stars and an half", but this one is almost an incomplete collection, by considering also their 2nd album ; anyway if you don't find the album "As criancas da nova floresta", you can start with this good anthology, covering their short career which ended in 1982 (recently they have been reunited for a brasilian prog fest-the famous ART-ROCK RIO FESTIVAL, but I think of a mere celebration ...). Well in the place of the pretty " Memory of the apple valley" there are couple of bonus tracks plus their epynomous-the 18 minutes suite-which was already included in their debut album: for this reason you are not obliged to look for their debut album, because you find almost the whole stuff from it, except on "Memory of the apple valley" ...

Recommended if you appreciate bands such as the south american "O Terco", "Mutantes", "Sagrado Coracao da Terra","Pablo El enterrador" and the classic Camel.

"As criancas da nova floresta" is the best gem taken from the album of the same title,this track representing the band at its peek: here the influence of Camel and generally of light symphonic/light Canterbury is evident ... the excellent use of flute, a tasteful guitarist(a bit Santana-like), and an interesting rythmical section too(honestly not always inspiring, but nevermind...),create a romantic picture. The right rate should be "3 stars and an half", but this one is almost an incomplete collection, by considering also their 2nd album ; anyway if you don't find the album "As criancas da nova floresta", you can start with this good anthology, covering their short career which ended in 1982 (recently they have been reunited for a brasilian prog fest-the famous ART-ROCK RIO FESTIVAL, but I think of a mere celebration ...). Well in the place of the pretty " Memory of the apple valley" there are couple of bonus tracks plus their epynomous-the 18 minutes suite-which was already included in their debut album: for this reason you are not oblige to look for their debut album, because you find almost the whole stuff from it, except on "Memory of the apple valley" ...

Recommended if you appreciate bands such as the south american "O Terco", "Mutantes", "Sagrado Coracao da Terra","Pablo El enterrador" and the classic Camel.