Clube Da Esquina 2 [Import]

Milton Nascimento | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000005HF2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,870 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Credo

2. Nascente

3. Ruas da Cidade

4. Paixão E Fe

5. Casamiento de Negros

6. Oldo d'Agua

7. Canoa, Canoa

8. O Que Foi Feito Devera/O Que Foi Feito de Vera

9. Mistérios

10. Pão E Agua

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Cancão Amiga

2. Cancion Por la Unidad de Latino America

3. Tanto

4. Dona Olimpia (Your Moon)

5. Testamento

6. A Sede Do Peixe (Para O Que Nao Tem Solucao)

7. Leo

8. Maria, Maria

9. Meu Menino

10. Toshiro

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Tracks: (Disc 1) 1 - Credo ; 2 - Nascente ; 3 - Ruas da cidade ; 4 - Paixao e fe ; 5 - Casamiento de negros ; 6 - Olho d agua ; 7 - Canoa canoa ; 8 - O que foi feito de vera ; 9 - Misterios ; 10 - Pao e agua ; 11 - E dai ; (Disc 2) 1 - Cancao amiga ; 2 - Cancion por la unidade de latino america ; 3 - Tanto ; 4 - Dona olympia ; 5 - Testamento ; 6 - A sede do peixe ; 7 - Leo ; 8 - Maria maria ; 9 - Meu menino ; 10 - Toshiro ; 11 - Reis e rainhas do maracatu ; 12 - Que bom amigo ;

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing and wonderful, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Clube Da Esquina 2 (Audio CD)

Not enough North Americans know about this album. Range, variety, beauty, power, amazing singing and songwriting--this set has it all. It's ambitious as hell, and the creativity bursts from the ... I was going to say grooves, but that would date me, so I'll say "pits" instead. Think of the Beatles' white album and you're in the ballpark. I'm not kidding. Of course, it doesn't sound anything like the Fab Four, but the ambition and accomplishment are similar. If anything, I prefer Clube da Esquina 2 to any Beatles album I know of (yes, including Sgt. Pepper). This would be one of my desert island discs. A masterpiece. Strong words, yes, but that's how I feel. One disclaimer: like all opinions of music, this is about taste, not fact. You may or may not like this record. But if you're one of the ones who like it, it will become a treasured discovery that you'll listen to repeatedly.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Confident and Self Assured, February 10, 2003

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"tommybones2" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clube Da Esquina 2 (Audio CD)

Clube Da Esquina 2 is the final entry from Milton's peak years. It is a portrait of an artist that has realized his potential and now enjoys the view from the great height he has achieved. It isn't quite as adventurous as much of his earlier peak period albums, like the first Clube Da Esquina, his masterpiece...or Geraes, instead it's the work of a man with nothing left to prove, a confident and self assured addition to the Milton Nascimento legacy. A very worthy purchase.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you modern music industry for the lack of originality!, August 1, 2011

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debonair (3rd Rock, Milky Way) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clube Da Esquina 2 (Audio CD)

Were it not for the absolute absence of experimentation in modern popular, mainstream music, I would never have found this gem.Sure there are exceptions, with artists like Radiohead and Bjork, but not enough for the music addict. The hunger strikes my ears started each time I turned on FM radio drove me to seek out diamonds like Clube Da Esquina 2. I bought the first Clube Da Esquina and was floored by how many times I had heard its songs covered by other Brazilian artists and European lounge musicians. I was curious. How did Club 2 compare? Was it a continuation? A drive off a cliff? A reversal?

Coming originally from an awareness of just Antonio Carlos Jobim, I had no concept that this type of music existed in Brazil. Like the first Clube, on Clube 2, you can hear artists producing music for the sheer beauty. Right now, I am listening to Paixão E Fe. Let me tell you. I can't even categorize that tune. It sounds like South American folk music with the tonality and harmonies that you would associate with a Bach Choral. Throw in the sound intensity of the Brazilian variant of Portuguese and you get something that would stop you warm in your tracks by pulling at your heart and soul. The strings, the guitars, Milton's vocals, the backup singers. My goodness. Just sheer beauty. I am literally listening to Nascente as I write this, drinking in the two lead vocalists, and I can understand in my soul everything they are saying. There is this other worldly sophistication to the music, kind of like the feeling I got when listening to some of David Bowie's Space Oddity. You know how the Romance languages like French and Spanish each have a distinctive song voice? French with the burning seduction. Spanish with the fiery passion. Portuguese with a poignant sincerity. I can hear it.

I only give 5 star ratings to music that I really feel makes me somehow better, just from having listened to it. I hear what is possible in music. And the heights to which music can take you. This is as sophisticated as anything the West has produced.