Estudando o Pagode [Import]

Tom Ze | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Trama
• ASIN: B0009SPZU8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #912,832 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ave Dor Maria [Pagode Apandeirado]

2. Estúpido Rapaz [Pagó-Dueto]

3. Proposta de Amor [Pagode-Choro]

4. Quero Pensar (A Mulher de Bath) [Pagó-Dueto]

5. Mulher Navio Negreiro [Pagó-DeNúncia]

6. Pagode-Enredo Dos Tempos Do Medo [Pagó-Dueto]

7. Cançăo de Nora (Casa de Bonecas) [Pagode Simples]

8. O Amor é Um Rock [Pagode Alienado]

9. Duas Opiniőes [Pagé-Dueto]

10. Elaeu [Pagode-Chá-Chá-Chá]

11. Vibraçăo Da Carne [Pagode-Enredo]

12. Para lá Do Pará [Pagode Metafísico]

13. Prazer Carnal [Pago-Dueto]

14. Teatro (Dom Quixote) [Pagode Exaltaçăo]

15. A Volta Do Trem das Onze (8, 5 Milhőes de KM˛) [Pagode ŕ Adoniran]

16. Beatles a Granel [Pago-Dueto]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Tom Ze's latest opus, Estudando o Pagode, isn't just a musical journey. It's more an eclectic, expermental collage of sounds, thoughts, and feelings. The Brazilian song master has collected these musings into a purposeful, often artful, post-feminist operetta. Intense concentration is a must. The hour-long escapade is divided into three acts, each detailing situations that involve the mistreatment and repression of women. Ze incorporates soaring sopranos, chanting choruses, braying donkeys, and orgasmic moans into his musical framework, which is based on the improvisational pagode style. Amid so much conscious clatter, there are moments of surreal beauty: the quiet grace of "Duas Opinioes"; the celebratory groove of "Elaeu," which takes place during a Gay-Lesbian Pride Parade at the Vatican; and the swooning soulfulness of "Prazer Carnal," set at the U.N. building in New York. Ze has said he doesn't make art, he makes "spoken and sung journalism." His issues are important, to be sure, but you're unlikely to find a more artful, amusing and arresting piece of experimental theater anytime soon. --Joey Guerra --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

Tom Ze was the most daring of the founding members of Tropicalia, the political art and music movement that emerged from Brazil in the late 60's. Over-the-top pop bossa nova that transitioned into rock became the group's signature sound. Ze pursued catchy sambas rife with cleverly subversive lyrics and innovative instrumentation into the late 70's, expanding on his Dadaist ideas and experimenting with noise and homemade instruments. His fearlessness pushed him to the edge of obscurity until Luaka Bop released a "best of" Ze's recordings in the US in 1990, thereby reinvigorating interest in his music. This release is musically daring and danceable, with observations on human nature and sexual politics that are hilariously wry. The album has already been nominated for a Latin Grammy. "One of avant-pop's great musical minds..." - Entertainment Weekly. "...brilliantly bizarre, creative, and intellectual" - The Fader. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Fun, May 24, 2006

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Swineface (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Estudando O Pagode (Audio CD)

Tom Ze has lost none of his lively sense of fun over the years. Each track beautifully crafted and full of interest. The bold experimentation with layers of sound combined with traditional forms makes the album sound fresh each time I listen - which is often!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Great Great, January 8, 2011

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gordieorr (Moscow, Idaho USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Estudando O Pagode (Audio CD)

I disagree with the reviewers who state this CD is not a good place to start your Tom Ze collection. I enjoy it more than his earlier recordings, which are also great. "Pagode" is gorgeous, profound and accessible. It's wonderfully avant-garde pop that you can totally shake your bootie to. In fact, that's all i've done since purchasing this disc. FANTASTIC and deeply satisfying. And what a great theme for an Operetta! Wonderful booklet, too--I just wish i could read Portuguese. Mr. Ze easily earns every star available.

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Ze - phenomenal talent from Brazil, May 26, 2010

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peter H. calcott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Estudando O Pagode (Audio CD)

After watching a movie at the San Francisco Film Festivel several years back about Tom Ze, I was tempted to buy this and other CD's - phenomenal.