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Per un pugno di samba
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Per un pugno di samba

Chico Buarque

Ennio Morricone's cinematic orchestrations meet Chico Buarque's Brazilian soul. A lush, melancholic record of samba sung entirely in Italian during political exile.

September 1970 · RCA Victor

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A sophisticated, cinematic melancholy that feels like a black-and-white film set in a rainy tropical city.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Rotativa
3:22
02
Samba e amore
3:50
03
Sogno di un carnevale
2:24
04
Lei no, lei sta ballando
3:05
05
Il nome di Maria
2:41
06
Funerale di un contadino
3:20
07
In te
3:04
08
Queste e quelle
3:36
09
Tu sei una di noi
2:54
10
Nicanor
3:09
11
In memoria di un congiurato
4:45
12
Ed ora dico sul serio
1:42
Moments Worth Listening For
The cinematic swell of strings on Rotativa that feels like a 1970s film opening
The stark, vulnerable transition into the final track where the poetry turns to a blunt refusal to sing
The interplay between the rhythmic samba guitar and the formal European woodwind arrangements on In Te
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

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Solitude+1.5σ

Solitude saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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