Chico Buarque (1978 album)

Chico Buarque
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1978
GenreMPB, samba
Length32:53
LabelPhonogram Inc./Philips Records
ProducerSérgio de Carvalho
Chico Buarque chronology
Gota d'água
(1977)
Chico Buarque
(1978)
Ópera do Malandro
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Chico Buarque, occasionally referred to as Samambaia, is an album by Chico Buarque, released on November 1978 through PolyGram.[2] The album includes hits such as "Cálice", "Pedaço De Mim" and "Apesar De Você", and features participations by several Brazilian artists, such as Milton Nascimento, Elba Ramalho, Marieta Severo and Zizi Possi.[1]

The album had 30,000 copies pre-ordered by record stores[3] and received a gold certification from the ABPD in 1979 for sales exceeding 150,000 copies.[4] According to the magazine Manchete on 15 March 1980, after the lifting of censorship on "Cálice", the album sold 700,000 copies in Brazil.[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feijoada Completa"Chico Buarque2:49
2."Cálice" (featuring Milton Nascimento)Buarque; Gilberto Gil4:00
3."Trocando Em Miúdos"Buarque; Francis Hime2:49
4."O Meu Amor" (featuring Elba Ramalho and Marieta Severo)Buarque4:00
5."Homenagem Ao Malandro"Buarque2:59
6."Até O Fim"Buarque2:23
7."Pedaço De Mim" (featuring Zizi Possi)Buarque3:14
8."Pivete"Buarque; Hime2:27
9."Pequeña Serenata Diurna"Silvio Rodríguez2:21
10."Tanto Mar"Buarque1:53
11."Apesar De Você"Buarque3:53
Total length:32:53

Personnel

According to Maria Luiza Kfouri and album's liner notes.[6]

  • Chico Buarque: vocals (except in "O meu amor") and acoustic guitar (in "Até o fim")
  • MPB-4: choir (in "Cálice" and "Apesar de você")
  • Quarteto em Cy: vocals (in "Apesar de você")
  • Francis Hime: piano (in "Feijoada completa", "Trocando em miúdos", "O meu amor", "Pivete" and "Pequenã serenata diurna")
  • Magro: piano (in "Cálice" and "Homenagem ao malandro")
  • Novelli: piano (in "Até o fim"), bass (in "Pedaço de mim" and "Pequenã serenata diurna") and percussion (in "Até o fim")
  • Milton Nascimento: piano (in "Pedaço de mim")
  • Manoel da Conceição (Mão de vaca): acoustic guitar (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Neco (Daudeth Azevedo): 7-string acoustic guitar (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Miltinho: acoustic guitar (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você")
  • Arthur Verocai: acoustic guitar (in "O meu amor")
  • Jorge Lima: acoustic guitar (in "O meu amor")
  • Nelson Angelo: acoustic guitar (in "Até o fim" and "Pedaço de mim")
  • Octávio Burnier Bonfá: acoustic guitar (in "Pivete")
  • Luiz Cláudio Ramos: guitar (in "Cálice", "Pequeña serenata diurna" and "Tanto mar") and viola (in "Tanto mar")
  • Bebeto (Adalberto José Castilho e Souza): bass (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro and "Apesar de você")
  • Luizão Maia: bass (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Beto Guedes: bass (in "Até o fim") and mandolin (in "Pedaço de mim")
  • Jorginho da Flauta (Jorge Ferreira da Silva): flute (in "Feijoada completa" and "Trocando em miúdos") and saxophone alto (in "Homenagem ao malandro")
  • Celso Woltzenlogel: flute (in "Trocando em miúdos", "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Copinha (Nicolino Cópia): flute (in "O meu amor")
  • Franklin Corrêa da Silva (Franklin da Flauta): flute (in "O meu amor" and "Tanto mar")
  • Márcio Montarroyos: trumpet (in "Feijoada completa", "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Formiga (José Pinto): trumpet (in "Pivete")
  • Netinho: clarinet (in "Feijoada completa") and saxophone soprano (in "Pequenã serenata diurna")
  • Jayme Araújo: clarinet (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Marko Rupe: clarinet (in "O meu amor" and "Homenagem ao malandro")
  • Raul de Barros: trombone (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Edmundo Maciel: trombone (in "O meu amor", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Pivete")
  • Jessé Sadoc do Nascimento: trombone (in "Pivete")
  • João Luiz Macial: trombone (in "Pivete")
  • Bijú (Moacir M. dos Santos): saxophone tenor (in "Homenagem ao malandro")
  • Mário Negrão: drums (in "Cálice", "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você")
  • Pedrinho: drums (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Chico Batera: drums (in "Até o fim") and percussion (in "O meu amor", "Até o fim" and "Pivete")
  • Enéas Costa: drums (in "Pequenã serenata diurna")
  • Ricardo Costa: drums (in "Tanto mar")
  • Alceu Maia: cavaquinho (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Doutor: repenique (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Elizeu Felix: tambourine (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Luna: tambourine (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Marçal (Nilton Delfino Marçal): tambourine (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Esdras Ferreira (Nenen): cuíca (in "Feijoada completa" and "Apesar de você")
  • Geraldo: whistle (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Gordinho (Antenor Marques Filho): surdo (in "Feijoada completa" and "Apesar de você")
  • Wilson Canegal: ganzá (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Wilson das Neves: snare drum (in "Feijoada completa") and agogô (in "Feijoada completa")
  • Armando Marçal (Marçalzinho): tambourine (in "Apesar de você")
  • Elias Ferreira: pandeiro (in "Homenagem ao malandro" and "Apesar de você")
  • Djalma Corrêa: percussion (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
  • Dom Chacal: percussion (in "O meu amor" and "Pivete")
Special guests

References

  1. ^ a b Jandovský, Philip (n.d.). "Chico Buarque (Feijoada Completa) – Chico Buarque". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  2. ^ Perrone, Charles A. (2022-05-19). Chico Buarque's First Chico Buarque. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-5013-7981-9.
  3. ^ "Chico, apesar de tudo". Jornal de Caxias (RS) (in Portuguese). 2 December 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ Israelis, Julius (2 June 1979). "Disco de ouro". Pioneiro (in Portuguese). p. 40. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ de Souza, Tárik (15 March 1980). "MPB-80 A abertura para o sucesso". Manchete (in Portuguese). p. 82. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. ^ Kfouri, Maria Luiza (n.d.). "Chico Buarque: Chico Buarque". Discos do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

Sources

  • Charles A. Perrone, Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989. Chapter 2.