ALÉM DAS LENDAS BRASILEIRAS

If there is a prolific country in South America, talking about progressive rock, it has to be Brazil, besides Argentina of course, if you are not familiar with prog scene in these countries, then you should go and get some stuff, believe me that they have had great bands and great albums as well, Os Mutantes, Sagrado Coracao among others are Brazilian bands that you should have a look, if you like them, then you might probably enjoy Terreno Baldio as well.

In 1977 Terreno Baldio released their second effort called "Alem das Lendas Brasileiras" which since the very first song has that traditional brazilian touch, which sometimes could be very pastoral and sometimes very happy like carnavalesque, obviously you will find a little touch of bossa nova througout the album.

Actually i think this album is very catchy and anyone could enjoy it, you can listen to it and not get bored, it is easy to dig and sometimes seems to be pretty, it has 9 songs and 34 minutes of lenght, a short album indeed, but very enjoyable. Terreno Baldio is a 5 member band with some guests in this album playing violin and cello, it is not the most beautiful gem that Brazil has given us, actually i think that it lakcs of some proggier songs, the complexity is not a word that fits in this album, there are very well written and arranged songs and that is why i like it, but bands like Sagrado or the nowadays bands like Arion, Haddad or Pocos e Nuvens have made more complex and proggier music. The lyrics are sung in Portuguese, a language that is a bit familiar to me and that i like, so that makes the album more listenable at least to me, the sound is very clean and the musicianship is excellent.

Some of the best moments are the very well oriented"Lobisonem", the great "Curupira" which has percussion and keyboards as main elements, the vocals sometimes sound a la Jon Anderson, so if you dont like his voice, then be careful with this.

After all this is a very nice, catchy and joyful album, very recommenadable to any follower of South American / Latin scene, Gentle Giant could have been a strong influence in this band, though some of this songs dont have the complexity tha GG does, 3 stars for me!

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