Carlos, ERASMO -

"The entire set was produced by Manoel Barenbein, rightly considered the Tropicália producer ... This program is easily [Carlos'] most provocative recording to date. Half of it comprises original material co-written with Roberto Carlos; the rest is by the hottest writers on the scene, including Vitor Martins, Taiguara, Marcos and Paulo Sérgio Valle, and Jorge Ben ... As wildly different as all these tracks are from one another, they create a foundation for the rest of the album. It never loses focus despite the wide variety of sounds and styles on offer ... The album confounded listeners and was a commercial flop. In the 21st century, it's regarded as a Brazilian rock classic. Even more, it may be Carlos' masterpiece".

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"A slight shift from Erasmo's 1970 effort, it was co-produced by Manoel Barenbein, who had helmed the landmark Tropicália album just a few years prior, and featured several of its backing musicians. "Carlos, ERASMO..". also included "De Noite Na Cama," written specifically for Erasmo by Veloso while still in exile. "Masculino, Feminino" is a beauty, a slow duet with the angelic-voiced Marisa Fossa that has the feel of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden - if there were red wine and Marlboro Lights. In "É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo", written with his old partner Roberto Carlos, Erasmo has drive and urgency in his voice: "But I'm ashamed/With the things I've seen/But I will not be silent/Accommodated in comfort/As so many out there." Meanwhile, "Agora Ninguém Chora Mais" is a Jorge Ben original that's reinvented as a driving, plugged-in, harmonized group chant: "The whole world cried/But now no one cries anymore/Cry more, cry more"".

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