Vento De Maio

by Elis Regina

Vento De Maio cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 19 May 1998
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 35:00
  • Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This posthumous collection anthologizes the artist's legendary output from the late 1960s through the 1970s, prioritizing her collaborations with Milton Nascimento. The tracks demonstrate her unparalleled vocal range and her pivotal role in modernizing Brazilian popular music during the military dictatorship. It functions as a definitive retrospective of the artist's ability to blend regional samba-soul with sophisticated international jazz-pop arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: Sophisticated, Portuguese, Vocal Driven, Ballad

Tracklist

  1. Sai dessa (2:09)
  2. Rebento (5:12)
  3. Nova esta莽茫o (3:22)
  4. O medo de amar 茅 o medo de ser livre (4:23)
  5. Aprendendo a jogar (4:10)
  6. S贸 Deus 茅 quem sabe (3:55)
  7. O trem azul (4:30)
  8. Vento de maio (4:09)
  9. Calcanhar de Aquiles (3:10)

Credits

  • Elis Regina - primary artist
  • Guilherme Arantes - written-by
  • Gilberto Gil - written-by
  • Lo Borges - written-by
  • Ronaldo Bastos - written-by
  • Adoniran Barbosa - written-by
  • Luiz Guedes - written-by
  • Thomas Roth - written-by
  • Ana Terra - written-by
  • Natan Marques - written-by
  • Fernando Brant - written-by
  • Marcio Borges - written-by
  • Milton Nascimento - written-by

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