List of Rolling Stone Brasil 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records

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The 100 greatest Brazilian music records list was chosen by voting held by the Rolling Stone Brasil magazine published in October 2007. [1]

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Election

The choice of the "100 greatest" was based on the sum of votes of 60 scholars, producers and Brazilian music journalists. Each of the voters chose 20 albums, in no order of preference, which according to Rolling Stone, should be based on criteria like "intrinsical artistic value and historical importance, that is, how much the album influenced other artists."

The list

List of Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records
NumberTitleYearArtists
1 Acabou Chorare 1972 Novos Baianos
2 Tropicalia ou Panis et Circencis 1968 Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Nara Leão, Torquato Neto, Capinam, Rogério Duprat
3 Construção 1971 Chico Buarque
4 Chega de Saudade 1959 João Gilberto
5 Secos & Molhados 1973 Secos & Molhados
6 A Tábua de Esmeralda 1974 Jorge Ben
7 Clube da Esquina 1972 Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
8 Cartola 1976 Cartola
9 Os Mutantes 1968 Os Mutantes
10 Transa 1972 Caetano Veloso
11 Elis & Tom 1974 Elis Regina and Tom Jobim
12 Krig-ha, Bandolo! 1973 Raul Seixas
13 Da Lama ao Caos 1994 Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
14 Sobrevivendo no Inferno 1997 Racionais MC's
15 Samba Esquema Novo 1963 Jorge Ben
16 Fruto Proibido 1975 Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti
17 Racional 1975 Tim Maia
18 Afrociberdelia 1996 Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
19 Cabeça Dinossauro 1986 Titãs
20 Fa-Tal - Gal A Todo Vapor 1971 Gal Costa
21 Dois 1986 Legião Urbana
22 A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado 1970 Os Mutantes
23 Coisas (Moacir Santos album) 1965 Moacir Santos
24 Roberto Carlos Em Ritmo de Aventura 1967 Roberto Carlos
25 Tim Maia 1970 Tim Maia
26 Expresso 2222 1972 Gilberto Gil
27 Nós Vamos Invadir sua Praia 1985 Ultraje a Rigor
28 Roberto Carlos 1971 Roberto Carlos
29 Os Afro-Sambas 1966 Baden Powell e Vinicius de Moraes
30 A Dança da Solidão 1972 Paulinho da Viola
31 Carlos, Erasmo 1971 Erasmo Carlos
32 Pérola Negra 1973 Luiz Melodia
33 Caymmi e Seu Violão 1959 Dorival Caymmi
34 Lóki? 1974 Arnaldo Baptista
35 Estudando o Samba 1976 Tom Zé
36 Falso Brilhante 1976 Elis Regina
37 Caetano Veloso 1968 Caetano Veloso
38 Maria Fumaça 1977 Banda Black Rio
39 Selvagem? 1986 Os Paralamas do Sucesso
40 Legião Urbana 1985 Legião Urbana
41 Meus Caros Amigos 1976 Chico Buarque
42 Bloco do Eu Sozinho 2001 Los Hermanos
43 Refazenda 1975 Gilberto Gil
44 Mutantes (album) 1969 Os Mutantes
45 Raimundos 1994 Raimundos
46 Chaos A.D. 1993 Sepultura
47 João Gilberto 1973 João Gilberto
48 As Aventuras da Blitz 1982 Blitz
49 Tim Maia Racional Vol 2 1976 Tim Maia
50Revolver 1975 Walter Franco
51 Clara Crocodilo 1980 Arrigo Barnabé
52 Cartola 1974 Cartola
53 Novo Aeon 1975 Raul Seixas
54 Refavela 1977 Gilberto Gil
55 Nervos de Aço 1973 Paulinho da Viola
56 Amoroso 1977 João Gilberto
57 Roots 1996 Sepultura
58 The Composer of Desafinado, Plays 1963 Tom Jobim
59 Canção do Amor Demais 1958 Elizeth Cardoso
60 Gil & Jorge: Ogum, Xangô 1975 Gilberto Gil e Jorge Ben
61 Fôrça Bruta 1970 Jorge Ben
62 MM 1989 Marisa Monte
63 Milagre dos Peixes 1973 Milton Nascimento
64 Show Opinião 1965 Nara Leão, João do Vale e Zé Kéti
65 Nelson Cavaquinho 1973 Nelson Cavaquinho
66 Cinema Transcendental 1979 Caetano Veloso
67 África Brasil 1976 Jorge Ben
68 Ventura 2003 Los Hermanos
69 Samba Esquema Noise 1994 Mundo Livre S/A
70 Getz/Gilberto 1963 João Gilberto, Stan Getz e Tom Jobim
71 Noel Rosa e Aracy de Almeida 1950 Aracy de Almeida
72 Jardim Elétrico 1971 Os Mutantes
73 Angela Ro Ro 1979 Angela Ro Ro
74 Õ Blésq Blom 1989 Titãs
75 Tim Maia 1971 Tim Maia
76 A Bad Donato 1970 João Donato
77 Canções Praieiras 1954 Dorival Caymmi
78 Gilberto Gil 1968 Gilberto Gil
79 Álibi 1978 Maria Bethânia
80 Gal Costa 1969 Gal Costa
81 Psicoacústica 1988 Ira!
82 O Inimitável 1968 Roberto Carlos
83 Matita Perê 1973 Tom Jobim
84 Qualquer Coisa/Jóia 1975 Caetano Veloso
85 Jovem Guarda 1965 Roberto Carlos
86 Beleléu, Leléu, Eu 1980 Itamar Assumpção e Banda Isca de Polícia
87 Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão 1994 Marisa Monte
88 Nada como um Dia após o Outro Dia 2002 Racionais MC's
89 Carnaval na Obra 1998 Mundo Livre S/A
90 Quem é Quem 1973 João Donato
91 Cantar 1974 Gal Costa
92 Wave 1967 Tom Jobim
93 Lado B Lado A 1999 O Rappa
94 Vivendo e Não Aprendendo 1986 Ira!
95 Doces Bárbaros 1976 Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil e Maria Bethânia
96 A Sétima Efervescência 1997 Jupiter Apple
97 Araçá Azul 1973 Caetano Veloso
98 Elis 1972 Elis Regina
99 Revoluções por Minuto 1985 RPM
100 Circense 1980 Egberto Gismonti

Statistics

Among the top 10, three albums were released in 1972, including the most voted Acabou Chorare , by the group Novos Baianos. Of the 25 best records, 14 were released in the 1970 decade. The artists with more than one record in the list are:

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