Nação Nordestina

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Nação Nordestina
Nacao-nordestina.jpg
Studio album by
Zé Ramalho
Released2000
GenreMPB
Length81:18
LabelBMG
ProducerRobertinho de Recife
Zé Ramalho chronology
Eu Sou Todos Nós
(1998) 		Nação Nordestina
(2000) 		Zé Ramalho canta Raul Seixas
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]

Nação Nordestina is the fifteenth studio album and first double album by Brazilian solo artist Zé Ramalho. It was released in 2000. The cover art of the album is clearly based on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It is a concept album which tells the history of a traveller exploring the Northeastern Brazil.[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Intróito à nação" (Introduction to the Nation)Zé Ramalho2:46
2."O meu país" (My Country), , 4:58
3."Pra não dizer que não falei das flores" (Not To Say That I didn't Talk About The Flowers)Geraldo Vandré4:44
4."Lamento sertanejo" (Sertanejo Regret)Gilberto Gil, Dominguinhos4:01
5."Temporal" (Storm), 4:07
6."Seres alados" (Winged Beings)Zé Ramalho4:39
7."Beijo morte beijo" (Kiss Death Kiss), 4:23
8."Meninos do sertão" (Boys from the Sertão), 5:10
9."Ele disse" (He Said;
Includes portions of a Getúlio Vargas' speech on December 1, 1951, at the Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama)		3:12
10."Mourão voltado em questões" (Mourão Turned in Questions)Zé Ramalho4:10
11."Violando com Hermeto" (Violando with Hermeto
"Violando" is the present continuous form of the verb "Violar", which means lit. To acoustic guitar, but should be understood as "To play the acoustic guitar".)		Zé Ramalho3:24
12."Hino nordestino" (Northeastern Anthem)3:34
13."Bandeira desfraldada" (Unfurled Flag)4:51
14."Pau-de-arara"Luiz Gonzaga, 2:43
15."Amar quem eu já amei" (To Love Who I've Already Loved), 2:48
16."Garrote ferido" (Wounded Tourniquet)Zé Ramalho4:13
17."Paraí-ba"3:54
18."Eu vou pra lua" (I'm Going To The Moon), 2:58
19."Estes discos voadores me preocupam demais" (These Flying Saucers Make Me Too Upset)6:47
20."Digitado em poesia" (typographed in Poetry)Zé Ramalho3:56

Personnel[]

  • Zé Ramalho – Arrangement on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 viola on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 lead vocals on all tracks except for 11, acoustic guitar on track 3, ponteios on track 11
  • Elba Ramalho – Lead vocals on track 13
  • Ivete Sangalo – Lead vocals on track 15
  • Fagner – Lead vocals on track 16
  • Flávio José – Lead vocals on track 17
  • – Lead vocals on track 18
  • – Lead vocals on track 18
  • Naná Vasconcelos – Lead vocals on track 1, calabash on track 11, percussion on track 12
  • – Electric guitar on track 8
  • Pepeu Gomes – electric guitar on track 16
  • – Bass guitar on tracks 4, 8, 17
  • – Bass guitar on tracks 6, 9, 10, 15
  • – Bass guitar on track 16, 20
  • Cláudio Ribeiro – Bass guitar on track 18
  • – Percussion on track 4, 16
  • – Percussion on track 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, triangle on track 11
  • – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20 pandeiro on track 11
  • – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20
  • – Percussion on tracks 9, 14, 15, 17, 20 zabumba on track 11
  • – Triangle on track 18
  • Marcos Lopes – Agogô on track 18
  • – Pandeiro and on track 18
  • – Zabumba and ilú on track 18
  • – Flute on tracks 9, 13, saxophone on track 13, fifes on track 17
  • – Flute on track 18
  • – Rebec on track 10
  • Hermeto Pascoal – Melodica on track 11
  • – Cavaquinho on track 18
  • Dominguinhos – Accordion on tracks 4, 8, 14
  • – Accordion on tracks 5, 7, 12, 15, 16, 20
  • – Accordion on track 18, choir on track 10
  • Luiz Antônio – Arrangement on tracks 1, 8, 19 keyboard on tracks 1, 6, 19, bass guitar on tracks 12, 14
  • – Arrangement on track 1
  • Robertinho de Recife – Arrangement on tracks 3, 12, 13, 16, sampler on track 3, electric guitar on tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 20 vocalise on track 7, charango on track 7, sitar on track 13, on berimbau on track 10, cavaquinho on track 14
  • Armandinho – Baiana electric guitar on track 15
  • Léo Ortiz – Violin on track 13
  • – Violin on track 13
  • – Cello on track 13
  • – Viola on track 13
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10
  • – Choir on track 10

References[]

  1. ^ allmusic review
  2. ^ Texts about the album at Ramalho's official website
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