# The best Chico Buarque albums

Chico's albums rated highest by critics and listeners, led by Construção, the third greatest Brazilian album for Rolling Stone.

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## Top 16

1. **Construção** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. Arrangements by Rogério Duprat and veiled criticism of the dictatorship.
2. **Meus Caros Amigos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1976. With "O Que Será" and "Mulheres de Atenas".
3. **Chico Buarque de Hollanda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1966. His debut, with "A Banda".
4. **Chico Buarque (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1978. The album of "Cálice" and "Apesar de Você", finally cleared by the censors.
5. **Sinal Fechado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1974. Only songs by other writers, to dodge censorship.
6. **Chico Buarque de Hollanda – Volume 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967. The samba and lyricism of his second album.
7. **Chico Canta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. The songs from the banned play Calabar.
8. **Vida** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1980. A mature album with "Bastidores".
9. **Almanaque** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Everyday chronicles set to samba.
10. **Ópera do Malandro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. The songs from his Brecht-inspired play.
11. **Paratodos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1993. A tribute to the masters of Brazilian music.
12. **Chico Buarque de Hollanda – Volume 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. The last one before his exile in Italy.
13. **Francisco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987. With the orchestrated "Estação Derradeira".
14. **As Cidades** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. Songs of travel and memory.
15. **Caravanas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. A return to recording at 73.
16. **Carioca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2006. Rio de Janeiro as a character.

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