# The greatest Brazilian music albums

The top 20 of Rolling Stone Brasil's 100 greatest albums of Brazilian music, voted by journalists, musicians and producers, with Acabou Chorare at the top.

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## Top 20

1. **Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis — Various** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1968. The Tropicália manifesto album, with Caetano, Gil, Gal, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes and arrangements by Rogério Duprat.
2. **Clube da Esquina — Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1972. The sound of Minas Gerais, with 'Cais' and 'Trem Azul'.
3. **Cartola — Cartola** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1976. The Mangueira master, with 'O Mundo É um Moinho' and 'As Rosas Não Falam'.
4. **Chega de Saudade — João Gilberto** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1959. The album that invented bossa nova, arranged by Tom Jobim.
5. **Secos & Molhados — Secos & Molhados** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1973. A made-up Ney Matogrosso and 'Sangue Latino'; it sold over a million copies.
6. **A Tábua de Esmeralda — Jorge Ben** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1974. Alchemy, samba-rock and 'Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando'.
7. **Os Mutantes — Os Mutantes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1968. Rita Lee and the Baptista brothers; Brazilian psychedelia with 'Panis et Circenses'.
8. **Elis & Tom — Elis Regina and Tom Jobim** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1974. Recorded in Los Angeles, with the definitive version of 'Águas de Março'.
9. **Sobrevivendo no Inferno — Racionais MC's** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997. Rap from São Paulo's outskirts; it became required reading for the Unicamp entrance exam.
10. **Racional — Tim Maia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1975. Soul and funk from the period when Tim Maia joined the Universo em Desencanto sect.
11. **Acabou Chorare — Novos Baianos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. Samba, choro and rock under João Gilberto's influence; number one on the list.
12. **Construção — Chico Buarque** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. The title track in proparoxytone verses and 'Deus lhe pague', at the height of the dictatorship.
13. **Transa — Caetano Veloso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. Recorded in exile in London, in English and Portuguese.
14. **Da Lama ao Caos — Chico Science & Nação Zumbi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1994. Maracatu, hip-hop and rock: the manifesto of Recife's manguebeat.
15. **Samba Esquema Novo — Jorge Ben** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. Jorge Ben's debut, with 'Mas Que Nada'.
16. **Fruto Proibido — Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1975. Brazilian rock with 'Ovelha Negra'.
17. **Afrociberdelia — Chico Science & Nação Zumbi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. The second and last album with Chico Science, who died in 1997.
18. **Cabeça Dinossauro — Titãs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. Punk and rock against the Church, the police and the State, with 'Polícia' and 'Bichos Escrotos'.
19. **Fa-Tal — Gal a Todo Vapor — Gal Costa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. The live show that made Gal a symbol of the counterculture.
20. **Krig-ha, Bandolo! — Raul Seixas** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1973. The solo debut of the 'beautiful madman', with 'Ouro de Tolo' and 'Metamorfose Ambulante'.

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