Estudando o Pagode - Tom Zé
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86 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings

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  • Summary: Experimental Brazilian artist Tom Ze, now nearing 70 years old, continues to challenge with this concept album about the struggles of women in a male-dominated world.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Spin
    100
    Unlike many rockers who cherish childlike ideals only to fall prey to amateurism or whimsy, Ze is aware that kids are both complex in their inventions and earnest in their intentions. [May 2006, p.93]
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  2. All Music Guide
    80
    To Ze's credit, the concept never overshadows the songs which, at their heart, are pop songs.
  3. Uncut
    80
    In Ze's hands Tropicalia is still a potent, living artistic force. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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  4. Blender
    80
    Folding in lean funk, tender arias and as many catchy tunes as West Side Story, Ze makes his cryptic polemic perfectly enticing. [Jul 2006, p.105]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
  1. AnselmoR.
    10
    JUST PUSH AND PLAY.
  2. davew
    8
    It's a great album, but it came out in August 2005...it is on a list for the best albums of 2006...
  3. BillyS.
    6
    Really Tom Zé is a perfect Brazilian artist.
  4. NeilY
    3
    i found this ablum to be incredibly irritating. i liked tom ze's music from the 70s, but despite all the acclaim this album's receiving, all i can hear are lazy hip-hop beats and screeching voices. maybe if i understood portuguese i'd like this better, but the atonality of the songs just annoys me.… Expand

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