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Estudando o Pagode
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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

  • 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. Stylus Magazine
    100
    Pagode will probably be the best love album of the year (and maybe one of the best, period) because Zé has always understood that you can explore feelings without just expressing them.
  2. 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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  3. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    No other Brazilian composer defies cultural boundaries so eloquently.
  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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  5. Filter
    80
    He forges yet another new vision: one that involves psych rock, quirky funk and bossa nova as much as it does hip-hop and electronica. [#19, p.104]
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  6. Uncut
    80
    In Ze's hands Tropicalia is still a potent, living artistic force. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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  7. Rolling Stone
    70
    Its dizzying counterpoints, seductive crooning and orgasmic yelps will definitely heat up your next cocktail party.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
  1. JohnK
    Jun 4, 2006
    10
    This album's getting no love, but it's really outstanding if you understand Tropicalia music AND hip hop, because it takes This album's getting no love, but it's really outstanding if you understand Tropicalia music AND hip hop, because it takes tropicalia to a new level; the melodies are beautiful, and though some voices are annoying (purposely to reflect different characters' traits) it's enchanting in its diversity and overall spectacular.… Expand
  2. AnselmoR.
    Sep 25, 2007
    10
    JUST PUSH AND PLAY.
  4. AdrianeC
    Jul 1, 2006
    10
    Best Of 2006
  5. AlessandraF
    Jul 9, 2006
    10
    Listening to Tom Zé can be very dangerous to boredom!
  6. LeandroL
    Dec 19, 2006
    10
    The best!
  7. TóZ
    Jun 6, 2006
    9
    I guess this album is a good pretext to learn portuguese! It's lovely written and has a compelling rhythm structure. For instance, I I guess this album is a good pretext to learn portuguese! It's lovely written and has a compelling rhythm structure. For instance, I believe it to be impossible to ignore the intelligent guitar riffs all the way through "Estudando o Pagode..." The lyrics are dense and, most of the time, educationally humorous, as Marianne M has already put it. So, pretty clever music indeed!… Expand
  8. [Anonymous]
    May 20, 2006
    0
    This has to be the most irritating music I have heard in a long time. Make you have heard it before you part with your cash. Try Ojos de This has to be the most irritating music I have heard in a long time. Make you have heard it before you part with your cash. Try Ojos de Brujo to see how it really should be done.… Expand

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