Biography

Like many Brazilian baby-boomer musicians, Chico Buarque was enamored of the bossa nova sound personified by Joao Gilberto, and began his musical career by emulating it. However, when Brazil's political situation became turbulent, Buarque and peers like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil upped the musical ante with iconoclastic lyrics and increasingly complex melodic/harmonic structures. The style they created was known as Tropicalia, and though they were persecuted by the government as dissidents, their sound became hugely influential, both on Brazilian music and on subsequent generations of European and North American musicians. In addition to his music, the multi-talented Buarque is also known for his poetry, novels, and plays, and has made a long journey from pretty-boy pop idol to countercultural upstart to elder musical statesman.

Top Tracks

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• A Banda

• A Rita

• Atrás Da Porta

• Bárbara

• Brejo Da Cruz

• Bye, Bye Brasil

• Calice

• Cálice

• Construcao

• Cordao

• Cordão

• Corrente

• Cotidiano

• Deus Lhe Pague

• Ela Desatinou

• Essa Moça Tá Diferente

• Eu Te Amo

• Feijoada Completa

• Gente Humilde

• Iracema Voou

• Olha Maria

• Paratodos

• Partido Alto

• Quem Te Viu Quem Te Ve

• Quem Te Viu, Quem Te Vê

• Querido Diário

• Samba De Orly

• Samba E Amor

• Se Eu Soubesse

• Sem Voce

• Sinhá

• Tatuagem (tattoo)

• Tema De ''os Inconfidentes"

• Vai Passar

• Valsinha

• Você, Voce

Discography

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• Chico

  DRG / DRG Brazil

  2011

• Carioca

  Biscoito Fino

  2006

• O Sambista

  Universal International

  2000

• As Cidades

  RCA/BMG

  1999

• Ao Vivo [1999]

  Sony BMG

  1999

• Chico Buarque en Español

  Polygram

  1997

• Uma Palavra

  BMG International

  1997

• Convite Para Ouvir...

  Discmedi

  1992

• Ao Vivo Paris Le Zenith

  RCA

  1991

• Chico Buarque (Morros Dois Irmanos)

  BMG

  1991

• O Grande Circo Místico

  Daubas Música

  1983

• Vida

  Polygram

  1980

• Francisco

  Kardum

  1978

• Chico Buarque (Feijoada Completa)

  Polygram

  1978

• Meus Caros Amigos

  Emarcy

  1976

• Chico Canta

  Polygram

  1973

• Construção

  Philips / Polygram

  1971

• Chico Buarque de Hollanda, No. 4

  Polygram / Philips

  1970

• Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Vol. 2

  Discmedi

  1967

• Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Vol. 1

  Discmedi

  1966