album rating: ★★★★☆
Genre: Brazilian rock / Jovem Guarda / iê-iê-iê / pop / romantic ballad. Em Ritmo de Aventura ('In the Rhythm of Adventure') is the seventh studio album by Roberto Carlos (born Roberto Carlos Braga, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, 19 April 1941), released by CBS Brazil in November 1967 as the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The album was produced by Evandro Ribeiro, with arrangements by José Pacheco Lins and Alexandre Gnattali (though these are not individually credited on the original pressing). It was recorded on 16–18 August 1967, with the exception of the opening track 'Eu Sou Terrível', recorded in October after Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos — whose friendship had been strained by professional disagreements — reconciled specifically to complete the track. Roberto Carlos was at the apex of his fame as the figurehead of the Jovem Guarda movement — the Brazilian rock and pop explosion of the mid-1960s, centred on the TV Record programme Jovem Guarda which he co-presented from 1965 with Erasmo Carlos and Wanderléa. The film Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura (1968, directed by Roberto Farias) was directly inspired by the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night and was a Brazilian popular cinema landmark: a production of exceptional ambition for the era, filmed in colour, that took its cameras from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to New York and Cape Kennedy, where the NASA granted permission — then unprecedented — to film at the launch towers. The plot sends Roberto, playing himself, on an adventure being chased by an international gang while making a film. The album's twelve tracks represent the definitive statement of Roberto Carlos's Jovem Guarda era. Notable among them are: 'Eu Sou Terrível' (Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos), his anthem of teenage arrogance and rebellion; 'Como É Grande o Meu Amor por Você' (Roberto Carlos), one of his most enduring romantic ballads; 'Por Isso Corro Demais', 'Quando' and 'De Que Vale Tudo Isso' — all composed by Roberto Carlos alone during the period of estrangement from Erasmo Carlos. The Apple Music editorial notes that 'few albums had so many iconic tracks', including 'the captivating Quando, one of the singer's trademarks.' The Rolling Stone Brasil ranked the album at number 24 in its list of the 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records.
Label: CBS Brazil (catalogue 37525), released November 1967. Originally issued in mono; a stereo edition followed approximately two months later.
Producer: Evandro Ribeiro. Arrangements: José Pacheco Lins and Alexandre Gnattali.
Recording studio: Not individually specified in publicly available sources; recorded in Brazil, 16–18 August 1967 (with 'Eu Sou Terrível' in October).
Critical reception: Em Ritmo de Aventura was universally acclaimed in Brazil as one of the definitive records of the Jovem Guarda era and one of the greatest Brazilian pop albums. The Música do Brasil blog describes it as the album in which 'some of the most potent poisoned romantic ballads of the Rei da Juventude emerge', noting that 'the rebellious image as in the anti-marriage rock Não É Papo pra Mim continues to be sold in parallel with the romantic juvenile sweetness.' The Apple Music editorial calls it 'the most representative album of Roberto Carlos during the Jovem Guarda era.' It was ranked 24th in Rolling Stone Brasil's 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records.
Commercial success: Em Ritmo de Aventura was a massive commercial success, entirely consistent with Roberto Carlos's dominant position in Brazilian popular music in the late 1960s. The film was one of the biggest box-office successes of Brazilian cinema of the era. Roberto Carlos has sold over 140 million albums worldwide during his career and is the best-selling Latin American artist of all time. He received a CBS 'Crystal Globe' award in 1982 for selling more than five million copies outside his country of origin.
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