roberto carlos [1979]

album rating: ★★★★★

Genre

Latin pop and romantic ballad. The album follows the format Carlos had refined throughout the 1970s: an annual December release combining original compositions with cover versions.

Release

Released in December 1979 by CBS Records, in both Portuguese and Spanish-language versions. Known popularly as Meu Querido, Meu Velho, Meu Amigo, after the album's most celebrated track.

Production

Produced by Roberto Carlos. The majority of the compositions were written or co-written by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos, his longtime creative partner. Recorded at CBS Studios, New York City; Filmways/Heider Studios, Los Angeles; and A&M Studios, Los Angeles.

Reception

The album sold approximately 200,000 copies in Brazil — a strong figure for the period — and performed well across Latin America. The track "Meu Querido, Meu Velho, Meu Amigo," co-written by Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos as a tribute to old friendship, became one of the most beloved songs in the Brazilian popular music canon, recorded by dozens of artists and adopted as an anthem for Father's Day across the Portuguese-speaking world. 

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos Braga (born April 19, 1941, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist widely known as "O Rei" — The King — regarded as one of the most successful Latin music artists of all time. He rose to prominence in the 1960s as a leader of the Jovem Guarda movement alongside Erasmo Carlos and Wanderléa, transforming Brazilian pop with a rock and roll-derived sound. From the late 1960s onward he evolved into a romantic balladeer of pan-Latin reach, releasing an album every December from 1967 to 1996 without interruption. He has sold over 120 million records worldwide, accumulated over 100 gold and platinum discs, and placed three songs at number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. His accolades include a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for Roberto Carlos 1988, the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2004), the Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), and the title of Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year (2015). His 1965 and 1971 self-titled albums are both inductees of the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame.

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me conte a sua história

desabafo

desahogo

desabafo, spanish version

meu querido, meu velho, meu amigo

roberto carlos [1982]

album rating: ★★★☆☆

Genre: MPB / romantic pop / ballad / popular song. Roberto Carlos [1982] is the twenty-fifth studio album by Roberto Carlos, released by CBS on 5 December 1982. It occupies a special place in his discography for one historically significant reason: 'Amiga' — the opening track, written by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos — marked the first time a Brazilian MPB artist had participated in a Roberto Carlos studio album in Portuguese, that artist being the celebrated singer Maria Bethânia. The song is a beautifully constructed dialogue between two friends supporting each other through heartbreak; Bethânia's distinctive dramatic voice provides a powerful counterpoint to Roberto's warmer tenor. The Música do Brasil blog notes that the duet caused a sensation in Brazil for bridging two musical worlds that had historically remained separate — Roberto Carlos's mass-market romantic pop and the more artistically serious universe of MPB. The album also includes 'Fera Ferida' (Roberto and Erasmo Carlos) — one of his most celebrated songs of the decade, a raw account of emotional devastation — and 'Meus Amores da Televisão', a playful declaration of infatuation with television actresses, arranged in a country style by the American arranger Jimmy Wisner. 'Fim de Semana' depicts a separated father making the most of weekends with his children. Other tracks include 'Coisas Que Não Se Esquece', 'Pensamentos', 'Quantos Momentos Bonitos', 'Como É Possível', 'Recordações' and 'Como Foi...', with Erasmo Carlos as co-author of most tracks.

Label: CBS (Brazil / international), released 5 December 1982.

Producer: Not individually specified in publicly available sources. Roberto Carlos's albums of this period were produced under his direct creative supervision in Brazil, with arrangements by Jimmy Wisner (tracks including 'Meus Amores da Televisão' and 'Fim de Semana') and Lincoln Olivetti ('Fera Ferida'), among others.

Recording studio: Not individually specified in publicly available sources; recorded in Brazil.

Critical reception: Roberto Carlos [1982] was received as a strong entry in his annual release series, with the duet 'Amiga' with Maria Bethânia attracting particular attention as a cultural event. The Música do Brasil blog called 'Fera Ferida' one of his most powerful songs and highlighted 'Meus Amores da Televisão' as 'animada' (lively) and distinctive.

Commercial success: Like virtually all Roberto Carlos annual albums of the period, the 1982 record was a major commercial success in Brazil and in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking markets. A Spanish-language version was released in several markets, with 'Amiga' featuring Ana Belén instead of Maria Bethânia, with arrangement by Charles Calello. Roberto Carlos has sold over 140 million albums worldwide during his career.

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fera ferida

off-album tracks

fiera herida

fera ferida, spanish version, 1983

a partir desse instante

from the 1983 album

roberto carlos em ritmo de aventura

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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quando

roberto carlos [1976]

album rating: ★★★★☆

a) Genre

MPB / Romantic pop / Brazilian pop. The 1976 self-titled album — identified by fans as the '1976' Roberto Carlos to distinguish it from the many other eponymous releases in his discography — represents Roberto Carlos at the peak of his romantic maturity: a broadly accessible, polished Brazilian popular song record featuring lush orchestral arrangements, a more cosmopolitan harmonic palette than his earlier work, and a repertoire that ranges across love, faith, and existential reflection. The album's broader sonic palette — described by one music blog as sounding like 'romanticism with an international passport' — reflects the first instance of Carlos recording extensively outside Brazil.

b) Release

Original release: CBS Records Brazil (Brazil, 1976; catalogue 230015, vinyl LP), phonographic copyright ℗ 1976 CBS. The album was also released in Spain and in Spanish-language markets under CBS's international network. This was the first Roberto Carlos album to sell one million copies in Brazil, making it a landmark in Brazilian phonographic history. A CD reissue appeared in later decades through Sony Music Brazil (successor to CBS), and the album is available on digital streaming platforms as part of the Sony/Columbia Latin catalogue.

c) Production

Production of Roberto Carlos's 1970s albums was handled by Evandro Ribeiro, who served as CBS Brazil's house producer and musical director throughout this era and oversaw recording logistics for Carlos throughout that decade. As was consistent with CBS Brazil's practice for Carlos's albums, no producer credit appeared prominently on the original cover or label. Musical arrangements were provided by multiple arrangers, consistent with Carlos's standard practice of working with a rotating pool of arranger-conductors. The album's songwriting is predominantly the result of Carlos's creative partnership with his long-standing collaborator Erasmo Carlos, supplemented by songs from other composers — reflecting the album's more eclectic and international songwriting reach.

d) Recording

The 1976 album was the first Roberto Carlos annual release to be recorded at least in part outside Brazil, sessions taking place abroad alongside complementary work at CBS's Rio de Janeiro facilities. This international recording approach contributed to the album's notably wider and more cosmopolitan sound. The precise external studio locations are not fully documented in available English-language sources.

e) Reception

Roberto Carlos (1976) was both a commercial triumph and a cultural landmark. It was the first album by any Brazilian artist to sell one million copies in Brazil, establishing a new benchmark for popular music in the country. As ChartMasters documents: after 1976, his albums were consistently selling over one million copies, with the following year's release reaching 2.2 million. The Portuguese-language contemporary music portal records that the 1976 album was the one where 'Roberto Carlos reaches, for the first time, the mark of one million records sold — something he had been pursuing for some time.' The album was judged at the time to show a mature and confident artist 'secure enough to take risks' and 'experimenting without losing his identity'. Rate Your Music places it at approximately number 1,668 among the best albums of 1976.

Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos Braga (born 19 April 1941, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality, universally known as 'O Rei' (The King) — a title he shares, in popular Brazilian culture, only with football legend Pelé. He lost the lower part of his right leg in a train accident at the age of six, subsequently using a prosthesis throughout his life and career. He made his television debut in 1957 and released his first LP, Louco por Você, in 1961 on CBS. From 1965 onwards he co-hosted the enormously influential TV Record programme Jovem Guarda alongside Erasmo Carlos and Wanderléa, becoming the first idol of Brazilian youth pop culture and a pivotal figure in the country's equivalent of the Beat generation. In 1968 he became the only Brazilian ever to win the San Remo Festival in Italy, with the song 'Canzone per Te' (composed by Sergio Endrigo and Sergio Bardotti). As the 1970s progressed he shifted definitively into romantic ballad territory, developing a series of deeply emotional songs — primarily written with Erasmo Carlos — that became the soundtrack of Brazilian social and private life. He has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, making him one of the bestselling recording artists of all time and, by some estimates, the biggest-selling artist in history relative to his domestic market. He has won the Grammy Latino Lifetime Achievement Award. Roberto Carlos protects his private archive rigorously: he has blocked streaming of several albums, prevents reissues, and has reportedly purchased and destroyed master tapes of recordings he is unhappy with.

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um jeito estúpido de te amar

o portão 

from the 1974 album

roberto carlos [1971]

album rating: ★★★★☆

detalhes

track rating: ★★★★★

roberto carlos [1977]

album rating: ★★★★☆

amigo

track rating: ★★★★★

outra vez

track rating: ★★★★★

roberto carlos [1978]

café da manhãa