''Krig-ha, Bandolo!'' is the first solo album by the
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian singer
Raul Seixas
Raul Santos Seixas (; 28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989)allmusic Biography/ref> was a Brazilian rock composer, singer, songwriter and producer. He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza", the last one roughly transla ...
. It was released in
1973.
Background
The album's title refers to
Hal Foster
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's ''
Tarzan
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'' comic strips. In the comic, "Krig-ha, Bandolo" was one of Tarzan's war cries, meaning "Watch out, the enemy's near".
The album's opening track is a recording of a 9-year-old Raul Seixas singing to
Roy Brown's "
Good Rockin' Tonight". It was the first album of many with
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more books ...
as Seixas' songwriting partner, and includes some of Seixas' greatest hits, such as "Mosca na Sopa", "Metamorfose Ambulante", "Al Capone" and "Ouro de Tolo".
In 2007, the Brazilian version of ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'' chose ''Krig-ha, Bandolo!'' as the 12th best Brazilian album of all time. The magazine also voted "
Ouro de Tolo "Ouro de Tolo" (Fool's gold, in English) is a song by the Brazilian singer and composer Raul Seixas from his first solo album, '' Krig-ha, Bandolo!'' (1973). In 2009, it was chosen by ''Rolling Stone Brasil'' as the 16th best Brazilian song.
The na ...
" and "Metamorfose Ambulante", respectively, as the 16th and the 39th greatest Brazilian songs. In September 2012, it was elected by the audience of Radio Eldorado FM, of Estadão.com and Caderno C2+Música (both the latter belong to newspaper ''
O Estado de S. Paulo
''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to berliner on October 17, 2021.
It has t ...
'') as the fifth best Brazilian album ever.
Track listing
References
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1973 debut albums
Raul Seixas albums