''Antologia Acústica'' is an acoustic compilation album by

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian solo artist

Zé Ramalho Zé Ramalho (born José Ramalho Neto on October 3, 1949 – Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and performer. Zé Ramalho has collaborated with various major Brazilian musicians, including Vanusa, Geraldo Azevedo and A ...

. It was released in 1997, same year in which he released a 3-CD box set to celebrate 20 years of career. It went double-platinum and triple-platinum in 2005, with more than 750.000 copies sold.

Track listing

Disc 1

# "Avôhai" - 5:14 # "Chão de Giz" - 4:31 # "Beira-Mar" - 4:19 # "Vila do Sossego" - 3:30 # "Canção Agalopada" - 4:14 # "A Terceira Lâmina" - 3:51 # "Eternas Ondas" - 3:58 # "Garoto de Aluguel" (Taxi Boy) - 5:12 # "Táxi-Lunar" - 3:56 (Zé Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo,

Alceu Valença Alceu Valença (; born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. Alceu Valenca was born in the countryside of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance betwe ...

) # "Kryptônia" - 4:56

Disc 2

# "Frevo Mulher" - 4:38 # "Banquete de Signos" - 3:42 # "Força Verde" - 3:26 # "Admirável Gado Novo" - 5:04 # "Galope Rasante" - 3:57 # "Bicho de 7 Cabeças" - 4:21 (Zé Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo) # "Mulher Nova, Bonita e Carinhosa Faz o Homem Gemer Sem Sentir Dor" - 3:52 (Zé Ramalho, ) # "Pepitas de Fogo" - 3:10 # "Jardim das Acácias" - 4:57 # "Batendo na Porta do Céu" (

Knockin' on Heaven's Door "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film '' Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid''. Released as a single two months after the film's premiere, it became a worldwide hit, ...

) - 3:48 (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

, version by Zé Ramalho) All music by Zé Ramalho, except otherwise noted

Personnel

* Zé Ramalho -

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

* Geraldo Azevedo - Acoustic guitar on track 9 *

Roberto Frejat Roberto Frejat, better known as Frejat (born May 21, 1962) is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho. Frejat, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, is considered one of the most important people in the Brazilian Rock sc ...

- Acoustic guitar on track 2, 7 *

Arthur Maia Arthur Maia (9 April 1962 – 15 December 2018) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Maia played with musicians such as Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Lulu Santos and Ney Matogrosso. His compositions usually present a fusion of jazz, fu ...

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

on tracks 1, 3, 5, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19 * Chico Guedes - Bass guitar on track 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20 * Robertinho de Recife -

Arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...

on tracks 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

on track 1, 11,

twelve-string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 string (music), strings in six Course (music), courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lo ...

on track 4, 10,

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

on track 5, 9, 12, 17, twelve-string viola on track 13, 20, viola dobra on track 14,

portuguese guitar The Portuguese guitar (, ) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses of two strings. It is one of the few musical instruments that still uses watch-key or Preston tuners. It is iconically associated with t ...

on track 6, 18, acoustic guitar on track 8, 19 * -

Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

on track 5 * Renato Massa -

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on tracks 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 20 * João Firmino -

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18 * - Percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18 *

Dominguinhos José Domingos de Morais (12 February 1941 – 23 July 2013), better known as Dominguinhos, was a Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer. His principal musical influences were the music of Luiz Gonzaga, Forró and in general the music of th ...

Accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

on track 3, 6, 12, 14, 15, 17 * Luiz Antônio -

String arrangement The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard orchestra. In ...

on track 3,

Piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

on tracks 4, 7, 19,

Keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Mus ...

on tracks 8, 9, 10, 13, 19, 20, arrangement on track 10,

Ney The ney ( ; ) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 ye ...

on track 11,

Steel drum The steelpan (also known as a pan or steel drum) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago from Afro-Trinidadians. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. In 1992, the steelpan was declared Trinidad and Tobago’s national in ...

on track 18 * Toti Cavalcanti -

Flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

* Ricardo Rente -

Soprano Saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

* Roberta Little -

Choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

on tracks 4, 14, lead vocals on track 17, 20 * Lucy Louro - Choir on tracks 4, 14, 20 * Fábio Mondego - Choir on tracks 4, 14, 20 * Otto Guerra - Choir on tracks 4, 14, 20 * Otonelson - Choir on tracks 4, 14

References

1997 compilation albums Zé Ramalho albums Bertelsmann Music Group albums {{Brazil-album-stub