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The magic of Milton at his very best

Jorge Squarzon | Argentina | 04/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is such a memorable record. Milton left us so impressed when this record came out. We were still trying to recover from his earlier masterpieces, like Minas and Geraes. It was a time when Milton had great musicians next to him, such as the dear Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, Novelli, and the rest of the gang from Minas Geraes. In later years, his group members were far less talented (as is the case of Ricardo Silveira, Rick Pantoja, Celso Fonseca, what a shame).
After all this years, it seems almost a miracle that from that corner of Brasil, so much great music was made. Milton's lyrics are also very powerful, always talking about friendship, children, the small town we almost always seem to leave behind. Like Neruda, perhaps, he makes the everyday sound unique in the best sense of the word.
Highly recommended."