Clube da Esquina by Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
Released in: 1972
Genre: MPB
Released in: 1972
Genre: MPB

On a street corner in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, Milton Nascimento, the Borges Brothers, and others local artist friends started a sort of informal “club,” appropriately nicknamed the “Clube da Esquina” (Corner Club,) where they would talk, create, and play music. This double album is the culmination of their musical efforts, being widely considered one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time.

Being released while Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship and during the resulting westernization, the record borrows from a wide range of influences, from Chopin and the Beatles to samba and other Brazilian popular music, while also subtly using its lyrics to criticize the regime. The resulting sound is a beautiful, psychedelic, folk-infused pop trip.
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The title is a play on the “Entradas e Bandeiras” (Entries and Flags,) a term
referring to the early expeditions into colonial Brazil that sought to explore
the uncharted inland for gold and silver, as well as capture and enslave the
native populations.
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“Gabriela Cravo e Canela” (Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon) is a famous novel by Brazilian writer Jorge Amado. This song makes reference to the themes and imagery of the book, as well as Jorge Amado's body of work in general and the culture of his home state of Bahia.
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This song is a cover of a bolero composed by Carmelo Larrea, and is sung in Spanish. See footnote[1]for the source of this translation.
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Written for a theater play, “Os Convalescentes” (The Convalescent,) which features a fictional Latin-american country struck by a military coup.
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A brief intro to the next track.
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“Corner Club №1” was released on an earlier Milton Nascimento album, “Milton” (1970.)
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“Lilia” is the name of Milton Nascimento's adoptive mother.
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No relation to the Ozzy Osbourne classic. Perhaps a better translation is
“Crazy People Train.”
The title of this song refers to the train that used to ferry people to the
Barbacena Colonial Hospital, a psychiatric institution that became infamous
due to its inhuman treatment of its patients. This incident is referred to by
many as the “Brazilian Holocaust,” not only due to the obvious parallels
(the use of trains,) but also for the fact that many of the “patients” of the
hospital did not suffer from any mental disorders, but were instead simply
alcoholics, beggars, unwanted children, political enemies, homosexuals, etc.
It was thankfully shut down in the 80s and now functions as a museum.
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