AMG Review of Chico Buarque de Hollanda, No. 4

Alvaro Neder
All Music Guide

This is the CD reissue of the fifth LP by Chico Buarque (including the album recorded in Italy). He had just returned from his one-year stay in Europe, and had many things to say. The album featured a number of immortal classics, including splendid samba renditions of "Essa Moça Tá Diferente," "Agora Falando Sério," "Gente Humilde," "Rosa Dos Ventos," and "Samba e Amor," along with other wonderful songs that, although perhaps not achieving a suitably high level of recognition, constituted special moments in music and poetry nonetheless. MPB-4 made a special appearance in "Tema de 'Os Inconfidentes.'"