Zé Ramalho (album)

Zé Ramalho
Studio album by Zé Ramalho
Released	1978
Recorded	November/December 1977
Genre	MPB
Length	37:37 56:36 (Remastered version)
Label	Epic (CBS - Sony Music)
Producer	Carlos Alberto Sion
Zé Ramalho chronology
Paêbirú (1975) Zé Ramalho (1978) A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu (1980)

Zé Ramalho is the debut album (if Paêbirú is not taken into account) by the artist of same name. It features two great hits of his career: "Chão de Giz" and "Avôhai". Patrick Moraz, keyboardist of the band Yes, guest appeared in the track "Avôhai".^[1] The CD was re-released in 2003 with five bonus tracks.

"Avôhai" was composed as a tribute to Ramalho's grandfather, who adopted him after his father died by drowning two years after he was born.^[2][3] Ramalho said that inspiration for the song came after an experience with psilocybin mushrooms in a friend's farm. He looked at the sky and saw the "shadow of a gigantic spaceship", and a voice whispered "Avôhai" in his ear.^[2] He was in that farm for a college work.^[3] "Avôhai" comes from the words "Avô" (grandfather) and "Pai" (father).^[2][3] The song marked the first time he listened to his own work on the radio, when he was in a taxi.^[3]

In 2014, "Chão de Giz" was listed by ECAD as the tenth song with most live cover versions performed in that year.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Avôhai"	Zé Ramalho	4:57
2.	"Vila do Sossego" ("Village of Tranquility")	Zé Ramalho	3:54
3.	"Chão de Giz" ("Chalk Ground")	Zé Ramalho	4:45
4.	"A Noite Preta" ("The Black Night")	Alceu Valença, Lula Côrtes, Zé Ramalho	3:33
5.	"A Dança das Borboletas" ("The Butterflies' Dance")	Alceu Valença, Zé Ramalho	5:23
6.	"Bicho de 7 Cabeças" ("7-Headed Animal", an expression meaning a problem that is very difficult to solve)	Geraldo Azevedo, Zé Ramalho	2:24
7.	"Adeus Segunda-feira Cinzenta" ("Goodbye, Grey Monday")	Geraldo Azevedo, Zé Ramalho	4:43
8.	"Meninas de Albarã" ("Albarã Girls")	Zé Ramalho	4:34
9.	"Voa, Voa" ("Fly, Fly")	Zé Ramalho	3:10

Remastered version

Apart from all original tracks, the remastered version contains the following bonus tracks, all of them being acoustic guitar & voice versions:

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Avôhai"	Zé Ramalho	5:02
2.	"Chão de Giz" ("Chalk Ground")	Zé Ramalho	4:55
3.	"Bicho de 7 Cabeças" ("7-Headed Animal", an expression meaning a problem that is very difficult to solve)	Geraldo Azevedo, Zé Ramalho	2:30
4.	"Vila do Sossego" ("Village of Tranquility")	Zé Ramalho	3:54
5.	"Rato do Porto" ("Port Rat")	Zé Ramalho	2:40

Personnel

• Zé Ramalho – Acoustic guitar, viola, lead vocals.
• Gian Carlos Pareschini – Violin on "Vila do Sossego
• Lula Côrtes – Electric tricordia on "A Noite Preta"
• Lourenço Baeta – Flute on "Voa, Voa"
• Odaires Rosangela – Choir on "Voa, Voa"
• Sergio Dias Baptista - Lead Guitar on "A Danca das Borboletas"

References

1. Viagens Esotéricas no Sertão - Article at UFBA website
2. Küchler, Adriana (24 June 2012). "Zé e o fim do mundo" [Zé and the end of the world]. Folha de S.Paulo. Serafina (in Portuguese) (Rio de Janeiro): 26.
3. "Zé Ramalho relembra infância em passeio no Parque das Ruínas". Rede Globo. Rio de Janeiro: Grupo Globo. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
4. Cruz, Felipe Branco (26 January 2015). "Música mais tocada no Brasil, "Parabéns a Você" é cantada errado". UOL Música (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved 26 January 2015.