Estudando o Pagode

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Estudando o Pagode
Studio album by Tom Zé
Released	August 9, 2005 April 20, 2006
Genre	MPB
Length	63:27
Label	Trama Records Luaka Bop
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link CMJ (favorable) link MetaCritic link Pitchfork (7.9/10) 19 Apr 2006 PopMatters (9/10) 9 Oct 2006 Stylus (A) 14 Apr 2006 Under the Radar (favorable) link
Tom Zé chronology
Imprensa Cantada (2003)	Estudando o Pagode (2006)

The title of Tom Zé's 2005 release, Estudando o Pagode, literally means "studying pagode". This album is a three act operetta about women and their relationship to men. Zé refers to the album as being masculinist in that "it calls man's attention to the huge disadvantage he has created in his present relationship with women."¹ As is common in Zé's music, this album incorporates novel sounds such as a braying donkey and those created from an instrument made out of ficus leaves.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ave Dor Maria" – 3:27
2. "Estúpido Rapaz" – 3:23
3. "Proposta de Amor" – 2:24
4. "Quero Pensar (A Muhler de Bath)" – 4:01
5. "Muhler Navio Negreiro" – 5:01
6. "Pagode-Enredo Dos Tempos Do Medo" – 4:10
7. "Canção de Nora (Casa de Bonecas)" – 1:47
8. "O Amor é Um Rock" – 4:14
9. "Duas Opinioes" – 4:46
10. "Elaeu" – 4:33
11. "Vibração Da Carne" – 3:38
12. "Para lá Do Pará" – 4:02
13. "Prazer Carnal" – 4:40
14. "Teatro (Dom Quixote)" – 4:52
15. "A Volta Do Trem das Onze (8.5 Milhões de km²)" – 5:06
16. "Beatles a Granel" – 3:23

[edit] References

1. Tangari, Joe. "Interview: Tom Zé", Pitchfork Media, 2006-10-31.