Fôrça Bruta (Brute Force) is the seventh studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and

guitarist Jorge Ben, recorded with the Trio Mocotó band (pictured) and released by Philips
Records in September 1970. It introduced an acoustic samba-based music that was mellower,
moodier, and less ornate than Ben's preceding work. In a largely unrehearsed nighttime recording
session, the singer improvised and experimented with unconventional rhythmic arrangements,
musical techniques, and elements of soul, funk, and rock. Ben's lyrics explored themes of
romantic passion, melancholy, sensuality, and—in a departure from the carefree sensibility of
past releases—identity politicsand elements of postmodernism. A commercial and critical
success, Fôrça Bruta established Ben as a leading artist in Brazil's Tropicália movement and
pioneered a sound later known as samba rock. The album's first American release came in 2007,
the same year that Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 61st greatest Brazilian music record.
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Fôrça Bruta (Brute Force) is the seventh studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and
guitarist Jorge Ben, recorded with the Trio Mocotó band (pictured) and released by Philips
Records in September 1970. It introduced an acoustic samba-based music that was mellower,
moodier, and less ornate than Ben's preceding work. In a largely unrehearsed nighttime recording
session, the singer improvised and experimented with unconventional rhythmic arrangements,
musical techniques, and elements of soul, funk, and rock. Ben's lyrics explored themes of
romantic passion, melancholy, sensuality, and—in a departure from the carefree sensibility of
past releases—identity politicsand elements of postmodernism. A commercial and critical
success, Fôrça Bruta established Ben as a leading artist in Brazil's Tropicália movement and
pioneered a sound later known as samba rock. The album's first American release came in 2007,
the same year that Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 61st greatest Brazilian music record.
(Full article...) Fôrça Bruta (Brute Force) is the seventh studio album by Brazilian singer-
songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben, recorded with the Trio Mocotó band (pictured) and released
by Philips Records in September 1970. It introduced an acoustic samba-based music that was
mellower, moodier, and less ornate than Ben's preceding work. In a largely unrehearsed
nighttime recording session, the singer improvised and experimented with unconventional
rhythmic arrangements, musical techniques, and elements of soul, funk, and rock. Ben's lyrics
explored themes of romantic passion, melancholy, sensuality, and—in a departure from the
carefree sensibility of past releases—identity politicsand elements of postmodernism. A
commercial and critical success, Fôrça Bruta established Ben as a leading artist in
Brazil's Tropicália movement and pioneered a sound later known as samba rock. The album's
first American release came in 2007, the same year that Rolling Stone Brasil named it the 61st
greatest Brazilian music record. (Full article...)