Música Popular Caiçara


Música Popular Caiçara is a live album by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr., released in CD, DVD and Blu-ray formats through Radar Records. Recorded during two gigs in 2011, one in Curitiba and the other in Santos, it was the band's first release since 2004's Tamo Aí na Atividade with original members Marcão and Champignon. Produced by Liminha and directed by KondZilla, the DVD and Blu-ray versions came out first, in 2012; the CD version was split in two volumes, the first of which was released concomitantly with the DVD and Blu-ray versions. The second volume was only released four years later, in 2016.
Work on the album initially began in early 2011, while Heitor Gomes was still a member and the band was signed to Sony Music; however, due to numerous technical issues, recordings were cancelled. Subsequently, they broke off with Sony and signed to Radar Records, who restarted the work from scratch now with Champignon and Marcão already on the line-up. It counts with guest appearances by Zeca Baleiro, Marcelo Falcão and Marcelo Nova.
The studio version of "Céu Azul", which appears in Vol. 1 as a bonus track, was included in the soundtracks of the telenovelas Balacobaco and Império. According to vocalist Chorão, he wrote it following his divorce from long-time wife and companion Graziela "Grazon" Gonçalves.

Critical reception

Anderson Nascimento of Galeria Musical gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Mauro Ferreira of blog Notas Musicais also gave it the same rating, calling it a release "filled with energy and authenticity".

Track listing

Volume 1 (2012)

Volume 2 (2016)

Personnel

; Charlie Brown Jr.
; Guest musicians