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I'd say Solta o Pavão is the most slept-on classic Ben album of at least several.

negro e lindo is the one from his ultra classic run that i've yet to add to my collection proper. the muhammad ali tribute is alltime.

i heard solta o pavão in passing once and when i was told what it was it just seemed like, "yeah this is predictably badass in that case." still haven't procured a copy of it, for whatever reason.

i love jorge ben so much, i would fall to pieces if i ever saw him perform live

I saw him live in London in the early 00s. A few times he did that medley thing where he appeared to think 'yeah I can chalk off a few favourites here', which to me sounded a bit cheesy and 'Las Vegas years'. But he was charming and it was of course amazing to see this icon on stage.

A few times he did that medley thing where he appeared to think 'yeah I can chalk off a few favourites here', which to me sounded a bit cheesy and 'Las Vegas years'.

That's a pretty good summary of the entire "10 Anos Depois" album. I thought it'd be fun too have all the jams on 1 record, but they don't do justice to the originals at all.

(for my money, Força Bruta is peak JB)

The hits set his audience want to hear [or what he thinks they want to hear] and the golden period in the late 60s/early 70s including Força Bruta, the self-titled one, A Tabua de Esmeralda, Solta.., etc seem to be two different worlds.

i love jorge ben so much, i would fall to pieces if i ever saw him perform live

I'd say Solta o Pavão is the most slept-on classic Ben album of at least several.

― Dexter Holland's Opus (Deflatormouse),

its got some heaters for sure, "cuidado com o bulldog", "para ouvir no radio", "dorothy" top my list

Never even heard of that one! Will have to give it a spin soon.