Brazil Classics 4: The Best Of Tom Zé - Massive Hits [Brazillian Blue Vinyl]

A cofounder of the tropicalista movement with , , et al., has faded into obscurity as his music becomes more and more experimental and eccentric. This is by far the best Brazilian recording I've ever heard (caveat emptor!), partly because of the gentleness of 's weirdness and partly because he sounds so Brazilian even as the other tropicalistas come to associate "avant-garde" with increasingly Pan American pop-soup. ~ Carl Hoyt