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Clube da Esquina is a collaborative album by Brazilian musicians Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, released as a double album in March 1972 by EMI-Odeon Records. It was Nascimento's fifth studio album and Lô's first, after which the latter pursued a solo career. The duo recorded the album in November 1971 at Piratininga Beach in Niterói and Odeon Studios in Rio de Janeiro, where they collaborated with musicians from the eponymous musical collective, which they helped to establish. Musically, Clube da Esquina features a mixture of MPB, baroque pop, folk and jazz pop with elements of rock, psychedelia and classical music. Conceived at a time of political tension during Brazil's military dictatorship, it explores themes of friendship, liberty and youth. The cover, photographed by Carlos da Silva Assunção Filho, better known as Cafi, shows two boys, Cacau and Tonho, on a dirt road near Nova Friburgo, in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro, close to where Nascimento's adoptive parents lived. Clube da Esquina initially received negative reviews from contemporary Brazilian critics, who viewed it as "poor and disposable" and did not understand the album's mixture of genres and influences. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_d...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
