Cicero Freire - Chamego No Salão from Pastel da Japonesa - Beverly (1987)
It's the 1980s... an era with production techniques unkind to many genres, including forró. The word "slick" is often applied when describing the production of 80s albums, but what actually makes a record slick is difficult to define. Many recordings from the 1970s are arguably as slick and equally professional to those created in the 1980s. Perhaps the rise of digital in the 1980s coupled with cheesy drum sounds, either from kits or pads, made the era particularly contemptible. Perhaps the massive snare drums that littered 80s productions contributed to this perception. However, don't assume that the entire decade is a write-off. Cicero Freire's LP is full of great songs. Although the production is suspect at points, songs like Chamego No Salão hold their own.
Cicero Freire - Chamego No Salão from Pastel da Japonesa - Beverly (1987)
It's the 1980s... an era with production techniques unkind to many genres, including forró. The word "slick" is often applied when describing the production of 80s albums, but what actually makes a record slick is difficult to define. Many recordings from the 1970s are arguably as slick and equally professional to those created in the 1980s. Perhaps the rise of digital in the 1980s coupled with cheesy drum sounds, either from kits or pads, made the era particularly contemptible. Perhaps the massive snare drums that littered 80s productions contributed to this perception. However, don't assume that the entire decade is a write-off. Cicero Freire's LP is full of great songs. Although the production is suspect at points, songs like Chamego No Salão hold their own.
Cicero Freire - Chamego No Salão from Pastel da Japonesa - Beverly (1987)
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