Lô Borges - s/t (1972)

About 6,000 miles south-east of Shuggie Otis, another incredibly talented musician barely out of his teens was involved in two great albums in 1972.  First was the Clube Da Esquina double-album with Milton Nascimento (see below); and then whilst it was being put together, Lô Borges was also asked by the label to make a solo album.

This was the result: with 15 tracks in a half-hour runtime, quickly made with songs written and recorded the same day, Borges' solo debut covers a mind-boggling variety of songwriting hooks and great guitar playing.  "Disco do tênis", as it would become informally known due to the shoes on the cover, squeezes in inspired moments in the very model of economy - even the 37-second track that ends Side 1 packs in a neat harpsichord part and a tempo change.

Much of the material is cut from the same Beatlesque cloth as Clube Da Esquina, including three instrumentals, making this album an every-bit-as-good overspill from its legendary parent project.  An essential MPB classic.

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Previously posted at SGTG:
Clube Da Esquina
Clube Da Esquina 2