Construção is a studio album recorded by the Brazilian musician Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

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, in 1971. It represents a great change in the manner of his artistic style. He started to create his own musical style, although surely there is the influence of bossa nova

Bossa nova

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, as one can observe in the song 'Samba de Orly', composed with Toquinho

Toquinho

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 and Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

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.

Released during military dictatorship, the album is strongly critical of that kind of government, as one can see in Deus lhe pague, direct criticism to ditactorship, and Samba de Orly, on the exile of politicians and artist. In this work, Chico Buarque also criticizes the way of life of the Brazilian workers, comparing them to machines in two songs: Cotidiano and Construção.

The album features "Olha Maria", a bittersweet song of stunning beauty also recorded and performed by its cowriter Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

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 as well as Lee Ritenour

Lee Ritenour

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, Zimbo Trio

Zimbo Trio

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 and more. Construção ranks Number 3 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.

Track listing

#	|Title	Songwriters	Length
1.	"Deus lhe pague"	Chico Buarque	3:19
2.	"Cotidiano"	Chico Buarque	2:49
3.	"Desalento"	Chico Buarque, Vinicius de Moraes	2:48
4.	"Construção"	Chico Buarque	6:24
5.	"Cordão"	Chico Buarque	2:31
6.	"Olha Maria"	Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Chico Buarque	3:56
7.	"Samba de Orly"	Chico Buarque, Vinicius de Moraes, Toquinho	2:40
8.	"Valsinha"	Vinicius de Moraes, Chico Buarque	2:00
9.	"Minha história (Gesù Bambino)"	Dalla, Pallotino / Portuguese version: Chico Buarque	3:01
10.	"Acalanto"	Chico Buarque	1:38