Boas musicas, podia ser melhor/ Not bad, but could be better
Billy Bongo | California, USA | 04/21/2001
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Please scroll down for an English translation of this review.Esta e uma excelente coletanea para as pessoas que gostam de algumas musicas do Capital, mas nao desejam comprar todas as gravacoes da banda. Das quatorze faixas, sete sao do primeiro LP da banda. As demais faixas vem dos LPs "Independencia"(2 faixas), "Voce nao precisa entender"(so uma faixa, o que e muito, ja que este foi um disco horrivel) e "Todos os Lados" (duas faixas, incluindo "Ficcao Cientifica", uma composicao de Renato Russo que nao foi gravada pela Legiao Urbana. As faixas restantes provavelmente sao do LP "Eletricidade" ou algum outro que nao conheco, ja que eu parei de gostar da banda nessa fase. Embora boa, esta coletanea nao e definitiva. Varias boas musicas do LP "Independencia" foram omitidas em favor do material (inferior, na minha opiniao) dos outros LPs. Mas, como eu mencionei, mais da metade das faixas sao da primeira fase e eu gosto mais das musicas boas que foram incluidas do que as que foram omitidas. Por isso acho que o CD vale a pena. E claro, como eu passei seis anos sem ouvir o Capital ate ter comprado este CD, eu aprecio as musicas mais ainda. Todavia, eu continuo achando que o Loro Jones nunca aprendeu a tocar guitarra.English version, translated by the reviewer:This is an excellent collection for people who like a few of Capital's songs but can't be bothered to get the complete discography. Of the fourteen tracks, seven are from their self-titled debut. The remaining tracks come from their following albums "Independencia" (two tracks), "Voce nao precisa entender"(One track, which is one too many, as this recording is a throwaway), and "Todos os Lados" (two tracks, including "Ficcao Cientifica", a song composed by Renato Russo, the late lead singer (and great songwriter/lyricist) of the band Legiao Urbana. Renato and his band never recorded this song, so the Capital Inicial recording is the definitive (actually, the only) version of it, which is unfortunate, as the interpretation is energetic but unremarkable). The remaining tracks come from the various records after this, including the LP "Eletricidade". I do not find anything remarkable about these songs, but they do help to remind me why I stopped buying the band's records around the time this album came out.Although Not bad, this collection is by no means the ultimate Capital Inicial collection. A few of the more listenable tracks from their second album "Indepencia" were omitted in favor of the (inferior, in my opinion) tracks from their later albums. As I mentioned, however, most of the tracks of the collection are from the band's first phase and I am more fond of the good songs that were included than the ones that were omitted. That's why I think this CD is worth it. I should also add that it had been six years since I last heard a Capital Inicial song, so I like the CD even more. While distance may make the heart grow fonder, I still think the band's guitarist, Loro Jones couldn't play decent guitar if his life depended on it. The guy's barely competent, at best, but fits well within the band's sound which, not coincidentally, is not very guitar heavy anyway."
