Estudando o Pagode
by Tom Zé
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 52
  3. Negative: 6 out of 52

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  1. [Anonymous]
    May 20, 2006
    0
    This has to be the most irritating music I have heard in a long time. Make you have heard it before you part with your cash. Try Ojos de Brujo to see how it really should be done.
  2. DaveA
    May 27, 2006
    0
    Are these critics serious? This music sucks.
  3. FelipeP
    Jul 3, 2006
    10
    Tom Zé with his 70´s years old, continuous to make good and innovating music, this album is a little resume of what he can do. Brilllhant Album, Genious artist, Certanly is one of the best records of the year until now. I Recommend to all, to the young to the Adult people. Fantastic! 10 with grace.
  4. JanieD
    Jul 5, 2006
    10
    the best album!!!!!! we love Tom!!!!!
  5. RodrigoM
    Dec 31, 2006
    10
    Tom Ze can be both popular and classic; experimental and harmonious; raise social criticism and be unexpectedly romantic. He always have briliant concepts which are translated into the best brazilian music. Pagode is his best ever cd. Genius!
  6. Justin
    Jun 1, 2006
    9
    Don't listen to the anonymous commentator that called this irritating: there are catchy melodies galore! Are there occassional bizzare noises (i.e. loud orgasms)? Absolutely. But given that the album is a rock opera about sexism, such things are to be expected. This music "sucks"? Hardly. It's absolutely amazing music that overflows with wonderful melodic ideas and important Don't listen to the anonymous commentator that called this irritating: there are catchy melodies galore! Are there occassional bizzare noises (i.e. loud orgasms)? Absolutely. But given that the album is a rock opera about sexism, such things are to be expected. This music "sucks"? Hardly. It's absolutely amazing music that overflows with wonderful melodic ideas and important social points. If it's too challenging for YOUR ears then tune out. For the rest of us who want something new in pop music, something that pushes boundaries and makes the listener an active participant in untangling the music, Tom Ze's new record is an absolute revelation and the best I've heard all year.… Expand
  7. NeilY
    Jun 2, 2006
    3
    i found this ablum to be incredibly irritating. i liked tom ze's music from the 70s, but despite all the acclaim this album's receiving, all i can hear are lazy hip-hop beats and screeching voices. maybe if i understood portuguese i'd like this better, but the atonality of the songs just annoys me.
  8. JohnK
    Jun 4, 2006
    10
    This album's getting no love, but it's really outstanding if you understand Tropicalia music AND hip hop, because it takes tropicalia to a new level; the melodies are beautiful, and though some voices are annoying (purposely to reflect different characters' traits) it's enchanting in its diversity and overall spectacular.
  9. JM
    Jun 5, 2006
    10
    It is quite an astounding album. One of the best of the year despite what some these reviews suggest. One that will still be appreciated 20 years down the line just like Tom's Tropicalia era music.
  10. AdrianeC
    Jul 1, 2006
    10
    Best Of 2006
  11. JúliaD
    Jul 3, 2006
    9
    the best album on the world!!! o/
  12. RafaelO
    Jul 4, 2006
    10
    Perfect!
  13. RobertS
    Jul 6, 2006
    10
    Fantastic! Tom Zé changed my life forever with his sound. He is Unique, nobody in the world make music like him. Estudando o Pagode is no doubt the best album of the Year, or maybe of the century. Another 70 years for this brillant and genius artist.
  14. AlessandraF
    Jul 9, 2006
    10
    Listening to Tom Zé can be very dangerous to boredom!
  15. PaulaG
    Jan 16, 2007
    10
    Tom Ze is a genious! I saw Pagode's concert last year in London and it was quite amazing!
  16. CarlosP
    Jun 29, 2006
    10
    !! Fantastic !! genius !!
  17. TóZ
    Jun 6, 2006
    9
    I guess this album is a good pretext to learn portuguese! It's lovely written and has a compelling rhythm structure. For instance, I believe it to be impossible to ignore the intelligent guitar riffs all the way through "Estudando o Pagode..." The lyrics are dense and, most of the time, educationally humorous, as Marianne M has already put it. So, pretty clever music indeed!
  18. CarlosL
    Jul 10, 2006
    10
    Best Brazilian Record of the last times!
  19. CamilaC
    Jul 2, 2006
    10
    Um grande artista no auge da sua criatividade
  20. JaksonK
    Jul 26, 2006
    10
    It´s just Tom Zé...
  21. RafaelE
    Jul 3, 2006
    10
    Que dizer do melhor compositor brasileiro.... adoro sua musica e sem duvida esse album é o melhor
  22. davew
    Jan 14, 2007
    8
    It's a great album, but it came out in August 2005...it is on a list for the best albums of 2006...
  23. AnselmoR.
    Sep 25, 2007
    10
    JUST PUSH AND PLAY.
  24. LeandroL
    Dec 19, 2006
    10
    The best!
  25. MarianneM
    Apr 18, 2006
    10
    Incredible assertions about men and women are sprinkled throughout 'Estudando..' without being preachy, just the way young Americans love to take-in social criticism. It's an incredibly youthful album in that way. Hip-hop, weird electronica, and samba all stitched together.
  26. BillyS.
    May 23, 2007
    6
    Really Tom Zé is a perfect Brazilian artist.

Awards & Rankings

10
#10 Best Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. AllMusic
    80
    To Ze's credit, the concept never overshadows the songs which, at their heart, are pop songs.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    A sprightly psych-pop disc overflowing with exquisite melodies and cooing female voices. [14 Apr 2006, p.86]
  3. Filter
    80
    He forges yet another new vision: one that involves psych rock, quirky funk and bossa nova as much as it does hip-hop and electronica. [#19, p.104]
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