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Salve! This is another bonus episode of Brazuca Sounds!

This is the song today: "Acorda, Amor" by Chico Buarque from Sinal Fechado (1974)

Chico Buarque was so targeted by censorship in the mid-1970s that all lyrics he submitted for government approval were denied. He then decided to release an album with songs from his songwriter friends, and a mysterious newcomer among them named Julinho de Adelaide. Later was revealed that it was a Chico's pseudonym used to avoid censorship. It worked!

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