Eu Sou Todos Nós is the fourteenth studio album by Brazilian solo artist Zé Ramalho. It was released in 1998. The album cover is a composite of pictures of several people, forming the face of Zé Ramalho, which is an allusion to the album's title, "Eu Sou Todos Nós", which translates as "I Am All Of Us". It sold more than 100,000 copies in the first month[1] and it had reached the 190,000 mark by April of the next year.[2]
It succeeds the well-sold compilation Antologia Acústica. According to Ramalho, BMG would probably rather release an Antologia 2 of sorts, but the "natural sequence" for him was an album of new songs. In the contract with BMG, Ramalho managed to negotiate a three-album deal, including this effort, Nação Nordestina and Zé Ramalho Canta Raul Seixas - both of the latter already had their names defined at that time.[3]
The album features a protest song called "Sem Terra". Ramalho commented it: "Nowadays it is out of fashion, but if I had done it in the times of the military, I would have been arrested and tortured to the soul. I used the structure of the protest song, of the festivals. It is a dialogue with 'Caminhando', by Geraldo Vandré."[3]
"Agônico - O Canto" is a version with lyrics of an instrumental track named "Agônico" (named as such by Jorge Mautner) which was featured on Ramalho's sophomore album, A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu (1979).[4][5]
Track listing
All music is composed by Zé Ramalho, except where specified
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Falido Transalântico" (Broken Transatlantic; music by Marcus Vinícius)
3:01
2.
"Metrópolis Dourada" (Golden Metropolis)
2:38
3.
"Companheira de Alta Luz" (Companion of High Light; music by Ramalho and Fausto Nilo)
4:23
4.
"Beira-Mar - Capítulo Final" (Near The Sea - Final Chapter)
