particularly attractive, and believed "Apareceu Aparecida" features the album's most appealing hook. He also found Trio Mocotó incomparable in their performance and the album elegant and exquisite overall, but added that Ben's nasally singing on "Terezinha" sounded unusual and the string section was given slightly too much emphasis on "Mulher Brasileira". Less enthusiastic about the album was Stylus Magazines Mike Powell, who said it has "a kind of aesthetic gentility" that characterizes Brazilian music and polarizes its listeners. Powell added that, while his cavil may be silly, Fôrça Bruta remains "demure samba-rock laced with sliding strings, an agreeable, samey atmosphere, no strife on the horizon". According to Peter Shapiro, it may be "too dainty" or not adventurous enough for some listeners, lacking the stylistically eclectic abandon of other Tropicália music. But in his appraisal in The Wire, he judged the album to be "something of a minor masterpiece of textural contrast" and "a stone cold classic of Brazilian modernism", representative of the country's flair for "weaving beguiling syncretic music from practically any cloth". After discovering Ben's music in 2009, indie rock musician Andrew Bird wrote in a guest column for Time that Fôrça Bruta is a classic of "raw and soulful Tropicália" and observed in Ben's singing a "pleading quality" that projects a simultaneous sense of melancholy and delight. Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff also listened to it while making her band's 2017 album The Navigator, later citing Fôrça Brutas string arrangements as an influence on her "cinematic" approach to the album's lyrics. Track listing All songs were composed by Jorge Ben. Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Jorge Ben – guitar, vocals Trio Mocotó Fritz Escovão – cuíca Nereu Gargalo – percussion Jõao Parahyba – drums Production Ari Carvalhaes – engineering Manoel Barenbein – production Chris Kalis – reissue production João Kibelkstis – engineering João Moreira – engineering Charts See also 1970s in Latin music Cinematic soul Jovem Guarda Music of Brazil Postmodern music References Bibliography Further reading An essay on Jorge Ben and Fôrça Bruta. An essay on the album's fifth track, "Pulo, Pulo". An essay on the first track, "Oba, Lá Vem Ela". External links 1970 albums 1970s in Latin music Jorge Ben albums Philips Records albums Tropicália albums