CHICO BUARQUE Vida (Limited Edition 2026 UK/EU 12-track LP pressed on Green Vinyl. Originally released in December 1980, Vida finds Chico Buarque at 36, in a period of lyrical and musical exuberance, revisiting songs already made famous by other artists - including "Bastidores," which had revived Cauby Peixoto's career, and "Morena de Angola," a hit for Clara Nunes - and reclaiming them as a formidable interpreter in his own right. The record arrived as Brazil edged toward redemocratisation, at a time when Buarque found himself less directly targeted by censorship than in previous years. The playful, dancehall samba "Deixa a Menina" folds in a feminist rejoinder to Geraldo Pereira's classic "Sem Compromisso," while the Cuban-inflected title track, composed for Marilena Ansaldi's play "Geni," offers a bittersweet meditation on mortality and love of life, set against Francis Hime's sublime orchestration. Vida represents the high point of Buarque's creative partnership with Hime, who arranged ten of the album's twelve tracks, bringing delicacy to "Mar e Lua" and "Qualquer Canção" and grandeur to "Fantasia." The Tom Jobim collaboration "Eu Te Amo," written for Arnaldo Jabor's film of the same name, features Jobim's own arrangement and piano. "Bye Bye Brasil," co-written with Roberto Menescal for Cacá Diegues' film, appears here in a bolero-inflected arrangement distinct from its funkier 1979 single release, with Buarque's lyrics reflecting on Brazil's transformation across the preceding decade. Widely regarded as a cornerstone of MPB, Vida remains a touchstone of the genre's golden era. Picture sleeve, factory sealed).