So even Brazilians who were fans before Tim received the recent surge of hipster interest were by and large unaware of this album.Īt this point in his career, Tim had pretty much alienated everyone in the music business through his often volatile temperament, penchant for not showing up for high profile gigs, and appetite for hedonism. (However it is hard to reflect on the music when you can BARELY HEAR what is going on - see below!) The thing about “Nuvens” is that you can’t call it a “commercial failure” because, as Motta said, nobody really got the chance to hear it. Is it one of Tim’s best albums? Depends on the listener, but its obviously well crafted and a mostly strong set of songs. Does it deserve to be better known? Most certainly. It would be years before I was able to hear it again. So I was surprised at hearing all these new solid tunes, and after much beer and churrasco on that lazy Sunday afternoon I was probably ready to acclaim the album in similar hyperbolic terms. I hadn’t even known of its existence, and the rather unflattering photo of Tim entering his Marshmallow Man phase had me skeptical. But I remember the first time I ever heard this album, at the house of a guy who had an autographed vinyl copy. Motta is prone to hyperbole in general, and the shoddy liner notes from Editora Abril on their series of Tim reissues can’t be taken too seriously. Similarly the notes on this reissue go to great pains to point out its small cult following and contrast it against its lack of commercial impact.

In his biography of Tim Maia, Vale Tudo, Nelson Motta called this album the best Tim Maia record that nobody ever heard. Tim Maia would have been 70 years old today! So in spite of the efforts of US corporations imposing their mentality on the rest of the world, I am dedicating one more post to the grande mestre.

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