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A Terceira Lâmina is the fourth solo album by Brazilian musician Zé Ramalho. It was released in 1981 and it helped increase his popularity.[1] As its two predecessors, the album mixes Northeast Brazil and rock influences.[2]

A Terceira Lâmina
Studio album by Zé Ramalho
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	MPB
Length	35:15 43:46 (Remastered version)
Label	Epic (CBS – Sony Music)
Producer	Zé Ramalho and Mauro Motta
Zé Ramalho chronology
A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu (1980) A Terceira Lâmina (1981) Força Verde (1982)

The opening track, "Canção Agalopada", features soprano Maria Lúcia Godoy and was based on a poem by Ramalho which was featured in his 1977 book Apocalipse (Apocalypse), and which uses the cordel forms martelo agalopado and galope à beira-mar.[2][3] From this same book, Ramalho developed the trilogy "Beira-Mar", "Beira-Mar – Capítulo II" and "Beira-Mar – Capítulo Final", which appear, respectively on the albums A Peleja do Diabo com o Dono do Céu (1979), A Força Verde (1982) and Eu Sou Todos Nós (1998).[4][3]

In an 2020 analysis for his blog at G1, Mauro Ferreira called the album "incisive", but compared it unfavorably to Ramalho's two previous efforts.[5]

The title track, according to Ramalho, "talks about the third child, my third phase - and the view of the third World War".[6]

Track listing

1. "Canção agalopada" (Galoped Song) (featuring Maria Lúcia Godoy) – 5:00
2. "Filhos de Ícaro" (Sons of Icarus) – 3:00
3. "A terceira lâmina" (The Third Blade) – 4:16
4. "Um pequeno xote" (A Small Schottische) – 2:13
5. "Atrás do balcão" (Behind the Bar) – 4:02
6. "Galope rasante" (Rising Galop) – 3:36
7. "Kamikaze" – 3:20
8. "Violar" (It's a verb, means lit. To Acoustic Guitar, but the idea is To play the acoustic guitar) – 1:23
9. "Cavalos do cão" (Horses of the Devil) (featuring Elba Ramalho) – 3:24
10. "Ave de prata" (Silver Bird) – 2:45
11. "Dia dos adultos" (Adults' Day) – 2:16

2003 re-issue bonus tracks

12. "Dia dos adultos" (Adults' Day) – 2:16
13. "Eternas Ondas" (Eternal Waves) – 3:51
14. "A terceira lâmina" (The Third Blade) – 2:56
15. "Mestiça" (Mestizo) – 2:59

All music by Zé Ramalho.

Personnel

• Zé Ramalho – Acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar, triangle, bass drum, lead vocals
• Elba Ramalho — lead vocals on "Cavalos do Cão"
• Maria Lúcia Godoy — operatic vocals on "Canção Agalopada"
• José Severo da Silva — accordion on "Um Pequeno Xote"
• Miguel Cidras — string arrangement on "A Terceira Lâmina"
• Frederico Mendes — cover picture

Personnel per source.[5]

References

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