Da Lama ao Caos

Da Lama ao Caos (Portuguese: [da ˈlɐ̃ma‿w ˈkaws]; transl. From Mud to Chaos) is the debut album by the Brazilian band Chico Science & Nação Zumbi. Released in 1994, the album presents a fusion of funk rock and maracatu and contributed for spreading the music of Pernambuco around the world. Da Lama ao Caos is considered the manifesto of the Manguebeat movement.^[2]

Da Lama ao Caos
Studio album by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Released	April 1994 (Brazil) June 13th 1995 (USA)
Recorded	1993–1994 at Estúdio Nas Nuvens, Rio de Janeiro
Genre	Manguebeat
Length	50:15
Label	Chaos
Producer	Liminha
Chico Science & Nação Zumbi chronology
Da Lama ao Caos (1994) Afrociberdelia (1996)
Singles from Da Lama ao Caos
"Da Lama ao Caos" Released: 1994 "A Cidade" Released: 1994 "A Praieira" Released: 1994 "Samba Makossa" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history (13th position).^[3] The magazine also voted its title track as the 22nd greatest Brazilian song.^[4] In 2022, it was elected as the best Brazilian music album of the last 40 years by a O Globo poll which involved 25 specialists, including Charles Gavin, Nelson Motta, and others.^[5]

Cover

The album cover, conceived by director Hilton Lacerda, is a collage of images that appear to be "pixilated", with each pixel being a different collage.^[6] The back cover is picture of a crab's claw, purportedly zoomed-in so it becomes pixilated and it becomes clear that the image had been developed with a computer.^[6]

The first version of the artwork was in black-and-white with some blue shades, but the label refused it, demanding more colors, and that's how the final version was born.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Monólogo ao Pé do Ouvido"		1:07
2.	"Banditismo por Uma Questão de Classe"		3:59
3.	"Rios, Pontes & Overdrives"	Chico Science, Fred Zero Quatro	4:03
4.	"A Cidade"		4:46
5.	"A Praieira"		3:36
6.	"Samba Makossa"		3:03
7.	"Da Lama ao Caos"		4:31
8.	"Maracatu de Tiro Certeiro"	Chico Science, Jorge dü Peixe	4:11
9.	"Salustiano Song"	Chico Science, Lúcio Maia	1:28
10.	"Antene-se"		3:35
11.	"Risoflora"		4:08
12.	"Lixo do Mangue"	Lúcio Maia	1:45
13.	"Computadores Fazem Arte"	Fred Zero Quatro	3:13
14.	"Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)"		6:45

All tracks are written by Chico Science, except where noted.

• Tracks "Computadores Fazem Arte" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)" are not included in the vinyl version.

Personnel

Source:^[7]

Chico Science & Nação Zumbi

• Chico Science – vocals; samplers on "Lixo do Mangue"
• Lúcio Maia – guitars
• Alexandre Dengue - bass
• Toca Ogan - percussion and effects
• Canhoto - snare drum
• Gira - alfaia
• Gilmar Bolla 8 - alfaia
• Jorge du Peixe - alfaia

Special guests

• André Jungmann - berimbau on "Maracatu de Tiro Certeiro"
• Chico Neves - samplers on "Rios, Pontes & Overdrives", "A Cidade", "Samba Makossa", "Antene-se" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)"
• Liminha - shouting on "Lixo do Mangue"

Production

• Liminha - producer, mixer, recording engineer
• Jorge Davidson - artistic director
• Ronaldo Viana - mixing coordinator
• Guilherme Calicchio - recording engineer
• Vitor Farias - recording engineer
• Renato Muñoz - studio assistant
• Ricardo Garcia - technical assessor
• Alberto Fernandes - technical assessor
• Steve Hall - mastering
• Eddy Schreyer - mastering
• Recorded and mixed at Estúdio Nas Nuvens, Rio de Janeiro
• Mastered at Future Disc, Oregon
• Dolores & Morales - graphical project
• Fred Jordão - photography
• Luciana K - finisher
• Helder - illustrations, finisher
• Hilton Lacerda - comics text, finisher
• Cláudio Almeida - images/texts editing, finisher
• Estado da Arte - collaboration
• João Belian - collaboration