# Txai

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Txai
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Milton Nascimento](/source/Milton_Nascimento)
| cover      = Txai.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1990
| recorded   = 
| venue      =
| studio     = 
| genre      = [Latin](/source/Latin_music)
| length     = 35:50
| label      = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
| producer   = Marcio Ferreira, Mazzola
| prev_title = Canção da America
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = Noticias do Brasil
| next_year  = 1992
}}
'''''Txai''''' is an album by the Brazilian musician [Milton Nascimento](/source/Milton_Nascimento), released in 1990 in Brazil and in 1991 in the United States.<ref name=SS/><ref>{{cite news |title=Brazilian Beat |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=21 Feb 1991 |department=Onward |page=17}}</ref> It is dedicated to Aliança dos Povos da Floresta, a Brazilian environmental organization.<ref name=SS>{{cite news |last1=Lannert |first1=John |title=Rains Forests Comes First with Singer |work=Sun Sentinel |date=8 June 1990 |department=Features Showtime |page=22}}</ref> The album title translates roughly to "comrade" in the [Kashinawa language](/source/Kashinawa_language).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rohter |first1=Larry |title=For Nascimento, a Leap to Mass Popularity |work=The New York Times |date=4 Apr 1991 |page=C15}}</ref> Nascimento supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Sounds Around Town |work=The New York Times |date=5 Apr 1991 |page=C15}}</ref> ''Txai'' peaked at No. 1 on ''Billboard'''s [World Albums](/source/World_Albums) chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milton Nascimento |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/milton-nascimento/chart-history/jls/ |website=Billboard |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> It was nominated for a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) for "Best World Music Album".<ref>{{cite web |title=Milton Nascimento |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/milton-nascimento/4781 |website=Recording Academy |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

==Production==
The album was inspired by an 18-day expedition Nascimento made in the [Amazon rainforest](/source/Amazon_rainforest), along the [Juruá River](/source/Juru%C3%A1_River).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=Paul |title=Music |work=The Globe and Mail |date=16 June 1990 |page=C3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=John |title=Songs from the heart speak in every language |work=Vancouver Sun |date=25 Apr 1991 |page=F5}}</ref> He included field recordings of indigenous Amazonian music, and ensured that royalties were sent to the appropriate tribes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Fernando |title=Music with a Message |work=The Boston Globe |date=4 Apr 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Preston |first1=Julia |title=The Songs of the Forest |work=The Washington Post |date=14 Apr 1991 |page=G1}}</ref> "Nozani Na" was composed by [Heitor Villa-Lobos](/source/Heitor_Villa-Lobos).<ref name=AM/> [River Phoenix](/source/River_Phoenix) provided a spoken word piece on "Curi Curi".<ref name=EW/>

==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Txai Review by Richard S. Ginell |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/txai-mw0000262614 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)''
|rev2score = C<ref name="CH">{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Brian |title=Jazz Discs |work=Calgary Herald |date=27 July 1991 |page=H7}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
|rev4score = B<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |title=Txai |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 12, 1991 |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/txai/}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=495, 496}}</ref>
}}
''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'' wrote that "nearly all of [the songs] are lushly produced and equipped with hummable melodies that often belie the grave concern for the equatorial region that Nascimento expresses through his Portuguese lyrics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=Nascimento's 'Txai' Has Native Appeal |work=The Washington Post |date=12 Apr 1991 |page=N15}}</ref> ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' determined that "musically and conceptually, ''Txai'' wanders more than it should."<ref name=EW/> The ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'' deemed ''Txai'' "sort of a travelogue of the Amazon rainforest."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Rock really comes rolling into Chicago |work=Chicago Tribune |date=2 May 1991 |department=Tempo |page=1}}</ref> The ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'' concluded that Nascimento's "voice—all alone, in reverberating harmonies, polyphony, or in traditional chants—makes for the overwhelming feel of the record."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levesque |first1=Roger |title=Amazon inspires master's spare work |work=Edmonton Journal |date=5 May 1991 |page=D4}}</ref> The ''[Calgary Herald](/source/Calgary_Herald)'' dismissed the album as "fake folk."<ref name=CH/> The ''[San Antonio Express-News](/source/San_Antonio_Express-News)'' stated that the album "melds Nascimento's refined melodies with the living sounds of the rain forest and the musical and poetic images of its indigenous peoples."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ragland |first1=Cathy |title=Nascimento |work=San Antonio Express-News |date=23 Oct 1992 |page=20H}}</ref>

''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)'' called "Yanomami e Nós" "hauntingly emotional."<ref name=RS/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| title1 = Abertura
| length1 = 
| title2 = Txai
| length2 =
| title3 = Baü Mētóro
| length3 = 
| title4 = Coisas de Vida (That's Life)
| length4 = 
| title5 = Hoeiepereiga
| length5 = 
| title6 = Estórias da Floresta (Stories of the Forest)
| length6 = 
| title7 = Yanomami e Nós – Pacto de Vida (Yanomami and Us – Pact of Life)
| length7 = 
| title8 = Awasi
| length8 = 
| title9 = A Tercera Margen do Rio (The Third Edge of the Water)
| length9 = 
| title10 = Benke
| length10 = 
| title11 = Sertão das Águas (Hinterlands of the Waters)
| length11 = 
| title12 = Que Virá dessa Escuridão? (What Will Come Out of This Darkness?)
| length12 = 
| title13 = Curi Curi
| length13 = 
| title14 = Nozani Na
| length14 = 
| title15 = Baridjumokô
| length15 = 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Category:1990 albums
Category:Columbia Records albums

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