Ben is the album Jorge Ben made in 1972, the one that contains Taj Mahal — the track Rod Stewart would later borrow for Da Ya Think I'm Sexy. Ben also contains Fio Maravilha, a love song to Fluminense striker Fio Maravilha that became one of the most enduring football anthems in Brazilian music. The album shows Ben at his most elastic — samba rhythms widening into soul, funk bass appearing under acoustic guitar, lyrics jumping between romantic and absurdist without warning. Trio Mocotó backed him throughout, and the partnership had developed by this point into something telepathic.
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