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A Tábua De Esmeralda is a 1974 release by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben.

It was listed by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.

Track listing


All tracks written by Jorge Ben, except where noted
  1. "Os alquimistas estão chegando" – 3:15
  2. "O homem da gravata florida" – 3:05
  3. "Errare humanum est" – 4:50
  4. "Menina mulher da pele preta" – 2:57
  5. "Eu vou torcer" – 3:15
  6. "Magnólia" – 3:14
  7. "Minha teimosia, uma arma pra te conquistar" – 2:41
  8. "Zumbi
    Zumbi (song)
    "Zumbi" is a song by Brazilian samba-rock artist Jorge Ben. It appears on his 1974 album, A Tábua de Esmeralda. It is about Brazilian slave settlement leader Zumbi dos Palmares....

    " – 3:31
  9. "Brother" – 2:54
  10. "O namorado da viúva" – 2:03
  11. "Hermes Trismegisto
    Hermes Trismegistus
    Hermes Trismegistus is the eponymous author of the Hermetic Corpus, a sacred text belonging to the genre of divine revelation.-Origin and identity:...

     e sua celeste tábua de esmeralda
    Emerald Tablet
    The Emerald Tablet, also known as Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina, or The Secret of Hermes, is a text purporting to reveal the secret of the primordial substance and its transmutations...

    " (Jorge Ben, Fulcanelli
    Fulcanelli
    Fulcanelli is almost certainly a pseudonym assumed, during the early 20th century, by a French alchemist and esoteric author, whose identity is still debated. The name Fulcanelli seems to be a play on words: Vulcan the ancient Roman god of fire plus El, a Canaanite name for God and so the Sacred Fire...

    , traditional)     – 5:30
  12. "Cinco minutos" – 2:57