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A Turma do Balão Mágico (1982 album)

1982 debut studio album by Turma do Balão Mágico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ16484498 ↗
Source-derived summary

A Turma do Balão Mágico is the first studio album by Brazilian band Turma do Balão Mágico, released on November 30, 1982, by CBS Records. According to Veja, the album sold over 600,000 copies in Brazil by January 4, 1984. The songs on the album were written by Edgard Poças.

Track listing

Credits

Turma do Balão Mágico - vocals

Robson Jorge - guitar

Nilo Pinta - guitars

Jamil Joanes - bass

Lincoln Olivetti - keyboards

Picolé - drums

Bibliography

Barcinski, André (2014). Pavões Misteriosos — 1974-1983: A explosão da música pop no Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Três Estrelas.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “A Turma do Balão Mágico (1982 album)” as 1982 debut studio album by Turma do Balão Mágico. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 1984, 2014, 1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982. The account is most persuasive where Turma, Balão and Mágico can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1982 debut studio album by Turma do Balão Mágico. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16484498. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982, 1984, 2014 and 1974.

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This entry incorporates text from “A Turma do Balão Mágico (1982 album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.