Para Sempre is a very strange compilation, consisting exclusively of songs from the albums Uah-Bap-Lu-Bap-Lah-Beín-Bum! from 1987 and A Pedra do Gênesis from 1988. These are two of
Raul Seixas' last, least famous, and least impressive albums. One particularly lackluster track is "I'm," which is an English version of "Gîtâ." Sadly, almost all the magic of
Seixas' own brilliant original was lost in translation on that one. A welcome rarity, on the other hand, is
Seixas' interesting version of Argentine composer Enrique Santos Discépolo's "Cambalache." ~ Philip Jandovský