AllMusic called the album "a masterpiece, a gorgeously executed tour through his early songs... To some admirers, Courage remains his best record, period".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Milton Nascimento except where noted
David Nadien, Anahid Ajemian, Frederick Buldrini, Alexander Cores, Harry Cykman, Lewis Eley, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Joyce Robbins, Tosha Samaroff, Avram Weiss, Jack Zatde, Joseph Zwilich - violin
Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, Theodore Israel, David Mankovitz, Emanuel Vardi - viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello