Audio CD (1993)
Original Release Date: 1968
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Universal/Polygram "Philips 512 089-2"
ASIN: B00000GA2N
Track Listing:
1. "Miserere Nóbis" - Gilberto Gil
2. "Coracão Materno" - Caetano Veloso
3. "Panis et Circenses" - Os Mutantes
4. "Lindonéia" - Nara Leão
5. "Parque Industrial" - Gilberto Gil/Caetano Veloso/Gal Costa
6. "Geléia Geral" - Gilberto Gil
7. "Baby" - Gal Costa/Caetano Veloso
8. "Três Caravelas" - Caetano Veloso/Gilberto Gil
9. "Enquanto Seu Lobo Nao Vem" - Caetano Veloso
10. "Mamãe, Coragem" - Gal Costa
11. "Bat Macumba" - Gilberto Gil
12. "Hindo Do Senhor Do Bonfim" - Caetano/Gil/Gal
wonderfully essential
April 10, 2001
By Sean (United States)
Not unlike most of the world, Brazil was swept up in the political
and cultural turmoil of the late 1960's. Amidst this turmoil came
some of the most expressive and experimental music ever created.
Whether it was the avant garde of Tom Ze, the bossa nova psychedelia
meets Burt Bacharach of cult favorites Os Mutantes to Caetano
Veloso's masterful compositions, the movement known as "Tropicalia"
spanned the gamut of Brazilian popular music.
The music and artists on this cd spearheaded the movement into
overdrive. Legendary guitarist Gilberto Gil and Veloso were the main
focal points of the movement, each showing off their amazing skills,
as does the equally amazing Gal Costa and the ever-experimental Os
Mutantes (Mutants).
It's hard to place the music's impact into words, but "amazing"
would do this music, the artists, or the prices they all paid for
their overt defiance of Brazil's regime in making their music,
little justice. The movement quickly fell apart after Veloso and Gil
were exiled to London. Os Mutantes recorded several lps of excellent,
but increasingly mainstream, quality, as did Costa. Veloso and Gil
continue to amaze to this day, becoming proficeient as movie score
and soundtrack producers.
To fully realize the short period (less than 1 year) of recorded
brialliance of this movement, this cd is all you need to get you
started. Then seek out each artist individually and bask in thir
collective brilliances.
An essential recording.
The beginning...]
June 15, 2000
]By "jeffinho_branco" (United States)
This is one of the most important albums in Brazilian music history.
It started the Tropicália musical movement--a movement that was
political and very musical, merging many genres of music together-
-from bossa nova to samba to rock to Fellini-inspired themes. The
movement didn't last long, but had a lasting effect on music, felt
even today. One also has to remember what danger these artists
(Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes et al) put
themselves in to make this music, what with the military
dictatorship that was in control in Brazil from 1964 until 1989-
-Caetano and Gil were even exiled to London for two years, with
artists like Gal still recording their songs in Brazil. This is a
must-have for any Brazil enthusiast, or anyone who can appreciate a
classic musical statement that challenged the thinking of the times.
Review by Nitsuh Abebe
This is the compilation that helped to define the sound of
Tropicalia, a Brazilian label whose artists made huge and
influential strides in creating exotic pop that was as influenced by
psychedelia as it was by samba, bossa nova, and more traditional
South American genres. Tropicália not only includes tracks from the
label's most important acts (Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Caetano
Veloso, Gal Costa), but presents a large number of collaborations
between these artists, many of which are simply amazing. Given the
fact that many of the original Tropicalia releases have not been
reissued or are not widely available, the compilation stands as a
near-definitive package for the sound, and a great opportunity for
anyone unfamiliar with the artists to experience an amazing and
hugely important genre.
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