I dunno if this is something you'd put on for visiting company, but if you've come this far with the whole Tropicalia thing, then you should certainly check this one out.Ĭilibrinas Do Eden "Cilibrinas Do Eden" (Philips, 1973)Ī stunning psychedelic-rock reissue from the vaults of the Brazilian tropicalia scene. very similar in tone to Caetano Veloso's album, Araca Azul, from the same year. Prescient parodies of lounge music and lumpen boogie rock seek a detente with some seriously artsy/psychedelic efforts, including music concrete and cute tape loop effects. Sure, it's just as goofy and clunky, but the ideas and mood are more sustained from track to track, and as an album it hangs together much better. The approach is very Mutantes-ish, though, really this is way better than most of the band's official albums. Sergio and Arnaldo both perform on here, as does fill-in member Arnolpho Lima ( aka Liminha). Rita Lee "Hoje E Primero Dia Do Resto De Sua Vida" (Philips, 1972)Ī very solid album, and really, for all intents and purposes, an Os Mutantes record. If you're a Mutantes fan, this is worth checking out, but don't say I didn't warn you. But, as I say, this is not a brilliant album - a lot of it is simply iffy, taxing early '70s experimentalism. Stylistically, this is all over the map, starting off with a brisk (and mildly irritating) romp into showtune territory ("Sucesso, Aqui Vou Eu"), then moves into demi-cowboy pop, a Euro-mod take on Georges Moustaki's "Joseph," and a horrid Beatles cover ("And I Love Her".) The best track on here is "Hulla-Hulla," a brilliant tropicalia melange of calypso, rock and Hawaiian music, co-written with Elcio Decario. Most of the Mutantes crowd pitches in, including Sergio Dias and Arnaldo Baptista (who co-wrote several songs and acted as music director, along with Rogerio Duprat, the Phil Spector of tropicalia). Lee veers away from the raucous - and the folksy - feel of the early Mutantes albums, and aims instead for an album which showcases her as a non-rock vocalist, in a variety of styles. I'd be stretching things a bit to say that this is a great album, but it certainly is interesting, and it's definitely diverse. (Produced by Arnaldo Baptista & Rogerio Duprat) With Os Mutantes: See the Slipcue Mutantes Discography but she certainly proves herself capable of pulling some surprising rabbits out of her hat from time to time. Later stuff by Rita Lee may be less appealing to folks who are expecting the wild stuff of days gone by. Her solo career was far more successful commercially than the Mutantes, who degenerated into a marginal prog-pop outfit after several brilliant early albums. Rita Lee started out her rock career as a teenage member of the psychedelic/tropicalia cult-favorites Os Mutantes, though she left the band in 1973. their version, perhaps, of Grace Slick or Linda McCartney. Rita Lee Discography - Slipcue.Com Brazilian Music Guideīrazil's official '70s rocker chick.
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