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Genre:
Latin
Release Date: 09/19/2005
Run Time: 34:54
The first
Caetano Veloso solo album was recorded in 1967. Soon after
the III FMPB, where
Veloso took fourth place with
"Alegria, Alegria," he and his group (which would soon constitute the
Tropicalia movement) were news, dividing opinions concerning the group's interest in fusing Brazilian music with international pop culture, lysergic
psychedelia, generalized irreverence, and whatever crossed their minds. The arrangements were done by three classically trained composers, fully committed to the most adventurous experiments in modern music:
Júlio Medaglia,
Damiano Cozella, and
Sandino Hohagen.
Veloso's concept was that the album should surpass
the Beatles'
Sgt. Pepper's, being also very Brazilian and, at the same time, international. The record has immortal classics, such as
"Clarice," "Soy Loco por Tí, América" (
Gilberto Gil/
Capinam), composed under the effect of the recent death of
Che Guevara,
"Superbacana," "Tropicália," and
"Alegria, Alegria." The rest of the album has had less success but consists of excellent tracks that remain modern to this day.
"Tropicália," the title track, was an unnamed song when its recording began. By suggestion of the then photographer
Luís Carlos Barreto,
Veloso used the same name of an installation by the visual artist
Hélio Oiticica, which was composed by a labyrinth made with plants and birds and shown on a television set. The suggestion was accepted, and the
Tropicalia was born.
~Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide
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