Various Artists - Tropicalia ou Panis et Circensis (1968)

Various Artists - Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis (1968)

Philips Records/Universal Music Brazil 512 089-2 | 1993

Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis (Latin for Bread and circuses) is a 1968 collaboration album by Brazilian artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Nara Leão, Os Mutantes and Gal Costa. The album is considered the musical manifesto of the Tropicalismo, a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960's, heavily influenced by Poesia Concreta (an avant-garde movement that defended rationality and rejected expressionism, featuring lyric abstraction and randomness), Brazilian roots music and Psychedelic Rock. Many critics consider Tropicália… an important album in the history of popular music, featuring arrangements by Rogério Duprat (known for his later works with Os Mutantes and Chico Buarque) and lyrical contributions from Torquato Neto.

All Music Guide review (five stars out of five):

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. (Nitsuh Abebe)

Tracklist:

01 - Miserere Nóbis
02 - Coração Materno
03 - Panis et Circensis
04 - Lindonéia
05 - Parque Industrial
06 - Geléia Geral
07 - Baby
08 - Três Caravelas (Las Tres Carabelas)
09 - Enquanto Seu Lobo Não Vem
10 - Mamãe, Coragem
11 - Bat Macumba
12 - Hino do Senhor do Bonfim

*Tracks 01, 06 & 11 performed by Gilberto Gil
*Tracks 02 & 09 performed by Caetano Veloso
*Track 03 performed by Os Mutantes
*Track 04 performed by Nara Leão
*Track 10 performed by Gal Costa
*Tracks 05 & 12 performed by Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa & Os Mutantes
*Track 07 performed by Caetano Veloso & Gal Costa
*Track 08 performed by Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

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