Caetano Veloso (1968)

by Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso (1968) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1968
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 34:56
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Caetano Veloso's eponymous 1968 solo debut stands as a foundational text of the Tropic谩lia movement. The record radically fuses Brazilian regional rhythms with psychedelic pop and avant-garde orchestral arrangements by J煤lio Medaglia, deliberately challenging the purist aesthetic of bossa nova and establishing Veloso as a primary architect of Brazilian counterculture.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Orchestral, revolutionary

Tracklist

  1. Tropic谩lia (3:42)
  2. Clarice (5:30)
  3. No Dia Que Eu Vim-Me Embora (2:27)
  4. Alegria, Alegria (2:48)
  5. Onde Andaras (1:54)
  6. Anuncia莽茫o (2:00)
  7. Superbacana (1:27)
  8. Paisagem 脷til (2:37)
  9. Clara (1:43)
  10. Soy Loco Por Ti Am茅rica (3:43)
  11. Ave-Maria (2:19)
  12. Eles (4:41)

Credits

  • Liana - artwork
  • Paulo Tavares - artwork
  • Capinan - written-by
  • Gilberto Gil - written-by
  • Ferreira Gullar - written-by
  • Gal Costa - vocals
  • Torquato Neto - written-by

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