Cinema Transcentental

Caetano Veloso | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046KR
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,910 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lua de São Jorge

2. Oração Ao Tempo

3. Beleza Pura

4. Menino Do Rio

5. Vampiro

6. Elegia

7. Trilhos Urbanos

8. Louco Por Você

9. Cajuína

10. Aracaju

11. Badauê

12. Os Meninos Dançam

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something has to be done to bring the disc back!, June 30, 2001

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"cued" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinema Transcentental (Audio CD)

This record is one of the greatest records Caetano Veloso has ever made. But it is near-impossible to find. After this 1979 record, Caetano's style became markedly more avant-garde and more top-40 oriented in the 1980s. But this record is pure Brazilian Tropicalia music at its best. The photo on the cover is also a perfect piece of art, capturing exactly the mood and spirit of this record: This is music for sitting on the beach and letting your hair out. No dancing, no samba, no heavy african drums, just Caetano's soothing voice, some soft acoustic bossa-heavy guitar licks, and some wonderful, yet subtle and restrained back-up rhythm and percussion work. If you understand Portuguese, you will also find Caetano at his poetic best here, especially on "Oracao ao tempo." "Cajuina" is a frenetic forro beat slowed down to a grindingly slow tempo, with some fascinatingly soothing results. "Menino do Rio" is, as the title suggests, Caetano's 1970's hippie-ish homage to the spirit of youth, sun and fun that is so present in beach-oriented Brazilian culture. And "Beleza Pura" is a fascinating example of how restrained yet intense the african element of Brazilian music can be made when a master like Caetano is composing the song. Just hearing this makes me hallucinate that I am on a beach somewhere in Brazil in 1979. This is a perfect masterpiece of time and place.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who wouldn't love this album? Gorgeous., June 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cinema Transcentental (Audio CD)

If you're new to Caetano, buy this and Cores Nomes first. Every track is beautiful. The arrangements are simple withhout ever losing its lush sensuality. If I had to pick some favorite tracks, I'd say Oracao ao Tempo, Vampiro, Cajuina, and Trilhos Urbanos, which is now a Brazilian standard.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brasilian Music 101, July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cinema Transcentental (Audio CD)

This is THE place to start if you've got a forming interest in Brasilian music... it's got tropicalia-influenced pop, some samba, and even a couple of tunes done in the style familiar to the Northeastern part of the country. A fabulous (and classic!) realease.