Estrangeiro

Caetano Veloso

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 1989)
• Original Release Date: September 6, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B000002H7T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #91,596 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the top six Caetano albums of all time, June 30, 2001

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

Caetano Veloso is in my mind an uneven artist. He can spend years of his career experimenting like a mad scientist, canibalizing the latest musical trends world-wide, fusing them with his own unique oscilations between the popular and the playful, and the result is not always pretty. But about once every 7 or 8 years, Caetano strikes pay-dirt and releases a record that literally catapults him back to the top of the Brazilian musical mountain. I think of 1969's White Album (no, not the Beattles!) or 1970's records like "Transa", "Cinema Transcendental" and in this decade "Tropicalia 2" and "Livro" as Caetano's masterpieces. "Estrangeiro" is the capstone to Caetano's 1980's work. All previous discs released in the 1980's pale in comparison to this work. This work captures perfectly the balance between Brazilian tradition, avant-garde experimentation, and 1980's dance-pop. This is a record which will never stop sounding fresh. As my title says, this is one of Caetano's six greatest records of all time.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is not the caetano of beautiful songs, June 28, 1998

By	Eric C. - See all my reviews

Although a beautiful album in its own right, Estrangerio is one of Caetano's least commercial efforts. Guitarist Marc Ribot and producer Arto Lindsay provide a spare and harsh sonic landscape where the color and texture of Ceatano's modernist (post-post-modernist?) poetry is given center stage. The sweetness of a bossa nova and the rhythm of Carlinhos Brown tune lighten the overall tone and round out the album -- a very satisfying whole.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, March 12, 2001

By	Jorge Velasco Cruz (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

Para los que prefieren el castellano, aquí va una reseńa. En realidad, habría que ponerle cuatro estrellas y media a este disco, pero no se puede. Entonces, cuatro me parece mejor. żPor qué? Porque es grande pero no fenomenal. En realidad, aquí hay dos Caetanos. El más moderno, con guitarras eléctricas a cuestas y canciones más pop que a veces se me hacen un poco largas. La excepcěón es "O Estrangeiro", que es un tema espectacular. El otro Caetano es el que agarra su guitarra acústica y se pone a cantarnos a nuestro oído junto a su banda unplugged. Ése es el mejor, el que entona "Branquinha", "Etc", "Genipapo Absoluto" y varias otras melodías inolvidables.