Soul Jazz Records Presents Tropicália: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound [IMPORT]

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Soul Jazz
• ASIN: B000BM7UBY
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #85,965 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
This dizzyingly diverse melting pot of sounds is a perfect primer on tropicalia--and then some. Tropicalia arose in the late 1960s as a genre informed by rock, bossa nova, soul, and underground rhythms, all mashed together to create an electrifying new movement in Brazilian music. The artists assembled here--Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Gal Costa—-are all an integral part of the tropicalia scene. Each, however, makes their own potent artistic statement. Enthusiastic vocals, inspired chants, inventive loops, and hushed arrangements collide throughout this expanse collection. You're never quite sure what you'll hear from track to track. Gal Costa's "Vou Recomecar" is a delight, playing like a foreign counterpart to Dusty Springfield's blue-eyed soul sparkle. The genius, however, is that every moment on Tropicalia sounds both classic and modern at the same time. Most everything here is as urgent and electric as anything you'll hear on contemporary radio. --Joey Guerra

Product Description
Tropicalia in the late 1960s revolutionized Brazilian music mixing Psychedelic Rock, avant-garde musique concrete (tape loops, sound experiments), Samba, Funk and Soul into a truly unique combination.This is the first album to bring together all the artists involved in Tropicalia, Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Gal Costa and more. Os Mutantes, the sophisticated musical anarchists from Sao Paulo not only became the musical template for Beck, they were also discovered by Kurt Cobain on tour in Brazil who tried (and failed) to get them to support Nirvana. CD comes complete with the customary extensive 40 page booklet that is full of exclusive photos. Soul Jazz. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 60s Happened in Brazil Too!, June 25, 2006

By	Griff Host "gbh" (West Bloomfield, MI United States) - See all my reviews

One of the best reveiewed ablums of 2006 (according to Metacritic.com), I was not disappointed.

I am a fan of 60s music and vintage 60s sounds, and this album is a treasure chest of pyschedelia that I had never been exposed to before.

I don't hand out too many 5 stars (or 1 star for that matter), but this one is worthy if you love that sound....

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More fuzz!!! psychedelic brazillian style!, May 23, 2006

By	Abe Vigoda "Book'em Fish!" (Los Angeles, CA. USA) - See all my reviews

Wow! this is a must have.
Some genius compiled this list of legends from Brasil and created a masterpiece! Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Tom Ze and others!
Here are songs from the 60's-70's of Brasil that rocked the house and these songs still stand the test of time.
these songs have many different ranges in sounds but you wanna get up shake it up when you hear'em and maybe take a tab or two and just get down.
You have some great Bossa Nova overtones all over it but when you least expect it the Mutants will play something trippy, you'll never know who's gonna play what.
You get a good sample of all of the different stylings these artist are capable of.
this CD is a must! this CD is an incredible starter kit for anyone interested in the musical legends of Brasil.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What is all the hooplah about?, April 9, 2009

By	Cliffton L. Ainley "Saint Of Circumstance" (Reading,Pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was introduced to tropicalia through A Band Of Bees and Beck, who both site it as influences in their music. I really don't get it. Other than the Os Mutantes Minha Minha and Bat-whatever-you call it, I really don't see the allure and I really tried. I mean, I love the Bees and Beck but this music isn't what I expected. I was envisioning a little more ethnic, psychedelic tapestries but instead it sounds like a gay musical in spanish. I am pretty disappointed. Anybody want to buy it from me?