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Tropicalia: A Brasilian Revolution In Sound | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Soul Jazz
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 13231
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.7
EAN: 5026328101187
ASIN: B000BM7UBY
Release Date: February 13, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Bat Macumba - Gil, Gilberto | | • | A Minha Menina - Os Mutantes | | • | Domingo No Parque - Gil, Gilberto | | • | Tuareg - Costa, Gal | | • | Alfomega - Veloso, Caetano | | • | Gloria - Ze, Tom | | • | Procissao - Gil, Gilberto | | • | Irene - Veloso, Caetano | | • | Ave Genghis Khan - Os Mutantes | | • | Queo Sambal Meu Bem - Ze, Tom | | • | Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Ben, Jorge | | • | Tropicalia - Veloso, Caetano | | • | Quem Tem Medo De Brincar De Amor - Os Mutantes | | • | Vou Recomecar - Costa, Gal | | • | Panis Et Circenses - Os Mutantes | | • | Lost In Paradise - Veloso, Caetano | | • | Ando Meio Desligado - Os Mutantes | | • | Jimmy Renda Se - Ze, Tom | | • | Bat Macumba - Os Mutantes |
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| Customer Reviews:
Sums it all up.. February 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Tropicalia Movement, was said 'not' to have truly influenced any cultural music outside of Brazil to any real degree. I disagree with this statement, although the impressions made are not overt.
As the other good reviewers here have duly noted, Tropicalia's crowning glory was to utilise different forms of music from many other cultures, creating an entire new sound and genre that was unique to itself and to the artists within the entire movement.
The result is a timeless audio landscape, where real progress was made within the music and social scene, and this album sums up the mood, energy, essence and spirit of those pioneers with grace. Subjective of course, but a must-have album if you're passionate about life and music.
It's Brazilian but not as we know it August 12, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is another golden bullet from Soul Jazz and probably the best musical retrospective of this Brazilian cultural movement you're likely to find. This CD centres around the work of six artists, the most familiar being Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. The extensive liner notes double up as a little history book and give you an excellent social and political backdrop to the music. The writer seems to have a great deal of diffuculty in defining what tropicalia actually is. On the evidence of the music it's a sensational amalgam of funky chugging basslines, delicate swinging string rhythms and suddens blasts of rock and roll. It's all so inventive and challenging you end up getting lost in it all. There honestly isn't a dud track on this. Love the fuzzy guitar on "A Minha Menina," and the arabic strings of,"Tuareg."
"Irene," is you floating along a river in a dream, Veloso's voice so poised and delicate. Other moments to savour include the twanging bassline on,"Jimmy-Renda Ze," and Tom Ze's trippy,"Quero sambal Meu Bem." If you love music make sure you get your hands on this.
The only tropicalia jazzy-funk-psyche collection you need. February 27, 2006
40 out of 41 found this review helpful
This is an amazing collection of 6 or 7 artists who worked within the tropicalia movement of 1960s Brazil. Bucking the trend towards bossa nova at the time, the movement deliberately incoporates elements of western pop and European neo-classical music. The idea was to "cannibalise" all forms of good music, and produce something that could be exported to the rest of the world. The result is naturally eclectic, and sounds good to the modern ears. So, to the westernised pop-raised ear we get tropical rythyms and dancey approach, but here and then you get a wiff of "Hey Joe"'s chorus, a snatch of "Strawberry Fields", a little Santana guitar or the impression of Jefferson Airplane. I wouldn't want to single out any one track for praise, but Caetano Veloso backed by Os Mutantes on "Domingo No Parque" has funky polyrythyms and delicious choruses to spare, and Gal Costa's beautiful singing voice should also come in for some praise. The excellent booklet is a bonus for any music fan, placing the featured music in its appropriate cultural/political setting.
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