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Tropicalia 2 (CD)

By: Caetano Veloso (Artist) and Gilberto Gil (Artist)

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Caetano Veloso Artist Snapshot:

Caetano Veloso is a giant of Brazilian pop, often compared to figures such as Bob Dylan and John Lennon--even if the comparison doesn't quite translate. Veloso began in the late 1960s as one of the primary instigators of the "tropicalia" movement--an intentionally provocative collision of musical and cultural influences--for which he rapidly ascended to fame and notoriety. For years he was hardly known outside Brazil, but in time he became an international star renowned for his musical creativity and poetic soul.

Gilberto Gil Artist Snapshot:

With a career that dates back to the early 1960s, Gilberto Gil is one of the major innovators of Brazilian pop. A founder of the Tropicalia movement, he has embraced a huge variety of influences, from traditional regional styles of the Brazilian Northeast to jazz, reggae, disco, rock, and African music. Romantic, political, and downright funky, Gil always has an eye on both the past and the future.

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DISC 1 for Tropicalia 2 (CD) Album By Caetano Veloso (Artist) and Gi...
1   Haiti
2   Cinema Novo
3   Tradicao
4   As Coisas
5   Aboio
6   Dada
7   Cada Macaco No Seu Galho (Cho Chua)
8   Baiao Atemporal
9   Nossa Gente
10   Rap Popcreto
11   Wait Until Tomorrow
12   Desde Que O Samba E Samba
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (8/11/94, p.69) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...they've spit out a rock & roll samba that anyone who wants to know what's going to happen to pop music in the new global culture should be sinking their teeth into..."
New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...The songs run from the playful to the poetic."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil (vocals, guitar); Nara Gil (vocals); Liminha (guitar, bass, samples, programming); Pedro Sa (electric guitar); Moreno Veloso (cello); Ze Carlos (alto saxophone); Raul Mascarenhas (tenor saxophone); Leo Gandleman (baritone saxophone); Daniel Jobim (keyboards); Dadi (bass); Carlinhos Brown (percussion).

Producers: Liminha, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso.

Engineers include: Vitor Farias, Paulo Junqueiro, Liminha.

Recorded at Nas Nuevas and Polygram, Rio De Janiero, Brazil, and WR, Salvador, from March to May, 1993. Includes liner notes by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Arto Lindsay.

TROPICALIA 2 demonstrates both that Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil bring out the best in each other, and that popular music--at least in Brazil--can be highly politicized and still beautiful and entertaining. The English translations of Gil and Veloso's lyrics provide excellent insight into their political views, albeit tempered with a slightly surrealistic hue.

The music on TROPICALIA 2 features sparser arrangements than that of later Gil albums such as QUANTA. On "Dada," Veloso and Gil sing together accompanied only by cello, acoustic guitars, bass and percussion; the result is haunting and gorgeous. "Cada Macao no seu Galho (Cho Chup)" is a lively and playful romp incorporating an abundance of Brazilian percussion. While TROPICALIA 2 doesn't incorporate many of the fuzzed-out acid-rock touches of Gil and Veloso's work from the late '60s, it does show that these two giants of Brazilian music are still as inventive, vibrant, and radical as they ever were.

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