Caetano Veloso (1968 album)

Caetano Veloso is an album released in Brazil in 1968 by the artist of the same name, being one of the first Tropicália efforts. It has arrangements by Júlio Medaglia, Damiano Cozzella, and Sandino Hohagen, and it is very eclectic, showing the "Antropofagia" (artistic cannibalism) aspect of the Tropicália movement, varying from psychedelia, rock, pop, Indian music, bossa nova, Bahian music and others. It has the hits "Alegria, Alegria", "Tropicália", and "Soy Loco Por Tí, América".

It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Caetano Veloso except where noted.

1. "Tropicália" – 3:39
2. "Clarice" (Veloso, José Carlos Capinam) – 5:28
3. "No dia em que eu vim-me embora" (Veloso, Gilberto Gil) – 2:27
4. "Alegria, Alegria" – 2:50
5. "Onde andarás" (Veloso, Ferreira Gullar) – 1:57
6. "Anunciação" (Veloso, Rogério Duarte) – 2:21
7. "Superbacana" – 1:27
8. "Paisagem útil" – 2:39
9. "Clara" (featuring Gal Costa) (Veloso, Perinho Albuquerque) – 1:45
10. "Soy loco por tí, América" (Gil, Capinam) – 3:44
11. "Ave Maria" – 2:00
12. "Eles" (Veloso, Gil) – 4:37

Personnel

• Caetano Veloso – Guitar, vocals, liner notes
• David Drew Zingg – Photography

References