Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis

Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (Latin for Bread and circuses) is a 1968 collaboration album by artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Nara Leão, Os Mutantes and Gal Costa. Considered an important album in the history of popular music, it features arrangements by Rogerio Duprat and lyrical contributions from Torquato Neto.^[2]

Cover

The main contributors can be seen on the album cover. Seated on the floor, Gilberto Gil holds the graduation photo of Capinan. To the left, drinking something in a chamber pot, is Rogério Duprat. To the right, Gal Costa, wearing a yellow dress, is beside Torquato Neto, with a cap. Caetano Veloso is to the left of them, holding a picture of Nara Leão. Behind them are Tom Zé, on the right, and Os Mutantes, on the left (more precisely, from left to right, Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias).

Influence

It is considered to be the manifesto of the Tropicalismo movement. It is number 2 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.^[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Rogério Duprat: arrangement and conducting

References