Os Mutantes (album)

Os Mutantes
Studio album by Os Mutantes
Released	June 1968
Recorded	December 1967 - January 1968
Genre	Tropicália, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, avant-garde
Length	36:30
Label	Polydor (Brazil), Omplatten (USA - 1999), Universal (worldwide/USA - 2006)
Producer	Manoel Barenbein
Os Mutantes chronology
Os Mutantes (1968) Mutantes (1969)

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Os Mutantes is the debut album by the Brazilian tropicalia band Os Mutantes. It was originally released in 1968 and influenced by traditional Brazilian music styles, as well as American and British bands. The album includes a cover of The Mamas & The Papas' "Once Was a Time I Thought", translated into "Tempo no Tempo",^[5] and a cover of "Le premier bonheur du jour", previously recorded by Françoise Hardy.

The album was critically acclaimed around the world, and was put at #12 on Mojo magazine list of "50 Most Out-There Albums of All Time".^[6] It appears at number 9 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.^[7]

Track listing^[5]

All songs written and composed by Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias except where noted. 

Personnel^[8]

• Rogério Duprat: arrangement

Os Mutantes

• Arnaldo Baptista: vocals (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11), keyboards and bass
• Rita Lee: vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), recorder, autoharp, and percussion
• Sérgio Dias: vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11) and guitars

Special guests:

• Dirceu: drums
• Jorge Ben: vocals and acoustic guitar (in "A Minha Menina")
• Dr. César Baptista: vocals (in "Ave, Gengis Khan")
• Clarisse Leite: piano in "Senhor F"
• Cláudio Baptista: electronics
• Gilberto Gil: percussion (in "Bat Macumba")

References

External links

• Os Mutantes (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)