Transa (album)

Transa
Studio album by Caetano Veloso
Released 1972
Genre MPB, tropicália
Length 37:13
Label Polygram
Producer Ralph Mace
Caetano Veloso chronology

Caetano Veloso
(1971)		 Transa
(1972)		 Caetano e Chico - juntos e ao vivo
(1972)

Transa is a 1972 album by Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso. Like its predecessor, it was recorded while the artist was exiled in London, though he returned to Brazil shortly after completing it.

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Caetano calls it "one of my favorite records", feeling that it reaches a level of musicianship he was unable to achieve on previous albums.[2] It also proved popular with the Brazilian public, due partly to its inclusion of a new version of the old samba "Mora na Filosofia", originally by Monsueto Menezes. It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 10 best Brazilian albums in history.[3] Its success would set up the failure of the much more unconventional followup, Araçá Azul.[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Caetano Veloso except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "You Don't Know Me"   3:50
2. "Nine Out of Ten"   4:55
3. "Triste Bahia" (Caetano Veloso, Gregório de Mattos) 9:32
Side two
No. Title Length
4. "It's a Long Way"   6:05
5. "Mora na Filosofia" (Monsueto, Arnaldo Passos) 6:16
6. "Neolithic Man"   4:42
7. "Nostalgia (That's What Rock'n Roll Is All About)"   1:20

Personnel[2]

References

  1. ↑ Neder, Alvaro. "Transa". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-2-8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Veloso, Caetano; translated by Isabel de Sena (2002). Tropical Truth. New York: Knopf. p. 350. ISBN 0-375-40788-X.
  3. ↑ "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2009-04-20.