Os Mutantes [LP/CD]

by Os Mutantes

Overview

The band's debut album, Os Mutantes, is far and away their best -- a wildly inventive trip that assimilates orchestral pop, whimsical psychedelia, musique concrete, found-sound environments -- and that's just the first song! Elsewhere there are nods to Carnaval, albeit with distinct hippie sensibilities, incorporating fuzztone guitars and go-go basslines. Two tracks, "O Relogio" and "Le Premier Bonheur du Jour," work through pastoral French pop, sounding closer to the Swingle Singers than Gilberto Gil. Though not all of the experimentation succeeds -- the languid Brazilian blues of "Baby" is rather cumbersome -- and pop/rock listeners may have a hard time finding the hooks, Os Mutantes' first album is an astonishing listen. It's far more experimental than any of the albums produced by the era's first-rate psychedelic bands of Britain or America. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	04/17/2012
Label:	Lilith
UPC:	0889397703363
Rank:	31114

Tracks

1. Panis Et Circensis
2. A Minha Menina
3. O Rel¿¿gio
4. Adeus Maria Ful¿¿
5. Baby
6. Senhor F
7. Bat Macumba
8. Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
9. Trem Fantasma
10. Tempo No Tempo (Once Was a Time I Thought)
11. Ave Genghis Khan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Os Mutantes   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jorge Ben   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Gilberto Gil   Percussion
Clarisse Leite   Piano
Dr. Cesar Baptista   Vocals

Technical Credits

Sergio Dias   Composer
Sivuca   Composer
Arnaldo Baptista   Composer
Humberto Teixeira   Composer
Jorge Ben   Composer
John Phillips   Composer
Os Mutantes   Composer
Caetano Veloso   Composer
Gilberto Gil   Composer
Rita Lee   Composer
Frank Gerald   Composer
Jean Marie Renard   Composer
Frank Longo   Art Direction
Franck Gerald   Composer
Fabio Rodrigues   Liner Notes
Johan Kugelberg   Producer
Jeff Gibson   Producer
Wendy Bazilian   Translation
Jean Gaston Renard   Composer