Tropicália 2
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1993
RecordedMarch 1993–May 1993
StudioNas Nuvens (Rio de Janeiro)
Polygram (Rio de Janeiro)
WR Salvador (Salvador)
Genre
Length42:06
Label
Producer
Caetano Veloso chronology
Circuladô ao Vivo
(1992)
Tropicália 2
(1993)
Fina Estampa
(1994)
Gilberto Gil chronology
Parabolicamará
(1991)
Tropicália 2
(1993)
Acústico MTV
(1994)

Tropicália 2 is an album by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, released in August 1993 through WEA. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis.

Background and recording

Tropicália 2 was recorded from March 1993 to May 1993 at Nas Nuvens and Polygram in Rio de Janeiro and WR Salvador in Salvador, Bahia.[1]

Music and lyrics

The album features politically charged lyrics on topics such as superpower imperialism, Third World poverty, and the AIDS epidemic.[2] "Haiti" links the Carandiru massacre to the history of slavery on a transnational scale.[3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Alvaro Neder of AllMusic said, "The album, in philosophical terms, expresses fragile concepts. Poetically and musically, represents good entertainment, and, in its best moments, good Art."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Haiti"Caetano Veloso4:19
2."Cinema novo"VelosoGil4:14
3."Nossa gente"Roque CarvalhoRoque Carvalho2:53
4."Rap popcreto"VelosoVeloso1:58
5."Wait Until Tomorrow"Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix3:25
6."Tradição"GilGil5:54
7."As coisas"Arnaldo AntunesGil2:39
8."Aboio"VelosoVeloso1:32
9."Dada"GilVeloso3:00
10."Cada Macaco no seu galho (cho chuá)"RiachãoRiachão3:21
11."Baião atemporal"GilGil3:40
12."Desde que o samba é samba"VelosoVeloso5:11
Total length:42:06

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicália 2 (Liner notes). Caetano e Gil. Universal Music. 1993. 73145181782.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Ilan Stavans (29 July 2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 822. ISBN 978-0-313-34396-4.
  3. Gustavo Procopio Furtado (8 January 2019). Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-086704-1.
  4. Lauren E. Shaw (4 April 2013). Song and Social Change in Latin America. Lexington Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7391-7949-9.
  5. 1 2 Neder, Alvaro. "Tropicália 2 - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2019.


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