Tropicália 2
1993 studio album by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
Tropicália 2 Released August 1993 Recorded March 1993–May 1993 Studio Nas Nuvens (Rio de Janeiro ) (Rio de Janeiro) (Salvador ) Genre Length 42 :06 Label Producer
Circuladô ao Vivo Tropicália 2 Fina Estampa
Parabolicamará Tropicália 2 Acústico MTV
Tropicália 2 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] Carandiru massacre to the history of slavery on a transnational scale.[ 3] [ 4]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 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
Title Lyrics Music 1. "Haiti" Caetano Veloso 4:19 2. "Cinema novo" Veloso Gil 4:14 3. "Nossa gente" Roque Carvalho Roque Carvalho 2:53 4. "Rap popcreto" Veloso Veloso 1:58 5. "Wait Until Tomorrow " Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix 3:25 6. "Tradição" Gil Gil 5:54 7. "As coisas" Arnaldo Antunes Gil 2:39 8. "Aboio" Veloso Veloso 1:32 9. "Dada" Gil Veloso 3:00 10. "Cada Macaco no seu galho (cho chuá)" Riachão Riachão 3:21 11. "Baião atemporal" Gil Gil 3:40 12. "Desde que o samba é samba" Veloso Veloso 5:11 Total length: 42:06
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Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[ 1]
Caetano Veloso – vocals, acoustic guitar (5, 8, 9, 12) , arrangement (2, 6, 8, 12) , keyboards [with samplers] (4) , whistling (1) Gilberto Gil – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 9–12) , arrangement (2, 6, 7, 11, 12) Liminha - acoustic guitar (9) , arrangement (6, 7) , bass (1, 7, 10, 11) , drum programming (1, 7, 10) , guitar [Ebow] (1) , keyboards (1) , percussion (1) , sampler (4) Nara Gil – vocals (5) Celso Fonseca – acoustic guitar (11) Raphael Rabello – seven-string acoustic guitar (2) , arrangement (2) Beterlau – agogô (2)
Zé Carlos – alto saxophone (3, 6)
Serginho Trombone – trombone (3, 6) , arrangement (3, 6)
Léo Gandelman – baritone saxophone (3, 6) Arthur Maia – bass (3) Dadi – bass (9)
Dininho – bass (2)
Nico Assumpção – six-string bass (6, 12) Luciana Rabello – cavaquinho (2) Alceu De Almeida Reis – cello (2)
Lui Coimbra – cello (9) , arrangement (9)
Luiz Fernando Zamith – cello (2)
Marcio Mallard – cello (2)
Moreno Veloso – cello (1, 7) , pandeiro (8)
Zeca Da Cuica – cuica (2)
Ramiro Musotto – drum programming (1, 10)
Carlinhos Bala – drums (3)
Wilson das Neves – drums (2)
Bidinho – flugelhorn (6)
Marcio Montarroyos – flugelhorn (6) Lucas Santtana – flute (11) Wilson Canegal – ganzá (2)
Pedro Sá – guitar (7) Daniel Jobim – keyboards (8) William Magalhães – keyboards (11)
Zizinho – pandeiro (2)
Carlinhos Brown – percussion (5, 6, 10) , shaker (1) Firmino – percussion (11)
Marcelo Costa – percussion (9)
Cosminho – bacurinha (5, 10)
Trambique – repinique (2)
Bogam – surdo (5, 10)
Roberto Bastos Pinheiro – surdo (2)
Marçal – tamborim (2)
Raul Mascarenhas – tenor saxophone (3, 6) Léo Bit Bit – surdo virado (5) , timbales (10)
Bidinho – trumpet (3)
Márcio Montarroyos – trumpet (3) Arlindo Penteado – viola (2)
Hindemburgo Pereira – viola (2)
Aizik Geller – violin (2)
César Guerra-Peixe – arrangement (2) Rodrigo Campello – arrangement (9) Chris Bellman – mastering
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