Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis

Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	1968
Genre	Tropicália, MPB
Length	38:38
Label	Universal
Producer	Manuel Barenbein
Caetano Veloso chronology
Caetano Veloso (1968) Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968) Caetano Veloso (1969)
Gilberto Gil chronology
Gilberto Gil (1968) Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968) Gilberto Gil (1969)

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Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (Latin for Bread and circuses) is a 1968 collaboration album by artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Nara Leão, Os Mutantes and Gal Costa. Considered an important album in the history of popular music, it features arrangements by Rogerio Duprat and lyrical contributions from Torquato Neto.^[2]

Cover

The main contributors can be seen on the album cover. Seated on the floor, Gilberto Gil holds the graduation photo of Capinan. To the left, drinking something in a chamber pot, is Rogério Duprat. To the right, Gal Costa, wearing a yellow dress, is beside Torquato Neto, with a cap. Caetano Veloso is to the left of them, holding a picture of Nara Leão. Behind them are Tom Zé, on the right, and Os Mutantes, on the left (more precisely, from left to right, Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias).

Influence

It is considered to be the manifesto of the Tropicalismo movement. It is number 2 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.^[3]

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Performer	Length
1.	"Miserere nóbis"	Gilberto Gil, José Carlos Capinam	Gilberto Gil	3:44
2.	"Coração materno"	Vicente Celestino	Caetano Veloso	4:17
3.	"Panis et circencis"	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso	Os Mutantes	3:35
4.	"Lindonéia"	Caetano Veloso	Nara Leão	2:14
5.	"Parque industrial"	Tom Zé	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes	3:16
6.	"Geléia geral"	Gilberto Gil, Torquato Neto	Gilberto Gil	3:42
7.	"Baby"	Caetano Veloso	Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso	3:31
8.	"Três caravelas (Las Tres Carabelas)"	Augusto Algueró e Moreu (Portuguese version: João de Barro)	Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil	3:06
9.	"Enquanto seu lobo não vem"	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	2:31
10.	"Mamãe, coragem"	Caetano Veloso, Torquato Neto	Gal Costa	2:30
11.	"Bat macumba"	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso	Gilberto Gil	2:33
12.	"Hino ao Senhor do Bonfim"	Artur de Sales, João Antonio Wanderley	Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes	3:39

Personnel

• Rogério Duprat: arrangement and conducting

References

1. ^ Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis at Allmusic
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ "Os 100 maiores discos da Música Brasileira" (in Portuguese). Rolling Stone 13: 111. October 2007.