Os Mutantes (album)

Os Mutantes
Studio album by Mutantes
Released	June 1968
Recorded	December 1967 - January 1968
Genre	Tropicalia, psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length	36:30
Label	Omplatten/Polydor
Producer	Manoel Barenbein
Mutantes chronology
Os Mutantes (1968) Mutantes (1969)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Amazon.com	(favorable)[3]
Crawdaddy!	(favorable)[4]

Os Mutantes is the debut album by the Brazilian tropicalia band Os Mutantes. It was originally released in 1968 and influenced by traditional Brazilian music styles, as well as American and British bands. The disc includes many hits, such as "Panis et circenses", "Baby" and "Ave, Gengis Khan"^[5].

The album was successful around the world, being considered one of the 50 most experimental albums in history^{[citation needed]}. It appears at number 9 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time^[6].

Track listing^[5]

#	Title	Songwriters	Length
1.	"Panis et circenses"	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso	3:40
2.	"A minha menina"	Jorge Ben	4:45
3.	"O relógio"	Mutantes	3:31
4.	"Adeus, Maria Fulô"	Sivuca, Humberto Teixeira	3:06
5.	"Baby"	Caetano Veloso	3:02
6.	"Senhor F"	Mutantes	2:35
7.	"Bat macumba"	Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso	3:10
8.	"Le premier bonheur du jour"	Jean Gaston Renard, Frank Gerald	3:39
9.	"Trem fantasma"	Caetano Veloso, Mutantes	3:18
10.	"Tempo no tempo (Once was a time I thought)"	John Philips; Portuguese version: Mutantes	1:48
11.	"Ave, Gengis Khan"	Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias	3:51

Personnel^[7]

• Rogério Duprat: arrangement

Mutantes:

• Arnaldo Baptista: vocals, keyboards and bass
• Rita Lee: vocals, recorder, autoharp and percussion
• Sérgio Dias: vocals and guitars

Special guests:

• Dirceu: drums
• Jorge Ben: vocals and acoustic guitar (in "A minha menina")
• Dr. César Baptista: vocals (in "Ave, Gengis Khan")
• Cláudio Baptista: electronics

References

1. ^ About.com review
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Amazon.com review
4. ^ Crawdaddy! review
5. ^ ^{a b} Bush, John. "Os mutantes". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r400594. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
6. ^ "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira". Rolling Stone Brasil. http://www.rollingstone.com.br/edicoes/13/textos/1246/. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
7. ^ "Os mutantes". Discos do Brasil. http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/discosdobrasil/consulta/detalhe.php?Id_Disco=DI02057. Retrieved 14 July 2010.