Rita Lee - Hoje E O Primeiro Dia

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• Rita Lee O Primeiro Dia Do Resto De Nossas Vidas

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Music Review: The Mutantes' final circus
Rating: 3 Stars

This album can be seen as an immediate successor to Tropicalia and contains elements of what's being called the "post-Tropicalia sound": the continued ironic juxtapositions of Brazilian elements with Pan-Latin and prevailing American/European stylings, but tinged by a slightly-subdued, darker, less-youthful energy that bespeaks the oppression of the Brazilian dictatorship (Veloso and Gil were still in exile when the album was recorded) as well as the drug fallout and loss of optimism shared with their Northern counterparts.

That's not to say the humor is gone - "Tapupukitipa" sets a righteous strident chant of an Indian word over a distinct early-70s clavinet-driven funk-rock groove that dissolves into group spoken-word, and the opening track coaxes an image of Dee-Lite's Lady Kier cutting a musical "toast to health" in Electric Ladyland Studios in 1969, given spine by the great bassist Liminha. In typical Mutantes fashion, Latin styles such as tango and bossa nova are skewered lovingly. But Arnaldo Baptista sounds like a man in decline, and the general feel is of a group of tired carnival entertainers putting on an heroic final show to a litter-strewn venue.

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International CDs

• Music > Styles
• Latin Music
• Pop