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Kinda African french style, I'm not a big fan
An unbelievably playful and innovative album from that time. I love how they have that classic 60s sound at times and at other times sound modern.
Мутанты ебаные
Well, I'm glad I got to listen to something different today, but I'm not listening to this again. It is a weird combination of bossa nova and 60s rock. 5/10
It was intresting but some of the song was not my thing
Oddly unappealing
Nice twist on the psych-rock sound.
Und warum soll ich das hören müssen??
No idea what they are singing about. Tunes sound good though. 7/10
round round guy
it was ok
This was a sort of surprise, I bet there’s a lot of people who have no idea about this band? Some really excellent tracks on this album, mostly enjoyed it, 👍 it’s a thumbs up from me
While Os Mutantes boasts moments of brilliant creativity—from the infectious energy and catchy wind-down of "Panis et Circenses" to the sharp percussion of "A minha menina" and the minimal, vocal-led charm of "La Premier Bonheur Du Jour"—the album overall proves to be a challenging journey. Disorienting tone shifts like the eerie opening of "O Relógio" and forgettable mid-album fillers like "Adeus Maria Fulô" and "Senhor F" drag down the listening experience, even if groovy tracks like "Bat Macumba" and "Ave, Genghis Khan" offer late-stage redemption. Ultimately, the jarring instrumentation paired with the language barrier makes this tropicália landmark a tough sell for casual listening, yielding only a couple of genuinely standout tracks in a sea of abrasive experimentation. 2/5
I’ve heard this before. I thought I owned this but I got “Mutantes” which is their second album and I get them confused. I love tropicalia so I’ll be going on a tropicalia listening spree after this. If you know me you know I love psychedelia from the 60s and 70s and that I love the type that comes from South America and I especially love it when it’s got influences from cumbia and surf, and this has all of that. Amazing album from top to bottom
Nej, inget för mig. Tröttsamt att lyssna på och inte så kul. Vissa glimtar här och där men helheten tilltalar mig inte
honestly i was kinda wary of this one, as i always am at this point when i see "psychedelic rock" in the genre list, but as far as it goes for the psych rock albums we've rolled so far, this is pretty fuckin good! it feels a lot more experimental and there's a lot of stuff i fuck with on here, like the absolutely obliterated sounding guitar squeals on "bat macumba", the slurp(???) sound at the start of "le premier bonheur du jour" and, whatever the fuck is going on at the end of "panis et circenses".... rummaging around in the cutlery drawer????? the "a minha menina" cover is pretty great too, which helps. these guys were definitely cookin something. not sure what exactly, but i think i like it. it sure is more psych rock tho.....
Psychedelic Brazilian...pop rock
Weird
Not really interested by this album. 2 stars or D.
I am all for whimsical and weird albums, even if they are in a language I cannot understand, but I simply do not understand how the 60s continuously kept producing some of the most off beat and extremely strange albums I have ever heard before. I thought I would go into Os Mutantes and be enthralled by yet another killer MPB project, but instead I was met with "what if we gave a bunch of clowns musical equipment and a recording studio" the project. This project is interesting due to how over the top it can be at times, but that is also the same reason I have such strong negative feelings towards it. It is hard to genuinely like this album because it acts a fool all the time and only on A Minha Menina does it ever seem to stop the act for a second and truly dial in Os Mutantes' true potential. I understand why other Psychedelic Rock fans may enjoy this album, but it is just too much for myself. Sorry I let y'all down with this one....
Unbelievably cool.
Was cool
This album really surprised me! It was actually pretty good and felt relatively modern.
Mixed feelings on this one. On some tracks they sounded like a shitty cover band others were pretty cool. Portuguese is nice to listen to though
I wish I knew the language, this would be wildly original and interesting in any era but the fact that it's from the 60s is mind-blowing
Not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. This is pretty wild for 1968. Also fun! Sounds a bit like the Beatles at times and a bit like Tito Puente at others (though I could have either relationship backwards). This would be a really fun record to have in the collection and to put on just to see what people think. I didn't understand a word of it but I did enjoy it thoroughly. A bit too much chill vibes and flute for my regular listening but definitely cool. A soft must-listen.
Interesting. A cacophony of styles and noises all interwoven to make some noise. Some of the noise is ok, most of it isn’t.
This was one of the most interesting albums I've ever listened to. A lot going on, but all fascinating. Excellent background music for a gathering.
This was fun, and different!
not my vibe but can appreciate it
Turns out I like this genre a lot more when I don’t know wtf they’re saying. Not sure what that says about me as a person but I’ll take it.
Some annoying 60s / experimental quirks, but when this hits it really hits. A Minha Menina was the standout for me.
Is this the right soundtrack to feeding a baby at 4am? Probably not, but it fucking worked. Good shit. I have an immense appreciation for tropicalia due to this list and this is no exception.
Nothing earth shattering but this was fun.
Review - always a bit of a coin flip when you get a South American rock band in this thing but this was a goodun. Not an amazing album but definitely something I would've heard of if it was sung in English and that's a little sad. Good experimental and psychedelic rock of it's era. This means there are some good songs, some songs with good bits, and some real dross. Overall an ok album. Score - 6.5/10 Need to listen? YES
RITA LEE ROCKS
A strange album. Some of the tracks are fine but others feel messy. Also, whoever said it was clown music, that is spot on. It's psychedelic clown music.
Mierdón menos por Minha Menina
Psych action. So good
I had no clue what Os Mutantes is and I had quite a ride in weird psychedelic Brazilian music, that not just copied the British and US development at that time but added their own flavor. Really good 8.5/10
Weird but quite enjoyable
Sounds like Stereolab
It was fine. I'll say 2.5, round down.
Not bad. Good musicians
It was okay
Good
So glad there are some unusual albums like this on the list. I'm either too high or not high enough to fully *get* this, but I'm pretty sure I liked it.
Senhor F stood out. THIS IS AWESOME! Brazilian St. Pepper. 5/5
'P' words: -Portuguese -Psychedelic -Preternatural
That was fun and interesting. More of this please!!!!!
This was a wild ride and I'm honestly glad I heard it, which boosts it's score, but Spotify auto played a track of theirs from another album and I thought it was better than anything on this album, so it drops a bit.
Great record!!
At the start: Oh no, another psychedelic 1960s album. At the end: Wow, that was actually really interesting and good. After learning more about the band: Well-deserved place on this list, would recommend!
#1022. I'm pretty sure I liked most of the other Brazilian stuff on here, mostly Samba and all that, but this one was kind of a miss for me. 3/5: fine
Fantastical
Os Mutantes “Os Mutantes”. Yes! A psychedelic Brazilian album? More please. I do like this one a lot. I was a little familiar with it before thanks to my daughter, but this was my first dedicated full listen. Added to my streaming library. 4 ⭐️
Interesting album - very listenable, but nothing that would really encourage me to revisit/explore further
Kinda weird kinda cool
Fucking hell this is pretty brilliant isn't it
Não me sinto muito psicodélico hoje 3.6
Prog på portugisisk. Gjenkjennelige rytmer og melodier i annen språkdrakt
That was bonkers. I'd consider listening to this again so probably 5 stars here.
This album is bizarre. It is really experimental, but also really pop-y. There's lots of musique concrète bits interspersed with latin-infused psychedelic pop/rock. O Relógio is a highlight. Some really haunting music that suddenly gives way to a brief detour into some 60s pop, then jump-cuts back to the haunting stuff, but with added found-sound/musique concrète overlays. 4 stars
Weirrdd af!
I decided to get a little stoned before listening to this, and I think it was the right call. This was weird, but I totally vibed to it. “A Minha Menina” was probably my favorite song but I also loved “Ave Gengis Khan,” which sounded like a Peanuts song until the wild turn it took midway through. Probably won’t listen to this again, but honestly this was great to listen to after taking an edible on a Friday night.
Muito performático pro meu gosto
It sounds like old cartoons feel.
sonderbare Mischung
Really glad to find this kind of album through the 1001 project, but outside the novelty listen I’m not sure I’d seek this out much. That being said there should be more appreciation for this world music album seeing the love that other psychedelic groups get.
Wow! This was fucking amazing!! Can't remember the last time I had so much fun listening to an album... might make the top ten of what I've heard from this list so far...5
Surprise 5!
thanks but yeah no thanks
I found the first track to be annoying and thought I was in for a long one but it improved remarkably for me. I particularly liked when the music skewed Beatles which I learned were actual Beatles covers.
This record is awesome. Despite the fact that it is over 50 years old it sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday.
Holiday vibes! Enjoyed it
It was a very different album from the usual. Makes me want to revisit it again.
I didn't enjoy this.
Trippy
Very different, pretty good, ahead of its time.
Pleasant
This is an interesting album. I am grateful for this list to include something so off the beaten path. I enjoyed the later songs that were more experimental the most.
That was different. I think I would lose my mind if I had listened while high. Glad for the creativity, even if it's not for me. Portuguese is such an interesting language to listen to, I got kinda lost in the sound of it all.
Throwaway fun becomes throwaway essential. This record is carefree and confident, and has the air of a crack band of friends bashing tunes out fast because they had a lot of ideas, a lot of fun, and didn’t mind whether they fitted to covers or originals, they made it all their own. Wicked fuzz and exquisite, record-after-midnight voices. Kept this on for much of the day, went well with the heat.
So good, weird and moody, the Brazillian "Revolver".
This is very weird, in a very cool way. I can't adequately describe it, but it is a joy to listen to.
Weird in all the best ways, and also awesome. A true gem I'd have probably never heard of if not for this list.
Excellent, groovy, psychedelic album
Galet märklig combo av sextiotal och latinrytmer. Me like! En fyra.
If a friend had recommended I dive into 1960s Brazilian garage rock, I would’ve thought they’d lost their mind. Yet I genuinely enjoyed this record. Some of the Portuguese lyrics sounded like they were being played backwards on a warped tape, but the inventive, psychedelic music more than made up for not understanding a word.
A wildly inventive fusion of 60s era psychedelia with Latin rhythms. Very cool and experimental, and an album that grows on your over time.
Stoners. God loves them in all languages!
Didn’t come off as weird as their reputation would indicate, but I’m sure things were much different in the moments. Overall not my favorite era or genre, but I appreciate the historic record.
Pre Listen: More Brazilian music? Ok, I guess. The last one was a mixed bag. Hoping for more samba this time around. Notable Tracks: O Relogio - I love the slower parts with that soft guitar, soft vocals, and natural noises that accompany them. Then the song nose dives into a completely nonsensical psychedelic rock. I wish it was just the slow parts :( Senhor F - Least favorite song on this album. Gave me a headache, mostly from the vocals. Post Listen: If these guys had shown some restraint on almost every song, this could've been a five. Brazilians aren't really known for their restraint on anything however. They had a lot of very interesting sounds, and a wild mix of genres in here. There were some jazzy moments, experimental curves, a little bit of samba and a little bit of Bossa Nova, but mostly psychedelic rock. I really liked some parts, and really hated others, it was certainly one of those albums that felt like an experience. Everything from a technical level was done pretty well too, the guitar and drums especially hit hard for me. As I said though, there was a severe lack of restraint when it came to a lot things. What encapsulates that thought for me was when one of the vocalists ate the mic on one song. There was a lot of goofy stuff like that. Fun album, but I don't think I'll be coming back. 3/5
Stupid, stupid, STUPID psychedelia drivel. Music that—besides the minuscule value created by being “interesting”—is completely worthless. Waste of a day.
An interesting mix of psychedelic rock and the Portuguese language I wouldn't have thought I'd enjoy. Some songs were good, others ok. Not something I'd share with others but I'd be ok if a random song came on in my mix.
This is kind of like if The Animals or The Dave Clark 5 were Portuguese and weird. I don't hate it at all; I might actually say I prefer the music over the English bands they sound like. But it is in Portuguese, which is a struggle for me. It's pretty sonically interesting though. 7/10
Αποκλείεται να έχει γίνει με απώλεια παραισθησιογόνων αυτός ο δίσκος. Αλλά αξιοποιήθηκαν σωστά. Εντάξει ίσως να φταίει και η αδυναμία μου στην Βραζιλιάνικη μουσική αλλά τρελοοοος δίσκος.
Overall Rating - 3.41/5 (6.82/10). Of all of the albums recorded in the late 60s, this is definitely one of them. Weird, but mostly in a very engaging and fun way.
01) Panis et Circenses - 6,5 02) A Minha Menina - 8,0 03) O Relógio - 6,0 04) Adeus, Maria Fulô - 7,5 05) Baby - 7,5 06) Senhor F - 6,5 07) Bat Macumba - 8,0 08) Le premier bonheur du jour - 7,0 09) Trem Fantasma - 6,5 10) Tempo no Tempo - 7,0 11) Ave Gengis Khan - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Whimsical, wacky, playful and fun. Many points for that. Doesn’t really stick because I don’t speak Portuguese, but not too many points deducted for that. Maybe a further exploration, maybe not. Either way, I can get behind playful experimentation.
I for some reason thought this was going to be really off-the-wall but it was kind of on par for 1968. I appreciate to hear the Brazilian version. Had some interesting ideas on it and I'm glad I heard it.
Okay this was cool as hell
Groupe inconnu. Mélange original de styles (rock psychédélique, latin, ... +1), mais je n'accroche pas au résultat. Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5
Pretty good
4/5
1.5
Sometimes, being weird is a political act. Os Mutantes were born out of the tension between ordinary people and the repressive military regime in power at the time that threatened to crack down on anyone stepping out of line. They combined traditional Brazilian rhythms with psychedelic rock guitars, studio tricks (feedback, distortion, tape loops and varying the speed of the playback) and some openly rebellious lyrics to create a new genre called Tropicalia. In doing this they managed to upset both the right wing military junta and left wing musical traditionalists, proving that they must have been doing something right. The final impression is one of the most bonkers and joyful albums I’ve heard in a long while. I don’t understand most of it, but I don’t really need to in order to enjoy it Bat-tastic!
Insane album. Never had heard it before experimental rock with samba and beatles influence. Really cool
This music is like a circus, a fussy work with all those whistles and flutes, occasional beats, pure randomness around. At times it does work while mostly it feels like a performance. It's peculiar in a way but I cannot say there is plenty of material worthy of much praise. An odd one-time listen with a few notable tracks, I liked Panis Et Circenses, Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour, and Tempo No Tempo.
I beg ur pardón
circa 1967 Brazil - This is some Russ Meyer movie soundtrack ridiculousness - there's one full song and like 4 half songs I'd listen to on the regular.
Kind of weird, kind of approachable. This was a fun album even if it wasn't the most unique or engaging.
4/10
funny album cover. A minha menina is a groovy. and that intro to Baby! where do I know that from...
This is one of the albums that I would have envisioned going into this list. Not only it brings a unique flavor to Psychedelia but does so while providing a very solid collection of songs in an album that is truly well thought out. 9/10 [KEEP]
will forever remind me of being in my 20’s in a band that toured all the time…
An odd mixture of Sgt Peppers-era Beatles, early Grateful Dead, and Brazilian folk. Super odd, but grows on you over the course of the record. Not something I’ll be putting on at a party, but I liked it.
Personally, a bit too much going on for me. I don't think I enjoy psychedelia music that much, a lot of fusion going on. I definitely enjoyed the tropical feeling. Interesting but just too many different rhythms simultaneously
One song I liked and saved. The rest sounded weird,and like they didn't fit the last song's mood and rhythm.
Interesting and undiscovered from myself, good listen
Cool spaced out 60s Brazilian rock album. Psychedelic Brazilian rock. Some tracks are a little over the top cheesy. Senhor F is a good example of that. In fact, a lot of the album is like this. Based on the description, I wanted to like this album more than I did. At best I might throw a track onto a playlist, but I don't know what kind of playlist nor which track. 3/5.
Ok
Malo
I wasn't in the mood for this one, but it's pretty relaxing, and I liked a lot of the cool-sounding instruments used throughout. It gets a pass, and I would have liked it more had I been feeling a bit better.
Crazy how great this is and I've never listened to the whole album. I'd only heard "A Minha Menina" and "Bat Macumba" before, both great songs, but the while album is fantastic. A funhouse swirl of British invasion, carnival music, orchestral touches and other sonic goodness. I couldn't get enough and want to hear more from them. Their tropicalia was influential too, on Beck and many others. Hugely enjoyable album.
A straight up blast to listen to. Listened twice which I don't often feel like doing. Brazilian styles meet the Kinks meet the Zombies meet the Velvet Underground. Probably the best discovery of this whole thing for me so far. A Minha Menina, Baby, Bat Macumba are all great, but the whole thing calls for repeat listens. Will stick with me
No es mi tipo, experimental en exceso
Well this was different. Not helped by the fact I didn't understand a word but I can't say it would get another listen. Would never have heard it before but I suppose that's the point of this.
ah tak psychodelia brazylijska nie wiem co odwalilo tworcom tego ze to wygrzebali gdzies z 547km Amazonki
Just no.
Not bad, but one of the top 1001 albums of all time?
It is a little out there, but I kind of like it.
Always look forward to the world music albums, and it’s another good one. And we’re on a low fi, DIY homegirls kick. Os Mutantes is some wacky Brazilian psychedelia, but it was a fun, all over the place listen that worked for me. Anything goes in the sixties. (3.86*s) Would have been even better if I had heard this one back in the day…
I'm always in for a psychedelic, foreign fling. Os Mutantes delivers just that. Dig the fast horns, random trippy theatrics and sound effects. So many instruments and weird sounds...it's all over the place which is what makes this album stand out. Great us of xylophone on "Adeus Maria Fulo" and radio voice on "Senior F." Some sort of zipper piccolo and a ray gun guitar on Bat Macumba? I love it...could be top track. The slow songs with female lead aren't as strong but breaks up the chaos. Add this weird one to the stack with the works of Pere Ubu and Small Faces. 3.63 stars go to these mutants. Nice one list!
Another middle of the pack entry from a foreign band that I never would have heard of otherwise. Tropicalia as a genre doesn't seem too bad but also not something I think I would listen to on my own. Some of the music is pretty frenetic which I think works well with some of the weirdness of the whole album. None of the songs were great but most of them also weren't bad. Final track Ave Genghis Khan should be axed though. The overlap from Spanish to Portuguese is so minimum that I wasn't able to comprehend anything they were singing about unfortunately. Another world music entry that falls into the same category of not bad, glad for the exposure but won't come back to. Always on the lookout for more mutants. 2.27 stars
Just after the boring "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", this list actually gave me some really fun psychedelic music, coming from no other place than Brazil. Really being loving the picks from the country. As part of the Tropicália genre, this album mixes psychedelic rock elements, like experimenting with sounds, very distorted electric guitars, catchy choruses, weird lyrics and a lot of transitions between and in the songs, with some very infectious rhythms and grooves belonging to the Brazilian music culture, that makes the album feel so full of life, uplifting and that characterizes this style of music. I specially liked the songs "Paris et circenses", "A Minha Menina", "Bat Macumba" and "Trem Fantasma". Energy is not all that there is, as there are some slow, delicate and sweet moments, those being "O Relógio" and "Le permier bonheur du jour", even though some quiet moments can also be found in specific parts of other songs, but not explored as much as in these two pieces. The thing that bothers me the most about this record is the heavy clipping, as a result of the limitations of the technology of that time. I honestly think this would benefit a ton from a much cleaner sound. Other than that, I think it is a very fun record. Not the best I've heard coming from Brazil, but still proves that this place has being overlooked and that it is slowly gaining the attention it deserves (at least from my part).
Psychedelic, interesting and fun. Especially because it's sung in a Portuguese which adds to the charm. Loved the harmonies and different, weird sound effects. Loved the different 60s Brazilian music styles and I can never get enough of the cuica monkey! 5/5
Weird AND enjoyable! I was enthralled by the sound of the recording, they use tape saturation perfectly and like I don't think I've heard in another recording from as early as 1968. Most of the time when they get weird it's not just to be weird, it really feels like they're trying to experiment for the benefit of the listener. The whole album is a trip and I'm packing my bags for another go.
5.5/10
Interesting, entirely new to me! 3 tho
An interesting but somewhat odd album. I enjoyed the overall sound, which has something of a Velvet Underground vibe to it with more psychedelic influences. A Minha Menina was probably my highlight, and a rare track that features twice (on the far inferior album by The Bees). On the whole though, I think it needed more polish. We get quite a random array of sounds in each song, and it makes some tracks a bit too cluttered and unfocused. Worth a listen, but needed more refinement to be more than a 3.
A slice of Brazilian psychedelic sunshine. This album was great fun from beginning to end. The opener ‘Panis et Circenses’ sets the tone well, with the song starting as a fairly conventional pop song before a middle section featuring a cacophony of different instruments. Over the course of the album we get beautiful Pop melodies, avant-garde instrumentation, and samba rhythms, often all in the same song. They’ve taken influences from the British and American rock music of the late 60s and created something distinctively Brazilian, and brilliant.
This kind of pleasant surprise is one of my favourite things about this website. I probably never would have listened to this album had I not signed up, but I’m really glad I did. To this British listener it has a highly distinctive sound, combining influences from British and American psychedelic rock with Brazilian instrumentation. It’s a strange and experimental but still melodic and musically diverse album; tracks often feature multiple, very different sections, tempo changes, weird tape effects, odd sounds and instruments, and so on. I can’t say if the lyrics are any good, but the music was fantastic.
Did not like
Type shit that would make me want to haunt my future generations in Victorian clothes
weird psychadelic 60's pop rock with a latin flavor. I could not get into this, which is unfortunate because World Music usually has me coming away with something I really enjoy.
Normally I love non English music but this was just boiler plate baroque 60s nonsense with a Brazilian twist. Didn’t really land with me
7/10 - One thing I love about the 1001 project is listening to music across generations. I hear sounds that I heard when listening to the Mama's and the Papa's (in A Minha Menina) and when listening to Love (in Trem Fantasma). Senhor F sounds very Beatles like. Its really cool hearing all that The album had its moments for me. But I think its experimental aspects put me off a bit. Respect for the album tho Fav Tracks: Tempo No Tempo, A Minha Menina Heard before? ---–- ❌ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ❌ Album Cover -------Should be Vampires
Naw
I loved this album, it's weird, it kind of has a summer vibes, this one is going to be on my playlist for more listenings!
Crucial psych landmark release. So much fun to listen to.
very 60s vibe. Thought it was french at first but turns out it's Brazilian Portugese! Only one song is familiar to me
Oh, no, no, NO. Please, no. It will be hard to forget this.
It was alright not something I’d go back to though
Very weird, but not actively annoying
Kinda weird, but sometimes nice. I liked Rita Lee's singing. It's quite relaxing.
I don't think this is in the top 1001 albums of all time. I understand that it might be interesting from a music history perspective but that is not what I want to listen to.
Conocía "A minha menina" por ¿un anuncio? ¿una película? no lo recuerdo. No está mal, me he guardado también "Adeus Maria Fulô". Supongo que hubo un momento en que cada país tuvo o quiso tener sus propios Beatles o Pink Floyd.
Love how they’re able to blend traditional Brazilian instruments with the rockier style of the album. Also reminded me that the cuica exists and now I want one.
This is #day671 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… how about psychedelic pop from Brazil? I was skeptical, to be honest. But then again, late-'60s psychedelia is something I enjoy now and then. After a song or two, this turned out to be quite the eyebrow-raiser. Out of all world music I've encountered on this list so far, this has been the most fun. Very playful. Sometimes even jazzy. The female-sung songs are particularly bewitching. There's something almost carol-like about them. Great find. This is a strong 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day672.Looking forward to #day672.
Prima kut
This didn't really do it for me. Maybe on a different day I could get more into it, but it just sort of washed over me without making any impression. Not actively bad though
Love the album cover. Nice of the band to get completely baked before taking the photo. It fits the music within.
Unfortunately my tolerance for late 60's psych is very low now. This was more fun then many of the other examples on this list but way behind the Hendrix gold standard so not sure what the point is.
Fun, in a that-was-different way, but way too '60s-esque in being way too kitsch and self-indulgent. The Brazilian Donovan, a product of the times.
09/06/2026 Not sure what I expected to get from this.... can't say I was a massive fan either. Spotify listeners: 344.7k
No clue what at all they were singing about but I feel like halfway through the album they went from singing in Portuguese to French and I got a little confused but that’s ok because I don’t understand it either way. What I do understand is how fun and diverse this album sounds. The perfect album to turn off your mind and do cleaning to. However I do have to take points off the slurp sound halfway through the album because it caught me off guard and it grossed me out.
This should be my thing, I do appreciate a lot of psych rock from the 60s, but it just doesn’t really hit for me. Skipped to quite a few of the songs, two stars.
Not nearly as psychedelic as I was expecting from the reviews I read. This is the kind of album I want to experience through this listening journey. It was just a lot of fun. I've no doubt this would be better known and much more popular if it wasn't for the fact they're Brazilian. Definitely be listening again.
vibrant, very 60s album. lots of little quirky sounds like birds chirping, or what sounds like a sniff, or general whooping and hollering. repetitive songs like a lot of 60s stuff. i love Os Mutantes
Somewhat interesting but, ultimately, the lo-fi and language barriers are too high for me to get over.
Os Mutantes is certainly an interesting listen. It's not the sort of album I would naturally choose to put on, and I doubt I'll return to it very often, but I have to admit it was a fascinating experience. The album is completely all over the place in the best and worst possible ways. Psychedelic Brazilian folk-pop is already an unusual combination, and the band throw so many different sounds, instruments and ideas into the mix that it's impossible to predict where a song is going next. At times it's chaotic, at times brilliant, and often both at the same time. You can clearly hear influences from The Beatles and 1960s American pop music, but everything is filtered through a uniquely Brazilian and psychedelic lens. The result is an album that feels inventive, experimental and unlike almost anything else I've heard on this challenge. It's also one of those records that's incredibly difficult to rate. I can't honestly say I loved it, but I was never bored by it either. Even when it felt bizarre or confusing, it remained interesting throughout, and that's probably its greatest strength. Favourite tracks: I particularly enjoyed the opening two tracks Least favourite tracks: Nothing was truly bad, although the album's bizarre nature made it a challenging listen at times Album artwork: An absolutely bonkers album cover that perfectly matches the music inside
It makes me feel silly inside.
Brazilian psychedelic rock I can enjoy.
Really loved how weird this was. Lot of cool shit and interesting choices going on here. Definitely enjoyed my time with it, but not something I see myself returning to.
It was fine.
so much fun listening to this album. it's trippy, pretty, rough around the edges, thrilling, dirty, swirly -- varies from track-to-track but all still feels like the work of one group. similar to "Cue" (キュー) by Yellow Magic Orchestra, I'll never complain about someone playing "Baby" on the house music between bands at a concert. "Ave Genghis Khan" is such a rush of an album closer. Os Mutantes is an album that's easy to start over as soon as it finishes.
Man, this album was all over the place. Very fun. A lot of the songs were catchy and some rocked pretty hard. I put it on in the car, and when the second song came on, Chelsea was like, this song is in a bunch of commercials. I didn't recognize it. She looked it up and it was prominently featured in a McDonald's ad campaign during the 2008 Olympics. She has a beautiful mind.
Weird one! Pretty funky, but a little out there at times.
I couldn’t get into this even though I appreciate weird music.
I saved this for a summer's day. Tropicalia at its finest.
meh
cool! like brazilian beatles
I liked listening to this. I recognise the second track from something. Can’t figure out whether it’s an advert or tv series though. No clue whatsoever as to what was being said though, which always makes me pensive.
The Velvet Underground… In Spanish!
4.1/5
no thanks
Two Brazilian records in succession, different scores for different reasons. Where Jorge Ben Jor’s África Brasil earned a four through groove, personality, and genuine replayability, this one earns a high three through charm, curiosity, and a fun that doesn’t quite cross into essential. The record announces itself immediately with a triumphant trumpet intro — a signal that this band has no interest in meeting expectations and considerable interest in subverting them. Os Mutantes absorbed the White Album and Sgt. Pepper and then filtered both through Brazilian Tropicália, genuine mischief, and a willingness to get strange in ways that feel playful rather than self-serious. The Beatles influence is unmistakable and completely their own at the same time, which is rarer than it sounds. Rita Lee’s vocals give the record a distinctive personality, the guitar work is inventive throughout, and the whole thing has a quality of joyful experimentalism that distinguishes it from the more studied weirdness of European psychedelia from the same era. “Panis et Circenses” in particular shows a band fully committed to its own logic, orchestra and all. But the vinyl test came back clean — fun to spend time with, not something you’d reach for by choice. A high three that fully respects the playfulness and the craft without pretending to a personal connection that isn’t quite there.
Track 1 had me reaching for the off button more than once, but this site/list has taught me to give an album more a single track to fully judge it. It got a lot better after that. There were still undoubted moments of utter shite, but there were equal (if not a few more) good periods. I didn't have a fucking clue what they were saying, but that didn't distract too much. I'll never actively seek it out for a re-listen, but it was a worthwhile one-off experience.
This is how psychedelic all psych rock should be. I want to be a little uncomfortable Highlights: "A Minha Menina", "Trem Fantasma", "Tempo No Tempo"
That was a surprising and surprisingly fun album. I listened to it twice right away. And that won't be the last time. 4/5
Na trenutke okej, ali onda postaje same same. Malo underwhelming. 2/5, 4/10
Certainly different and unusual, but not something I'd go rushing back to. Maybe the fact that it's mostly in Portugese (with a token French song thrown in) affects my engagement? The music is willfully weird, but didn't grab me very tightly. Worth a listen, but not more than once for me
Much more like it, a psychedelic circus act that is interlaced with squealing guitar slides and a bossa nova heartbeat. Really really enjoyed this and it stands shoulders above the last couple of albums I have listened to just by its sense of adventure. Only a 4 because no sound from the album is deified in my memory
Absolutely awesome psychedelic rock record. I think I had heard the name before, but didn't know a single note. And boy, is this just as good as the classics, probably better than some. After six runs in a day I'm determined to get to know it better and find out. Very creative, experimental and weird while at the time fun and catchy. One of the best discoveries from this project for me after more than 800 entries.
This is an incredible achievement. It’s so fucking cool, the choral layers, the use of effects, it’s manic, yet so thought out. This album is in my top 10 for this project
I don’t get it.
No olipahan häröilyä! Brasilialaisbändi Os Mutantes tarjoilee takkuista psykedeliaa ja sekavia biisejä. Olihan tämä tavallaan ihan mielenkiintoinen levy, mutta en voi sanoa kauheasti tykänneeni.
Psychedelic tropicala- I love this. I will be listening to this again and again. I really liked Jorge Ben’s appearance on A Minha Menina.
This is just the kind of thing I’m doing this project for. Love it
Bit ordinary for me but I appreciate it on the list
I thought this was cool for sure but nothing really really exceptional
That’s one of my favorite gems of the project. Brazilian Sgt Peppers doesn’t disappoint. I’m very excited to listen more as the weather gets warmer. That’s one of my favorite international albums and one of my favorite late 60s psych albums. Rating: 4.8
International Psychadelia...a fun listen
This kind of album exemplifies the value of this project. Love it and never would’ve found it in my own.
Some interesting songs, some weird
Yes! This is the kind of album I wanted to discover when I started listening to 1001 albums!
naja, nicht so prickelnd.
Nicht so meins
It's cool just not for me
Eerst denk je, wat moet ik met Braziliaanse equivalent van de Monkeys? Maar al snel wappert het richting gekkigheid, en doet het eerder denken aan wat men aan de andere kant van de Oceaan had laten zien met Sergeant Pepper. Dit is 'Tropicália' volgens Wikipedia, en hoewel de uitleg aldaar niet veel helpt, is het duidelijk dat we hier een soort Braziliaans staaltje psychedelica hebben aangetroffen. Vrolijk, maf, aanstekelijk, vaag. In ieder geval iets wat na meermalen beluisteren fris blijft, dat is een kwaliteit op zich. Een van de verantwoordelijken voor deze plaat was Caetano Veloso, die we eerder zelf hoorden met een eigen album uit hetzelfde jaar, dat wat minder kon boeien. Het nummer met de meeste hitpotentie, 'A minha menina', hoorden we twee weken geleden nog in een cover van The Bees. Hoe dan ook, de plaat verbreedt de horizon, en daar is dit boek toch eigenlijk voor bedoeld.
Jeetje. In Brazilië hebben ze de jaren '60 ook niet overgeslagen zeg. Goed, we horen toch weer wat anders dan anders met deze mix van zuiderlijke klanken en psychedelische spelerij. Maar het had op zijn minst wat beter uitgevoerd mogen worden. Af en toe hoor je ineens kort dat ze ook fatsoenlijk muziek konden maken. Dan hoor je bijvoorbeeld een soort Manu Chao. Maar meestal is het veel en veel te gek.
Een maffe Braziliaanse versie van de Beatles of aanverwanten. Het is vrij gedateerd, ook de geluidskwaliteit helaas. Veel schelle geluiden die pijn doen aan het gehoor. Dat helpt niet voor de luisterervaring. De psychedelische elementen kunnen geinig zijn, maar het is mij iets te experimenteel en het loopt niet lekker. Er zit geen catchy deuntje in. Ik heb het net geluisterd en kan geen 1 deuntje naneurien. Het is op zich wel leuk om kennis van te nemen, al stoppen ze mijns inziens best veel Braziliaanse muziek in dit boek en vergeten ze andere landen gemakshalve. Als de geluidskwaliteit beter was geweest, had het waarschijnlijk ook geen 3 sterren geworden, maar nu al zeker niet.
Buenos sonidos
Omg I already listened to The Bees' A Minha Menina cover and the original is wayyyyy better!! This album is SO COOL + intriguing + psychedelic + shroomy tbh. Perfect for summer dozy daysssss with a lil bit of boogie and pizzzazzzzz. Has made me realise how much I like boogie-able music generally. Bat Macumba is sooooo vibes
Not really into this much but at least it’s something different
beautiful
its fucking insane (not an insult btw)
Had never heard of the band coming in but turns out that I do know _A Minha Menina_, probably from the radio and a jolly good song it is too! I enjoyed this Brazilian take on 60s psychedelic rock, it felt familiar but with a refreshing edge to it. _Adeus Maria Fulô_ reminded me a bit of of something from _Satta_ by Boozoo Bajou who must have heard this befiore writing that album!
Que coisa estranha
some of the instrumentals felt quite overwhelming as if every sound was all over the place, but an okay listen for the most part. however, my favorite track is "Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour", track #8—it stands out more than the other tracks significantly with its unique instrumentals and vocals that I prefer significantly.
Dang, this is what I’m looking for. Some deep cut niche music, that I never would have know about otherwise.
I don't hate the music but it's a bit retro for me. Rita Lee was a wonderful singer and political force.
Heel experimenteel en fijn om naar te luisteren. Portugees is daarbij een interessante taal.
Very much not for me. Very chaotic. Sound was off (maybe because it's older, I don't know). Did not like the voices. They used different languages at least in one song, I really dislike when people do that. Something positive: they used unique instruments?
Sehr schräg. Ein Lied kannte ich.
This was interesting. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. The Portugese was interesting -- I think I would've liked it better if I understood what they were saying better. The music was good, but in the end it was just a little too dated and tinny sounding to be really great. It was worth listening to, but I don't think I have any desire to hear it again. Three stars.
Un completo bodrio
A fun album that I couldn’t understand
I didn't know if I *like* this so much as find out fascinating. It's at the interesting of two genres I generally enjoy and did not know ever intersected, and while it's not always successful, it's never dull.
I got into this back when it surfaced as an obvious influence on all those 2005-2013 bands (New Pornographers, of Montreal, Vampire Weekend, and a hundred others) but had totally forgotten about it. I loved revisiting it. Breath of fresh air.
It took a minute to rate, but I've have gone back to this album and loved it. It's crazy, but in a great way.
Groovy
Very reminiscent of my high school summer spent on the docks of the port of Santos near San Paulo overseeing the pineapple imports. Didn’t understand Portuguese then and still don’t. Nonetheless, a musically pleasant offering for the day.
Strange but I think I liked it?
Psych masterpiece especially when it is in Portuguese language and has Brazilian Rythms
#350/1001. There is a best of Os Mutantes album in my collection somewhere, and has a few cuts from here as well. Nice to see them included! That said the techies is a bit of a mess - simultaneously innovative production and terrible mixing. Many Brazilian records from this period seem to suffer from the latter, don't know why. Some of the stuff is a bit too much "let's try to sound like sgt pepper era Beatles", but sinne of the other stuff kicks butt. At least one Brazilian gem discovered here, and definitely belongs to a list of 1001 Brazilian albums to hear before the carnaval.
I'm sure this was a great addition to the collection to freak out the squares if you were a bit counterculture in the 60s. Now though 🤷♂️
me encanta que este disco suena como beatles y sui generis a la vez so far 3.5 estrellas, creo que si lo escuchara mas veces si lo subo a 4
#116/1001 🇧🇷 An artist and album that i have never heard of or heard before in my life and I'm so glad that its here. I've definitely found some of the psychedelic albums on this list a bit challenging but this is an absolute joy to listen to. Best Tracks: A Minha Menina, O Relogio, Adeus Maria Fulo, Bat Macumba.
Like 60s Beatles style pop bands but with hits in Portuguese
Very much not for me unfortunately - it was at least different which is something I guess.
An era of music I don't particularly like done even poorer.
like Beatles but worse
Was nice but not something id listen to everyday i thought it was french in the beginning
Truly bizarre. I don’t know if I liked it, but it was certainly keeping me on my toes throughout. Points for creativity here I guess
Didn’t know psychedelic latin music was a thing. Fun listen but not sure I’d put my listening rotation though.
It's so bad ... Can't believe I was actually familiar with a song on here. Now I know what not to listen to.
If you don’t think psychedelic music is annoying enough, can I interest you in trying listening to it in a foreign language?
j'ai pas trop aimé, c'est pas mon style 2
Best aardig. Maf album, blijkbaar historisch en zeer invloedrijk
I like the appeal of some international music. Cool psychedelia.
weird and wacky and sometimes atonal but hey, i had fun!
more boring 60s psych. at least it's not a bunch of bri'ish dudes this time and there are multiple languages at play here. favorites: panis et circenses, tempo no tempo
Definitely held my interest.
So this is why I'm here - never heard of these guys, never heard anything like this, and it's just completely fun and awesome. I estimate that it's improved by approximately 14% by virtue of the fact that I have no idea what anyone is saying.
I think this is an acquired taste.
1001 album, a few gems, and a ton of goofy weird crap. This is the latter 1
3.5
I wasn't totally getting this album first thing this morning. So out of actual kind of wanting to dive a little bit deeper (and I saw a list of suggested albums by them) I gave a listen to their third album, *A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado*. That one I liked a little bit better mainly because it felt a little bit more focused and more Centric on the Psychedelic Rock Style. And then came back to this one and actually found it quite a bit Charming. To me the best tracks are the ones that they mixed the Tropicália with the psych instrumentations, "A Minha Menina" and "Bat Macumba". And I absolutely adored the Rita Lee lead songs "O Relógio" and "Le premier bonheur du jour" they were a beautiful quiet contrast to the rest of the album, even though "O Relógio" dips into psych section. "Trem Fantasma" was a nice little pop tune and kind of reminded me of "Sunshine Superman" melodically. And the Mamas & Papas cover "Tempo no Tempo", I dug the contrast of the cathedral bookends to the soft psych main section I do find this a bit hit or miss and I think it's the fact that it's all over the place but I also find it rather interesting at the same time (7.95) ★★★½
Some of this is overly psychedelic, and I am not the biggest fan of Brazilian music in general, but there are some awesome distorted guitar on this album. 3 stars
Not sold on all of Os Mutantes, but parts of it are cool, and it certainly is an interesting take on Brazilian music.
They used to be known as Os Tosseurs but they’ll always be Os Tossers to me. It’s a pretty psychedelic, scrappy, swinging sixties collection with a few manky elements (mainly the bloke vocals) but some really cool ones to make up for it (mainly the kerazee fuzz guitar). A couple of sultry Rita Lee sung ones plus the main standout A Minha Menina which appeared earlier on The Bees ex-1001 album Sunshine Hit Me. Low 3.5.
Very unusual album that I have never heard of. It's kind of trippy Brazilian music. Hard to describe or come up with something similar. I suppose I enjoyed listening to it despite not really understanding what was going on. Probably not something that I would put on again even though I don't regret listening to it this one time.
Terrific left-field psychedelia
Interestingly eclectic mix of psychedelic rock
All I gotta say is…yikes. The 60s sure seemed like a wild time.
I have no idea what this is. I think I heard a Beatles song?
I enjoyed this, but it was a little too sedated to keep me super interested. I would live to see it live, though!
Intriguing will listen to it again
Beetje Beatles/papa's & the mama"s
This is weird, in a good way. I don't see myself listening to this much after this initial listen, but I am happy about the journey this album sent me on.
WORLD music? WHIRLED music?? No, it's more psych rock. We have decided to include every psych album ever recorded and in that journey, we have decided to sample the acid of a whole different nation. Brazil! Oh god. I don't have a history of enjoying music from Brazil, unless it's Sepultura. At least this is far less likely to be disgruntled rich white kids! Despite the fact that there are far too many inclusions from this genre on this list, I found this to be a standout. Genuinely psychedelic with the music to back it up. Great fuzz on the guitars, whole whack of languages in the lyric sheet, and some genuinely unsettling/fascinating passages. Plus some Brazilian fellow kicked the shit out of me ion a game of online chess while this album played. Truly humbling. 3.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Blotter paper
Best Track - "A Minha Meninha"
Not for me
No fue mi estilo
Listened in the car on the way to work. Wow what a surprise of a album! I typically don't like the psychedelic rock of this era but these guys took it and made it really fun and interesting. Never would have heard this before this project. Loved it.
Excellent piece of Brazilian psych rock in the trippy late 60s with a flair of supernatural vibes.
Brazilian 1960 pop with tambourines
Chalk this up as a win in the "you've never heard something like this before" category. I didn't know how to listen to this at first, but it helped to read a basic description: Brazilian styles crossed with 60s psychedelia. And they lean heavy into the psychedelia.
6.5/10
Not bad
3.5 Trippy ride
Os Mutantes (The Mutants) were participants in the politically-charged musical movement tropicália, which I've interacted with a little bit for this challenge already. the band was featured on Caetano Veloso's first self-titled album in 1968, and Veloso returned the favor by contributing four songs to this, their debut album, which came out a few months later. also making a couple appearances is Gilberto Gil, another prominent tropicália figure; Gil and Veloso co-wrote this album's opener, "Panis et circenses". it's a scathing indictment of the upper classes of Brazilian society living comfortably while the country's military dictatorship made the lives of its less fortunate citizens a living hell. Veloso's album stood out to me for the innocuous way in which it delivered its very pointed political message; the music of Os Mutantes feels like a mirror image of that! this is easily one of the most experimental albums I've yet heard in a genre already known for its experimentalism, certainly far moreso than most of the American and British music they were clearly using as a template. the wide array of instrumentation and the bizarre arrangements, with their detours into dissonance and noise (check out the plucked piano strings at the end of their cover of Françoise Hardy's "Le premier bonheur du jour), come courtesy of avant-garde composer Rogério Duprat. come for the sunny psych melodies, stay for The Weirdness. light 8/10.
Oddly interesting? Interestingly odd? I'm not really sure which. But I started it and I didn't want to turn it off. Kind of groovy. Not sure it's my thing or I'd listen to it again, but kind of cool that I did once. Better than most of the strangely odd things on this list.
Three non-english albums in a row, all not super interesting.
The Beach Boys, if the beach is Coco Cabana and the boys are pre-gaming hard while getting ready for carnival
Psychedelia sounds more playful when sung in Portuguese.
I'd heard tell of this albums many times, but never sought it out. Mistake on my part.
Cool shit right here. Quite psychedelic, quite rhythmic, quite hip and in the now for '68 but oh so unique. I'll need time with this to really get to know it and feel it and understand it more. But I'm thrilled upon first listen. I think other albums by this band might be even better.
Universal?? Oh no?? Indiana Jones?? What?? Wait what?? I feel like I'm in Its A Small World. What are we talking about. Hello? Yeah man. I'm confused and intrigued. They're just hooting and hollering. That one meme of Meg from family guy in the contraption. This is what she was cooking up. Like I don't know what this is. I'm a little scared. Cocomelon?? I appreciate the creative risks but I unfortunately just don't like it. Wait I like the French one. Well hello Mr. Gengis. Interesting. Favourite: Le Premiere Bonheur Du Jour Least favourite: Adeus Maria Fulô
I'm sorry, this sucks.
I never imagined “psychedelic Latin music” to be a thing, but in retrospect it makes perfect sense.
Highlights: A Minha Menina, Senhor F, Bat Macumba, Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour This was sure goofy and psychedelic. A bit too much actually, it felt kinda messy. The sound often changed from A to B to Z... Compared to an earlier tropicalia record I got on this list by Caetano Veloso, this is a lot less "Brazilian" and a lot more typical 60s "weed music". Heck, they even have a cover of a western song (but a good one)! The last song gives surfer vibes too, which I would rather associate with the US. But overall the record was very playful and a joy to listen to, at least most of the time, even though I understood jack shit of what was sung.
5/10
Not my jam
fine
Ha‘s am Afang so gar nöd gfühlt, isch aber dänn doch no iwie unterhaltsam worde