Reviews (page 3 of 8)
Konnte man gut so einfach nebenbei hören. Spannende Klänge. Als was für Musik würde man das bezeichnen?
Solid album, takes me back to college days in the dorm!
really pure 6/10
What a strange, little carnival funhouse of an album! There are lots of surprises and sudden shifts in genre, all of it played with a whimsical, playful air. Psychedelic pop with catchy melodies, a dash of soul, and a distinctly Brazilian flair throughout. This feels like one of those albums that your favorite artists love. It’s a real gem. I love these fuzzed-out guitar parts. So cool. “A Minha Menina” in particular is a highlight.
Really interesting and fun album. I think it's enhanced for me because I have no idea what they're saying. Lots of good and fun ideas! I think I like "Baby" the most; you can really hear a nice yearning quality in it.
I am Brazilian and it is crazy even for me, but I kind of like it.
👎🏻
3/5
Absolutely miles ahead of it's time considering this is almost 60 years old. This was brilliant to listen to.
Played almost without skipping as an act of self harm cos there is literally nothing appealing to me on this record. Not sonically, not melodically. Layers and layers of peevishly mixed irritating sounds arranged in the most annoying tone sequences. This is even worse than country music. This is the album that will play on repeat when I die and go to hell.
Criatividade Latina. Estranhamente gostoso de ouvir e ao mesmo tempo divertido. Você sente a alma da música. Gravado com um palco absurdo.
This one is all over the place. Some of it is great, some of it is borderline unlistenable. It’s strange and fun at times, but dull at others, and by the end I’m not even sure how I feel about it.
I like this. It’s offbeat and interesting. I want to listen again. It could be a 4, but it’s a 3+ for now.
This is batshit and I could've given it any rating from 1-5 at various times. Was surprised I'd heard the second song before, perhaps it's been in a film or something like that. Anyway given how unsure I am, maybe it's fairest to just go down the middle and appreciate a record I'd have never listened to without this app
I kinda forgot that this wasn't just garage rock but Brazilian, there's a lot more interesting stuff going on in here! Like there's some garage rock, but there's also psych rock and chansons among other things, and it all just sounds so wonderful. I don't know Brazilian music well enough to put my finger on how exactly tropicalia separates itself from standard-issue psych, but I can hear the difference and I love it.
Remember kids, just say no to drugs
Some of these are straight noice pollution. A couple of okay ones. A low 2
Tried. Didn’t work for me.
This is great fun! What a super album! Love it!
Previously unknown. Sort of fun, but too much psychedelic rock for me, not enough tropicália.
Fun. Lively.
Well, that was certainly something. Maybe I needed some ayahuasca in my coffee this morning. Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour is what I want a whole album of. The second half was better than the first.
Very interesting, you would need to be in a particular mood/headspace to listen to this
Goood I could really see why they called it stoner album
Starting to lose it with this book lol. Remind me why everyone “must” hear this before they die?
This was weird and fun. Don’t know if I’d ever listen to it again but this proper psychedelia
This challenged me, and I kinda loved it. Completely new to me experience and a band I've never heard of before. This was fun and funky and capital-s-Strange.
This did not seem very cohesive. I feel like I just didn’t understand it. I was kind of surprised to hear that it was from 2013, feels like this could’ve been recorded and maybe the 90s or something. Just because I don’t understand it doesn’t mean it’s bad though.
Interesting - not as twee/precious as some US contemporaries. First half better than the rest.
Weird band. Great band!
Wow. I can't quite figure out if I would have enjoyed this album more if I understood the lyrics, or if it would have been even more painful making out recognizable words amongst the musical zoo cacophony. Either way, I applaud their dedication and commitment to the avant-garde aspect of Tropicalia, and simultaneously give a full-throated hiss at the atrocious-but-not-really-atonal sounds they produced for over a half-hour (this is definitely an album that's best appreciated *without* headphones, I suspect). I can definitely see why this album made it onto Mojo magazine's Top 50 Most Out-There Albums, and on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 40 Stoner Albums; sadly, I wasn't really in the mood for either of those experiences. Too bad, as they have a great band name, and that album cover fits perfectly with something out of "What We Do in the Shadows". And I feel badly giving them only two stars given how much they put themselves out there in the midst of a truly horrific period of Brazilian history, but good god this is nearly unlistenable at times.
odd mix of a lot of 60s trends, kind of wandered through the early Beatles up to a few sort of Mama and Papa harmonies and then some wanky Doors keyboards and I never did figure out the language of most of the lyrics. I got the French and a few English lines, but is this Portuguese? Don't know; don't care; still a fun, if weird--dare I say mutant?--listen.
I LOVE WEIRD STUFF
Was completely unaware of this band and album, glad it was on the list - truly original.
Brazilian band from the 60s. Think Beatles meets the Beach Boys online from Brazil. Overbaked and the high end is brutal.
This is great fun - bright, daft, tuneful, but with something sly going on underneath. Little weird noises, odd turns, bits that seem to grin while they’re quietly rearranging the room. It comes from that moment where Brazilian music could be playful and dangerous at once - weird enough to smuggle the mischief through for a while before the junta caught up.
Vraiment weird, réellement psychédélique pour le coup
No. 139 All over the place in the best way possible
Recherche musicale forte, des bruits qui dérangent lorsqu’on ecoute, parfois rapide, flûte et trompette saturée. Rock psyché brésilien, gros fond musical, les voix disparaissent presque. Cover de francoise hardy. Ce qu’on appelle latin rock, ca part dans tous les sens. Genre tropicalia. Feedback et instruments nouveaux.
Not for me. 1/5
This is some weird, goofy songwriting. They were clearly enjoying a few psychedelics producing this album - it's vibrant, extremely raw, with some utterly odd soundscapes that you can't help but enjoy. The blend of rock & alternative influence into their sound works well too. Overall it's a very fun listen, but I'm probably not high enough to call it a masterpiece. There are too many “what the fuck” moments. 7/10.
Maybe it's just because I've had a lot of underwhelming albums lately but this batshit bizarre Brazilian psych stuff was at least fun and made me feel something. No idea what it is or why it's here but I'd play it again.
What is this, The Velvet Underground & Rico? Really enjoyed despite the language barrier, and it's something I'd literally never ever have had a chance of knowing if not for it popping up on the list
This is pretty experimental and sounds ahead of its time in a way that some of the Beatles albums do from this time. Some of the effects on here don't sound that special in today's music but I can't really think of many songs from the sixties that sound like this. Again think this would be more popular in general if it was in English 3
Heltokigt! Gillar det! Känns kanske som ett album som man kan hata eller älska beroende på humör, men idag var jag visst på humör. Vet inte om jag kommer lyssna igen men är glad att jag har fått höra detta tokeri.
Lite för spretigt för min smak. Vissa spår är otroligt sköna medan andra, som försöker efterlikna influenserna lite väl mycket, tappar mig helt. En smått åksjuk trea!
Älskar! Stök! Trams! Uppror! Covers som slår briljanta original! Sen att de var lite av en besvikelse på Hotel Vegas under SXSW är förlåtet. Blir väl något svagare mot slutet av plattan men ändå, fyran given!
Det här var ändå ball. Men det fångar mig tyvärr inte tillräckligt ens vid en andra lyssning. En knapp 3a.
Ooh Brasiliens bidrag numero doos me. Vissa grejer är riktigt feta, men vissa fick jag typ psykos av. + för mindre fågelasksljud!
så roligt och kreativt! bra start på min måndag!
JAG FÖRSTÅR INTE VAD DE SÄJER!!!
Always a bit of trepidation when I see psychedelic rock as a genre, but thought this album was great
A few songs I really liked (and heard of before). Overall a good album but not something I will immediately be listening to again.
All over the place in the best way possible
Not sure what to think of this. Weird as fuck but kinda catchy and cheerful too. Don't think I'll listen to it again though.
before listening: what in the world? maybe international bg music? after listening: oh wow that was pretty cool lol
Favorite Track: A Minha Menina
Took me a few listens to actually get it. I understand its relevance, but maybe it still didn’t really click for me. I’ll definitely revisit this record in the future.
85
Really enjoyable Brazilian 60s psychedelic pop. Would never have listened without this odyssey.
Those were some crazy pshychedelic rock sounds that I very much enjoyed. Bonus polyglot points!
So eerie
A little too funky for my liking. Several songs were very difficult to get through. If we’re picking faves…. A Minha Menina or Senhor F.
This was refreshing after way to much classic rock
3/12/2026 - Listened while walking dog and driving to a meeting. It wasn't as weird as I expected. It basically sounded like a late 60's hippie album but in a different language. I wouldn't listen again but it was fine for what it was. Top Song - uhhhhh
wow that was quite a trip!! what fun so creative loved it
1950's commercial music. Light, airy, confusing, sublime, energetic...
An absolute blast. This is a true fun house that doesn't feel stuck in time. It doesn't even feel of this world quite frankly. More genuinely experimental than their American and British brethren. There's knob twiddling and sounds galore but there's also low end which makes this much groovier - unshackled from blues frees up the brain and booty.
95. interesting, a nice change
Sounds like if The Kinks got more experimental and psychedelic. Some good songs here. Definitely worth a few listens, even if mot every song is a winner.
Stands apart from its contemporaries, even outside of not being sung in English. Idiosyncratic, sometimes pretty, sometimes strange. Grab-bag of genres and sounds. This is the actually psychedelic and weird shit the 60s are known for. The distorted guitar work was my favorite part.
Interesting sounds but obviously lyrics not understood. More my style of sound than typical British and American pop and rock.
My high school Spanish teacher grew up in Guatemala. I remember wearing a Ramones shirt to school one day and she said how much she loved listening to "Los Ramones" growing up - she couldn't understand a word they were saying but she and her friends would sing along with the lyrics anyway. I tell that anecdote to say that I feel like the member of Os Mutantes were the same way with 50s/60s American music. They probably didn't understand all the lyrics but man, you can hear the influence. I couldn't understand anything they were saying, either, but pretty cool music.
**удивляется на португальском**
Ну ладно, я все понимаю, 68й год, эра цветов и лсд, и этот альбом должен был не просто расширять сознание, но и слушаться с расширенным сознанием. Но у меня ничего такого под рукой не было. Это все равно что смотреть 3d-фильм без 3d-очков. Головой понимаю, что там что-то есть, что до них вряд ли кто-то смешивал бразильские ритмы с психоделикой, но не вставляет, к тому же я вчера перестарался, 6 альбомов из списка в один присест, уже был слишком уставшим для таких экспериментов. 3 bloody roots из 5
Через 10 лет я открою свой ласт и не вспомню, при каких обстоятельствах я это включила. Но немного вайб. И выглядят бомбически.
Есть у кого контакты хорошего психиатра в Москве?
Лучшая песня: Le premiere bonheur Худшая: Adeus Maria Fulô Если кратко: дерьмо, которое в здравом уме кто-то вряд ли захочет сам послушать
В целом довольно интересная и приятная музыка, ожидал худшего
звучит интересно, по-началу думал даже буду переслушивать, но дальше было все достаточно ровно, 3.5
(Не)интересный факт - буквально позавчера закончила книгу Генералы песчаных карьеров про Бразилию 30-х годов, и вот передо мной музыкальная Бразилия спустя 30 лет. Не знаю, произошла ли революция, о которой мечтали Капитаны песка, но музыканты явно хотели смешать становящийся модным рок-н-ролл и бразильские мотивы. В последнем треке даже повеяло Красным Вигвамом Линча. Как я поняла, альбом стал известен ретроспективно, поэтому могу понять удивление людей, которые узнали, что в диктаторской Бразилии каверили Мамас энд Папас
Pretty good. Unique. An enjoyable listen.
4/5
I don’t understand why this is here
414/1089 - The jingly clacky percussion on this is really annoying. Way too upfront in the mix and high frequency. This is the only album so far I've had to listen to at 1 tick of volume. Textural variation between tracks is nice but the songs themselves are mostly strophic and uninteresting.
creepy Brazilian Beatles , i like it so far lol a minha menina is cutie patootie a lil love song for a girl. also has a sick guitar riff slow danced to baby with my fiancé honestly a super cute album might listen to again
Panis et Circenses 3.4 A Minha Menina 3.4 O Relógio 3 Adeus, Maria Fulô 3.3 Baby 3.5 Senhor F 3.2 Bat Macumba 3.3 Le premier bonheur du jour 3.1 Trem Fantasma 3.2 Tempo no Tempo 3 Ave Gengis Khan 3.5 Score: 3.263636364
dokladnie tak jak glosi tytul mutanckie brzmienie
Muito bom, certamente vou ouvir outra vez
french music
Pretty cool
This album kept going interesting places. I am appreciative it is on the list.
Está bélico
Oh wow! I had no idea about this. What a groove! Really experimental, psychedelic and weird but with samba and Jorge Ben and Mamas & Papas. A fever dream.
"Os Mutantes" (translated as the Mutants) is the debut album by Brazilian tropicália band Os Mutantes. Tropicália, psychedelic pop and psychedelic rock are the Wiki-listed genres and an apt description of their music is a blending of Brazilian musical styles with American and British psychedelia. The bandmembers included Rita Lee (vocals, recorder, autoharp and percussion), Sérgio Dias (vocals, guitars) and Arnaldo Baptista (vocals, keyboards, bass). Rolling Stone magazine placed the album at #9 on both the greatest Brazilian and greatest Latin rock and roll albums of all time. The same magazine also placed it at #39 on the top stoner albums. "Panis et Circenses" opens the album with horns sounds and psychedelic keys. Layered vocals by Lee. The music becomes almost circus-like. A tambourine is added and the the song just stops. It begins again with a harp. The pace picks up, experimental indeed. A song about complacency under oppressive military rule (yeah, I had to look that since the language is Portuguese). Jorge Ben takes over lead vocals in a cover of his "A Minha Menina." He's laughing. There's a fuzztone guitar mixed with a Latin beat. It's a celebration. "O Relógio" starts dreamy with Lee's vocals and the harp. It then goes rock with a wah-wah guitar and horns. Then back dreamy. The song ends with water dripping and various noises. The band does a cover of Caetano Veloso's "Baby." More psychedelic guitar and a soulful organ. Guitar strumming. Male lead vocals. "Bat Macumba" is the most obvious and best example of the Latin-psychedelic fusion. Latin-African tribal drums are layered with a rock beat. The only vocals are guys repeating the song title. A snake-like distorted guitar. The music on this album can be experimental (with lots of various noises), psychedelic, dreamy, trippy, soulful, cabaret and even New Orleans jazz-like. Sone songs change their style midstream. Different lead singers keep the variety going. Instruments included a fuzztone and wah-wah guitar, harp, recorder, organ, recorder, bass and horns. The beats are Latin, rock and combined. This album was a trip and a joy to listen to. The psychedelia is throughout the album but they add other styles and then just have various noises throughout. I might have rated it higher in the stoner rock list. I didn't want to get too deep into the lyrics since I would just by paraphrasing others' interpretation but there is a lot political commentary on their current militaristic state. This album is a must for anyone who like psychedelia and a high recommendation.
This was a little too weird for me.
They're having a party and they've decided you're coming
Bonkers. But fun.
Not quite sure about this one. Just when it seems to overdo the Brazilian (which taps on my eardrums after a while) it goes gloriously psychedelic. Between a 2 and a 4??
3.5
It's giving Sgt. Pepper's or Sgt. Pepper is giving Os Mutantes.
I would say this stands up with almost anything else of its era. But its a pretty an hipster pick. I dont speak any Portuguese. Hard for me to know anything about this. We live in the same hemisphere I guess. Its just a solid little sorta phych or garage type rock record. Very steeped in the 60s. Its good though. I really liked tempo no tempo and the big one a minha Menina. Those were the standouts but nothing here is bad. If this is your genre im sure you would get alot out of this. Especially if you have spun the classics over and over for decades. Cool little record
Fantastic, fascinating 60s rock from Brazil. Grateful for the experience
It's okay, bet nepakankamai, kad užkabintų.
Trippy psychedelic music in Portuguese. I listened to it while driving. Would not recommend while driving but good otherwise. 2.5
It's the psychedelic Latin version of The Beatles, and that there is such a thing is proof my sweet Lord really does work in mysterious ways. Favorite Track: "Baby".
meh
Certainly a work outside of the typical for its time, a fun psychedelic journey worthy of respect
This feels like an attempt to make their own Sgt. Pepper's. It is obviously isn't as polished and they do not have the budget to compete with The Beatles, they more than make up with passion and creativity. It is even more impressive to note that this was made by teenagers who were being oppressed by their government. This is certainly a lot more interesting than a lot of the more dull psych acts that came out once the hippie scene was in full swing. Mixing their own Brazilian tropicalla sound with psychedelica, they create an oddball record that is filled with texture and melodies. I'm also hearing elements of Beach Boys in their sound due to the harmonies they use. I'm most moved by the music when Rita Lee is on lead vocals. I have no idea what she is saying, but she has such a beautiful voice. They cover both The Mamas And The Papas and François Hardy here. I went back to listen to both the original versions of 'Once Was A Time I Thought' (listed here as 'Tempo No Tempo') and 'Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour' and I think that Os Mutantes have the better versions. This is a great discovery, this project has taught me how great Latin music can be.
No idea what was going on here but super cool
Those crazy frenchies
Felt like I was on some hot Brazilian drugs.
This is a weird one. Definitely some similarities to very early Pink Floyd, but in Portuguese. Still, I enjoyed it (at least for a one off drive to work).
++*: A Minha Menina ++: O Relógio, Baby, Senhor F, Bat Macumba, Le premier bonheur du jour, Trem Fantasma, Ave Gengis Khan +: Panis et Circenses, Tempo no Tempo +-: Adeus, Maria Fulô 7,9/10
Very experimental, loved that.
Оьбтирл
love spanish artists
I wasn’t about when Kurt Cobain tried to get Os Mutantes to reunite, but I was there for the master reissue push in the early 2000s, when the band was being written up in the all major publications. And I fell for it. I got Os Mutantes and A Divina Comedia, Rita Lee’s solo debut, Build Up, which was rereleased through El, I think. And I even got an album by Rogerio Duprat, the orchestrator of the early Mutantes records, where he produced a tropicalia version of Brahms’ 4th. It is all pretty chaotic, fun stuff. And, while I have not listened to the records in years, I find myself humming several songs regularly: A Minha Menina, Baby, and Bat Macumba. While this record suffers from many superficial problems common to psych albums, there is a sacrificial layer of foreignness that protects it. The grounding in blues keeps much American psych from sounding truly out there, but Bossa Nova is still a trip. British psych often falls into recognisable twee, but what may be twee to the Brazilians remains Exotica to us. Psychedelica always sought the “curiouser and curiouser” surprise of Alice in Wonderland and Os Mutantes is certainly a curio, kept tantalisingly distant by its language, its cultural references, and some of its techniques. A little orientalism risks creeping in on my part - Is that wild bass distortion intentional or a sign of compromised resources? Oh, that’s not a badly recorded flute, it’s a recorder! Can they possibly be referencing Sunshine Superman on Trem Fantasma? Are the parts of the record I find funny intended to be funny? They certainly have a sense of humour, even if I can parse nothing of it. 3 What a nice surprise! There is a lovely texturality about this album; the intimate recording of vocals (and all kinds of mouth noises) and the daft banquet of different woodwind and percussion instruments. You can practically taste some of those sounds. It’s a lovely, odd piece of recording. In terms of songwriting or musical structures of any kind I don’t believe it offers much beyond meandering whimsy, but meandering whimsy is plenty for this charming 35 minute album. That said, I also enjoyed the advantage of speaking no French or Portuguese and so could happily file away the word sounds as part of the carnival of slurp sounds, finger clicks, ocarinas, bird chirps, recorders and autoharp strumming without being bothered whether any trite sentiments or bad poetry were being expressed. A delight. 3/5
Really dug this. Bit like a Brazilian Love. Totally groovy.
I was prepared not to like this but it actually has some tunes! Recognised a couple from old GTA soundtracks, Bat Macumba is definitely off an advert or something as well. Turns out Brazilian fuzzed up psychedelia is quite enjoyable.
Trippy fun!
Ahead of their time.
Ok, stop trying to make these obscure shitty albums into something those of us with actual music taste and knowledge should appreciate. WTF, this is 60's psychedelic pop in Spanish. 2 stars, but I was unmotivated to listen to every track. It blew.
Esto es lo que escucha una "CHIKKA HIPPIE" no la verga de TOBIKA. Falopa de la buena papá
Fun instrumentation. Not really my style of music though and I don't typically like listening to stuff thats not in English because I feel a lot of the meaning is lost when you can't understand the lyrics.
This album was really strange to me. I see how it would fit with the time, being psychedelic rock at all. That said, I found this album extra strange, with a series of elements that didn’t all seem to fit together. It probably didn’t help that I didn’t understand what was being sung, but there are other albums I’ve even had recently that I didn’t understand and yet could really appreciate. This didn’t fit into that category.
This was awesome. Really great!
Dope
Although it was often a cacophony of sounds, I generally liked the music. However, since I couldn’t understand any of the lyrics, I can’t give it above a 3/5.
Barely got through it at 30 minutes. Sorry, not sorry.
Komisches Album ohne sinnvolle musikalische Aspekte.
who up osing they mutantes rn
Favorite tracks: A Minha Menina, Bat Macumba, Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour Don't ask me why I love this, I have no answers for you
English psych can be hit or miss for me as is, put it in Portuguese and it unfortunately leans further towards a miss for me. Its very unique and I'm sure has more cultural significance in Brazil, but this one is just not for me.
Though it wears the psychedelic rock of the USA and UK on its sleeve, the self-titled debut from Os Mutantes manages to infuse its own Brazilian tropicalia flair to create something new and fun.
This album mostly amused me. Was that a kazoo?? Not for me but it was a fun listen on my commute to work.
Do you remember back in the day recording the radio station on your cassette tape, but your song didn’t play so you decided to rerecord over that first attempt? There was always an underlying line of the first recording playing beneath your last recording that you could hear through the songs you wanted to keep. That’s what this sounded like to me. A titled song I’m supposed to listen to but some other distorted song playing beneath it. Language barrier aside, I didn’t enjoy this listen as it was agitating on multiple levels.
Ajudem-me! Parece que tomei demasiado LSD e agora toda a gente está a cantar em português e a tocar trompetes minúsculos. Na realidade, parece que invadiram uma sala de aula de música de criança pequena e começaram a tocar todos os instrumentos que encontraram... pandeiros, apitos de vara, xilofones, nossa, até consigo ouvir uma flauta de pã. Talvez eu esteja sendo assombrado pelo fantasma de Zamfir. Estou a passer-me, mano. Acho que não deveria me surpreender ao descobrir que os Beastie Boys adoraram o sample deste álbum.
Que grande descoberta. Fiquei um pouco preocupado quando vi esta psicadelia, mas fiquei agradavelmente surpreendido. Isto soa mais brasileiro, com apenas um pouco de psicadelia, o que lhe dá uma sensação diferente e muito interessante. Para mim, é um vencedor. Passei grande parte do dia a ouvir Os Mutantes. Gostei de todo o seu catálogo.
It grew on me. I think some of the mixing was quite odd but it was fun and interesting.
Hated it.
Tropicalia is a movement which I had no knowledge of at all until I came across this. “Os Mutantes” is a really interesting listen. A blend of so many sounds borne out of the rise of electric guitar driven psychedelic music from the USA and the British Blues Invasion. The crunchy guitar tone on songs like “A Minha Menina” really spoke to me and despite not understanding a word of the lyrics I felt able to infer a lot of emotion from the vocal performance. This will almost certainly merit a re listen and I can see it growing on me massively when I next stick it on.
3.5
This was so interesting! Love seeing artists doing this style outside of NA/UK
Meh
3 bara pga O Baby, annars 2-2.5
for a sec i thought: what beatles album is this? However, I was pleasantly surprised to find out NO BEATLES Honestly still slayed very much, not really my type of shit, but I appreciate it. Sounds more fun that you know who
Wenig hängengeblieben.
Das Album ist wild. Zeitweise sehr anstrengend. Zeitweise einfach egal. Insgesamt leider gar nichts für mich.
Ich war an dem Tag etwas gestresst daher sicherlich in der falschen Stimmung für so eine Platte. Sicherlich sind hier und da ein paar nette Ansätze vorhanden, aber wenn die nach kurzer Zeit wieder über den Haufen geworfen werden und noch 5 weitere Ideen in einen Song gequetscht werden, dann strengt mich das nur noch an. Hat mich leider komplett kalt gelassen.
Sorry, konnte ich gar nichts mit anfangen.
Puh, eigentlich eher ne 3, aber ich hab schon sehr stark das Gefühl, da ist nach weiteren Durchgängen mehr drin, daher schwache 4. Auf jeden Fall deutlich spannender als das letzte "Latin-Album".
Schönes Album. Mehr kann ich dazu leider nicht sagen, außer, dass mir Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour besonders gefallen hat, aber ansonsten fand ich es zwar schön aber spannungsarm. Gut für den Hintergrund aber nichts was ich nochmal hören muss
Yeah... nah. This ain't it for me. The music is already wacky enough (and not the kind of wacky I like) that's it's already not my thing. And then being in a different language just takes me out of it. I have a really hard time enjoying listening to music I can't understand already, and that's if I like the music I'm listening to. This is a miss for me.
No
weird but cool
It was fine, nothing stuck out to me, but also wasn't bad. No takeaways from me and won't be coming back to it. 2.75
A really fun album. I am starting to hear some similarities in the sound of songs of this time. :)
Really calming and pretty. Every song is unique in it’s own way. Not a fan of slow songs, so most of this album isn’t for me. Fav song is ‘A Minha Menina’.
interesting late 60s psych album. it's pretty rough around the edges, which make it a little difficult to listen to at points. particularly the harmonies here are a chore to listen to sometimes. at the same time, there is a level of charm here that makes it feel like an authentic, grassroots psych album, which makes it a more interesting listen - definitely different than a lot of the big name psych stuff that was coming out at the time. there are some cool sounds explored here. a little loony and goofy. although it definitely is not the acid rock variety of 60s psych, it still has a rougher edge at times than a lot of the other "sunshine" pop psych acts of the time, although i find its sound and style tend to fall more in line with the latter, not the former.
? This shit sounds like a bad trip although Ive never had psychedelics before. Also there’s a fucking French song. 3/5
Brazilian 60s music. 60s music in Brazil. The music is Brazilian but from the 60s. The 60s music was made in Brazilian. 6/10
Brazilian Beatles
This is album is an example of a topical discussion that is going on right now, more-so in communist America. What I’m referring to is the Super Bowl Half Time show with Bad Bunny. The fact that he sung in Spanish apparently made the snowflake MAGA get their panties in a bunch. I heard a lot of rhetoric that because it wasn’t in English, that no one could understand it and therefore it would not illicit any emotion and people couldn’t connect with it. Which is absolutely bull shit. And just another way to say “I’m a racist piece of shit”. This record in particular, although, stylistically isn’t my forte, was pretty enjoyable. Primarily not sung in English but despite that you can easily connect with the feel of the album. And let’s be honest, even if it was in English, and the words were right there, in front of you, that doesn’t mean you understand the songs. Music is subjective and a lot of the times writers write personally and the words and meanings behind songs are often are unapparent and implicit. Left for the listener to come up with their own interpretations. Whereas the music in itself is universal. Anyone can feel joy from a major chord and sadness from a minor chord. Vocalists use their voice as an instrument. Words can ultimately contradict or push the emotion forward within the song by singing notes and melodies. But some people are inept and soulless to understand this. They need it in a solid colour. I guess that describes MAGA… they hate colours.
I don't understand any of the words so it's kind of unfair to judge it too harshly. The music is nice
Highlights: A Minha Menina, Adeus, Maria Fulô, Senhor F, Bat Macumba, Ave Gengis Khan Lowlights: --------------------------------------------------------- What a treat. Absolutely insane album. I kept saying this sounds like Crash Bandicoot music over and over again and now I can't get that out of my head.
Did they use the kazoo for the instrumentals???? There was some really good stuff in here, but some of the songs were pretty awful. The instrumentals are just a bit too much for me.
Very experimental but I found that fun. I also liked the one song that was in French for some reason?! Some of the instrumentals were a little abrasive but I liked the overall construct of the songs.
Not sure how to describe what I just listened to but I would say it has potential. Unfortunately the nicer parts seemed to get lost in the crazy cacophony of random noises and languages but I feel like I can see where this was going.
I found it hard to connect with the music due to not being able to u understand the lyrics. But the busyness of the instruments wasn't my fave
Intersting. Wish I could understand the words.
Not a word was understand. Vibes were phenomenal. Very fun listen
No entiendo qué música es esta
This was the coolest album I've ever freaking listened to. Imagine the Doors + Beatles + Sgt. Pepper + so so so so so much acid. what a trip.
It's always harder when I don't speak the language, since there's a whole dimension I can't engage with. This rating doesn't say anything about the music's objective/historical quality, just how it hits me specifically. Very complex and varied instrumentals that I mostly liked a lot.
I enjoyed the instrumentation in this album. It felt cool and different.
Totally new for me. Fun and suprising listen, saved some songs.
I was only previously aware of Os Mustantes because I read The Beastie Boys Book, in which they discuss being influenced by and sampling heavily from this album. This added a fun, extra wrinkle to me as I'm trying to nail down what I *think* I recognized from Paul's Boutique. The opening track made me fear I was in for what I derisively call circus music, a sort of psychedlica reminiscent of the bad tracks on Piper at the Gates of Dawn or The Doors when they indulge their worst impulses (see also: Steely Dan). There certainly was some of that throughout, but it wasn't overwhelming. I enjoyed it a lot when they started letting the fuzzy guitar buoy the entire song, or when they lapsed into a sort of blissed-out Sgt. Pepper but Brazillian mode. Dug it, may play it again at some point. Highlights: "O Relogio" "Baby" "Bat Macumba" Lowlights: "Panis Et Circenses", much of "Ave Gengis Khan"
Not heard this brand of Tropicalia before which seems to reflect a fusion of experimentation and traditional musical ideas from the late sixties. It's own take on psychedelia makes for a weird listen.
Don't generally like stuff from the 60s, this is better than the "usual" but possibly only because it's more unique than the rest and Portuguese is my 2nd language. Not sure I'll listen again though.
Mwah, leuk op z'n tijd, maar af en toe ook gewoon echt niet boeiend. Zit wel prima in elkaar
Best vet, maar ook hier wel aardig wat me niet echt kon boeien. Dat het uit de jaren 60 komt maakt het wel wat vetter.
Ik moet dit nog een keer luisteren om het beter te waarderen denk ik Doet me denken aan neutral milk hotel maar dan meer silly en vrolijk
Wat een feest is dit. Het komt heeel duidelijk uit de 60s maar het wel zo'n plaat waar het steeds spannend is welke kant het nu weer op gaat.
fun, A Minha Menina is a tune
I had a lot of fun with this one, got into it more as it went on. Definitely an album that will get a second and third listen
Etwas albern
Um grande álbum brasileiro que é um clássico da música dos anos 1960. A psicodelia tropicalista é sensacional. CVJ Neko.
Det va ganske rart og litt fornøyelig, men ikke mye nok til å høre på det igjen.
I enjoyed this for the most part, even with the not so subtle Beatle influence. Bat Macumba had too much noise, was over-stimulated. Either way, unique music is why I started this project
Why would anyone think this should belong on this list
I was not enthusiastic when I saw a Brazilian band, just that very little Brazilian music ever interested me. But damn if this one hits completely different. It's highly psychedelic and experimental, yet still highly musical, engaging and varied from song to song. No dull moment whatsoever. The mixing, orchestration and "style" are a bit long in the tooth, you can tell this the 60s, but it doesn't get in the way of enjoyment too much.
This shit rules. Pedals made from sewing machines etc. Rad as.
Psychedelic Pop Rock with a Brazilian twist. Of historical interest, but it all sounds very dated now and is well past its best by date, so it's probably better to consign this album back into the 1968 dustbin of history.
It was kinda mobo-y and didn't love it. It was in a different language too.
Fantastic
Trippy, yet groovy at the same time. Overall, a good listen. 4.5 bumped down to 4.
I’m at a 5. I figured it was gonna be good, given the usual track record for Brazilian albums on the list, and I’m very pleased to report that it’s great. It’s a little fuzzy / buzzy / loud at points, but for 1968, what can you do about that? These are really good psych rock compositions, though blended with a bit of Brazilian flair – not so much that it becomes the identity of the album, but enough where the cultural influences still bleed in really nicely. This album can portray really strong Beatles-y energy for one measure & then immediately bring in some ghostly vocals, cool percussive styles & flutes in the next measure to keep everything fresh & on its toes. Combine that with some genuinely compelling storytelling (yes, even when untranslated, due to how nicely the vocals sell the emotions) & you end up with 36 minutes that flow really nicely together. I do wish this album had at least one transition, but I’ll settle for most of them having definitive endings. That fakeout on “Senhor F” actually got me though. I guess if I have any nitpicks, it’s that “A Minha Menina” goes about a minute too long & that “Tempo no Tempo” could’ve ended the album over “Ave Gengis Khan”, but that’s just personal preference for me. I just think it’s a really fun listen, & even if you don’t understand a word they’re saying (or bother to translate a word they’re saying), the instrumental / vocal energy just sells the album really well, with some especially catchy solos & vocal structures in there. Hence, a pretty damn good 5.
NICE, oprecht nice! Ik ben gewoon heel blij om weer eens een album in een andere taal te krijgen. Een Braziliaans rock album? Sure, het is weer rock, maar dit is wel precies waar ik deze lijst voor ben gaan doen! Dat gezegd hebbende: Dit is wel echt rare muziek. Ik weet niet wat voor drugs legaal waren in Brazilië in de 60s, maar ik wil het ook. Het is weird, het is soms elektronisch? Of tenminste zo klinkt het, maar Bat Macumba, dat klinkt als een soort Kazoo maar dan meer fucked up. Kan een kazoo meer fucked up klinken? Zonde ook, want de muziek erachter klinkt heel goed. Ik heb gewoon het idee alsof iemand zwakbegaafde broertje er een solo overheen mocht knallen en dat diegene het verkeerd heeft gemixed waardoor je nu alleen nog maar dat hoort. En toch. Durf ik wel te zeggen dat dit gewoon ook wel hard gaat? Het is zo fucking raar, maar ik heb hier nog wel het idee dat deze gasten gewoon net iets te veel drugs hebben genomen dat ze dit zelf vet vonden. Ik weet niet echt hoe het uit te leggen, maar waar ik bij Zappa erg het idee heb dat het grotendeels OMGLOLIMSORANDOMMMMM is, voel ik hier nog wel een idee achter? Ik kan gewoon niet geloven dat dit uit 1968 komt. Eerlijk, het is misschien niet mijn favoriete muziek, maar ik ben er 100000% van overtuigd dat dit een album is dat je MOET luisteren voor je dood gaat. Gewoon om er achter te komen dat de psychrock die we hadden in het Westen meer "Ik heb een keertje geblowd" rock was in plaats van de "Ik heb 6 zegels genomen en ben nu aan het ganzenborden met God" rock die ze duidelijk in Brazilië hadden. 4 sterren. Ik moet even liggen. FAVO: A minha Menina, Bat Macumba, Ave Genghis Khan
Jeg elsker at finde noget fedt musik jeg aldrig har hørt om pga listen. Stor 4
Ret fedt, sku lige vænne mig til det, man burde måske høre noget mere braziliansk psych!
Very similar to The Beatles. Feels original.
Top songs: A Minha Menina Senhor F Tempo no Tempo
also good! Hispanic so I didn’t understand but still fire 7/10
enjoyed it a lot surprisingly. In places sounded ahead of its time. Very unusual and a bit off the wall but I liked it
This was weird. In a good way. It's pretty eccentric and cool, and I had fun listening to it. Great range of instruments, cool as hell guitar in places, summery feel... I just wish I knew what they were singing!
Brazilian masterpiece.
Very cool and different album. Creative.
Meh. Might have enjoyed it more if I was in a Brazilian canteena in the lasye 60's
Kinda boring in a way that I find alot of 60s psychedelic boring. The Brazilian side of it made it more interesting, but not that much.
Joya absoluta. De los mejores discos latinos que he escuchado. Lo escuche fácil 3 veces en todo el día. Muy buen disco. Su impecable fusión entre el tropical brasileño y la psicodelia de la época hace de este disco un viaje lleno de sonidos y transiciones increíbles. Grandes vocales, grandes arreglos, excelente uso de los instrumentos para crear una atmosfera llena de colores y texturas. No se porque no había escuchado este disco antes, absoluta joya.
Não é 1/5, mas não esteve longe de o ser. Certamente que esta banda tem muita influência no rock brasileiro, mas não é para mim. No entanto, admito que existe criatividade e que a banda tinha imenso talento. Infelizmente, a música não me encanto.
Sometimes cool, sometimes like having a bee stuck in your brain
Well...it's quirky! I'm not really into the psychedelic stuff. Lyrically, I can't judge since I don't know the language. So going off vibes alone, not very pleasant to my ears. I don't know what instrument or device it is, but there's something on a few songs that just flat out was painful to listen to. Like a shrieking noise. I did think that the handful of ballads were kind of pretty. Sometimes pitchy though when all the singers are trying to harmonize.
Pretty funky. Need to revisit again
Mjög steikt og mjög gaman inn á milli
Guð minn almáttugur.
First couple notes, I figured this was a 1. Turns out it's actually pretty damn cool. Brazilian avant-garde from the 60s and it's still super-listenable and unique. One of the more surprising 4s to date. Fave tracks: - A Minha Menina - O Relógio - Adeus Maria Fulô - Senhor F - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour - Trem Fantasma - Tempo No Tempo - Ave Gengis Khan Edit: Okay, so turns out I never feel like listening to this. Go figure. I still maintain that this is a very cool, very good album. Maybe more of a 3 though.
Very fun. Album cover goes hard. Favorite track: Panis Et Circenses 3.5/5
YEAH
1⭐️ really not for me.. again I’m a lyric girly, but aside from the songs being in a different language (portuguese??) I just found the whole thing a bit strange and abrupt. TOO psychedelic for 9am on a Thursday morning x songs I already knew: n/a fave new song(s): trem fantasma
Man this is what it’s all about. How would I have ever found this. So strange, so psych, so good. Just such a good version of everything going on in England at the time done by a Brazilian band. Love it.
That was pretty damn cool.
Interesting album but still a 3
Weird
Oh yea, this was great. So glad it wasn't another bullshit Leonard Cohen or Elvis Costello album. 4/5
Blind album and artist. The album started very strong and then kind of fizzled. I didnt mine the language barrier as the instrumentation and intonation was great.
preferred the last half of the album <3
Very psychedelic and a very example of the very reason that I started going through this list. I never would have found this without this list.
Loved this. Maybe not perfect as an album, but it's so fun and alive. Wish there was more of this on the list.
One of my all time favorites. Discovered this as a teen and it sounded like nothing I was ever exposed to. Fav song is 'A Minha Menina'.
Brazilian stoner music. Didn't grab me at first...gave it a second listen and didn't hate it.
Os Mutantes is psychedelic, goofy and kind of all over the place. Totally different sounds and rhythms arise and dissolve within single tracks. Sounds that are both environmental and experimental morph into silly, childlike songs. I hear Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles influences, but it's hard to pin down or take too seriously.
Hfffffff
Yikes. Okay, this is not my thing. There was a stretch of songs - Senhor F, Bat Macumba, and Le premier bonheur du jour - that I enjoyed a little, but that was it. I won’t be listening to this again.
• This is going to be the first non-English album I've listened to so far. I've never heard of this artist before, so I have no idea what to expect. • 30 seconds into Panis Et Circenses and this is already completely different to what I thought I would be hearing. It's very experimental, to say the least. • Okay, I've just finished the first track and I have no idea what I've just listened to. I haven't delved into psychedelic music much before. • The guitar in A Minha Menina is so loud and so grating. The rest of the song sounds good but this might be the worst guitar tone I've ever heard. • The high pitched sound in O Relógio is also extremely annoying • Adeus Maria Fulô's instrumental sounds like it would be in a Crash Bandicoot or Yoshi soundtrack • So far, Baby is the track that has sounded most like a song I would listen to, but it also brought back the guitar from A Minha Menina • Senhor F is my favourite so far, the 7/8 broken up by the occasional 4/4 bar in the head of the song sounds cool and it even manages to control the chaos of the rest of the album, at least until the double fade-out and fade-back in. • The back half of this album has been a thousand times better than the first. • I've learned that Tempo No Tempo is a cover of The Mama's and the Papa's, and it definitely sticks out among the rest of the album. This song, along with Trem Fantasma before it, are two of the most "normal" sounding songs from this album. • Ave Gengis Khan is also a good song, the guitar solo almost made me forget what album I was listening to. I've tried to give this album a fair crack, and the second half of it was markedly better, but this really isn't for me. Even in the less out there songs, there would still be something to remind me of what this album is. It's shocking to me that A Minha Menina is their most streamed song on Spotify, when it was one of my least favourites from this album, but I think that just shows that I'm not the target audience for this. Favourite song: Senhor F
Really enjoyed the 60s psychedelic vibes of this album
Okay. Not my taste.
Wonderful discovery. Will go down this rabbit hole. Rob has plenty more
tbh i started this project expecting to find more gems like this one. all the stars
I don't know what to make of this one. Strange, silly at times. 2 stars seems harsh, but 3 seems like too much. I'm thinking 3 because it's different and not in English.
Background music - another foreign language one. I think I want the ability for a half star on every review
A brazilian funky and yet depressed acid trip
Weird in a cool way but not really my thing
I love weird music, and I would probably never have heard this without this website. The first 4 songs don’t really do anything for me, not quite sure why, but the rest was great. I love the weird sounds and general insanity. 3/5
A fuzzed out psychedelic color bursting cocktail of an album from Brazil circa 1968. It's pretty good but gets old fast and seems directionless even for music this out there. It seems to exist for no real reason other than because it can. I doubt I'll ever get the urge to play it again, but it was interesting and worth the time I spent with it but it's a one & done.
60-talls LSD-rus. Ikke min kopp "mynte-te".
Something different for sure! Quite whimsical. Brazilian Pink Floyd mixed with salsa? While not my home turf, I really enjoyed some tracks like 'O Relógio' and 'Bat Macumba'. Overall the tone of the album just made me feel good and cheerful. Not something I'll play every day, but I'm glad I heard this. Can definitely see why this has a place on the list!
Not sure if this was meant to be taken seriously or not. Like a mix of Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band and The Beatles but in Portugese. Stradled the line between classic psych and comedyband. Bits that stood out were the annoying parts like “Trem Fantasma” but also the quite good tracks like “A Minha Menina” which has a good groove to it. At least it was different, going to give it a 3.
I get super excited whenever I see that something from here is Brazilian. The Brazilian music I have been exposed to from here is some of the most interesting new discoveries. This is no exception. This album is really great. Super interesting usage of sound and many different textures. It’s very reminiscent of the late 60’s - early 70’s Beach Boys. Favorite songs were A Minha Menina, Baby, Bat Macumba, Trem Fantasma, and Tempo No Tempo.
The Brazeatles
Sehän lähti jännään suuntaan jo heti startissa. Nyt täytyy kyllä myöntää että meni itellekin ehkä vähän turhan oudoksi, mutta oli sielä mukana muutamia ihan hyviäkin juttuja. Eipä olis tätäkään varmaan tullut kuunneltua ikinä ilman tätä listausta
Ei varmastikaan tule kuunneltua enää, mutta sen verran mystistä tavaraa, että melkein tekisi mieli antaa kolmonen ja mikäs sitä estäisi!
Suht häröä meininkiä, mutta ihan hauskaa. Tuskin tätä tulee uudestaan kuunneltua, mutta annetaan nyt kolmonen silti uniikkiudesta.
Joo ihan hyvää sekoilua.
Erittäin mielenkiintoista settiä. Vaatisi enemmän kuuntelukertoja, jotta pääsisi kunnolla sisään.
Portugalin kieli on omaan korvaan aika lähellä maailman ruminta kieltä. Se yhdistettynä siihen, että mitään en tästä muutenkaan ymmärtänyt, niin ei nyt kauheasti lähtenyt. Ruoanlaiton taustamusana meni, ei nyt sinällään ärsyttänyt, mutta ei kyllä oikein mitään jäänyt käteenkään. Kakkosella mennään.
Not half bad lol
I listened to this album for what seemed like 3 hours straight and couldn't believe it was still going. I was absolutely shocked to find out it was only 36 minutes long and I've only been listening for 15 minutes. Its basically Duck Stab without the charm. This album sucked badly.
At last, something actually worth listening to, really refreshing after the pile of utter bollox foisted on me recently
Otro disco publicado en mi año de nacimiento, lo cual significa viejuno. Lo es por muchas razones pero imagino que en su época sería muy rompedor. Un rock psicodélico con elementos de la música carioca que a mí me suena más a proto-punk. Quien diga que en 1968 no se hacía rock experimental que escuche esto y luego hablamos. A mí me ha resultado algo incómodo. El disco contiene varias versiones, como “La premiere bonheur du hour” de Françoise Hardy, en la cual introducen el sonido de un spray anti mosquitos como recurso “estilístico”, con eso os lo digo todo”. Aprobado por el riesgo asumido.
So far I've loved everything I've heard from Brazil, but on this one I had to skip several ones which were hurting my ears.
Not really my cup of tea
Like weird Brazilian version of the Beatles/Beach Boys? Kinda fun, probably wouldn't listen again
I have heard this whole album and I don't remember why!
A little too psychedelic for me
Really enjoyed this & will listen again. Wish I understood Portuguese
I'm here for this! A brilliant blend of bossa nova, psychedelia, dreamy pop, and rock!
It's definitely not in my wheelhouse, but that's not the problem here. It's the annoying production. They needlessly mix in different elements of sound that just don't fit. random bangs, clanks, squeaks and boings in places that just do NOTHING to help the music or emphasize anything.
All of psychedelia all wrapped up into 1 album. It's all in there. Groovy.
The fun they’re having is infectious. Either that, or Ive crossed the experimental music tolerance event horizon after 650+ albums. It’s so crazy that I pulled The Bees record with their cover of “A Minha Menina” just a few days before this one. The original on here is a little better I’d like to think. “Adeus Maria Fulô” & “Senhor F” were also highlights for me. But there’s no excuse to put this thing on and enjoy it in its entirety. It’s short, challenges typical song structure, and is a good time. I’m not sure if I’d enjoy it more or less if I knew what they were saying, but I don’t think that’s the point of this one. 4/5, a psychedelic album that isn’t a classic finally did it
Fun album, pleasantly surprised!
Brazilian Psychadelic 60s rock? What’s not to like?
Solid album
ya llega la hora de aprovechar
GOOBA GOOBA OS MUTANTES
Of all the weird things about this album (which is to say all of it), I think the weirdest is that the ratings on this site have a normal distribution. Seems like it should be a "love it or hate it" album, but it still got a ton of 3s. Huh. Unfortunately I'm in the latter category. It's unique, and it seems like they achieved what they set out to do, but it did not work for me in any way. A 2 feels generous, if I'm being honest. 1.7
Os Mutantes are still the champions of the tropicalia movement. The spirit of the 60s was very much alive in Brazil here, despite fierce opposition from supporters of the dictatorship. Unlike the majority of the leftists who supported a return to traditional music, artists like Os Mutantes just wanted to tear everything down, inspired by the breathtaking pace of experimental and psychedelic rock in the West. This album doesn't have the same skill as some of those 1960s giants but it contains the same freedom and ambitious creativity of the era, coupled with a healthy dose of Brazilian sounds. It's weird, wonderful and (in the context of the time it was released) dangerous. It's always a great one to revisit from time to time.
I have enjoyed quite a bit of psych in my time, but if the genre's stated goal is to invoke the experience of a high, I can't say a lot of psych is necessarily successful. California Dreamin', Blue Jay Way, some Animal Collective songs, Bitches' Brew; these works all manage to pull it off, and Os Mutantes is on the list now. I stumbled across a Youtube video once that claims to recreate a salvia trip, and the video is all disjointed music over weird children's animation visuals and footage of industrial machinery, and everyone in the comments is like, "yup, that's it, got it in one". And the sound on Os Mutantes is kind of like this particular video. Listening to this makes me feel like I'm taking research chemicals in a circus-themed tiki bar where I'm the only person who can't speak Brazilian Portuguese. I've heard weirder and louder and more difficult music, but this is truly some of the trippiest shit I've *ever* heard. The combination of psych and Brazilian music puts me outside of my comfort zone a little, and then, perhaps fittingly, they mutate this sound in any way you could think. We have weird chanting, ocarinas, musique concrete that drops into technicolor pop, the most fucked up fuzz guitar this side of noise rock, and on one occasion, what sounds to be rhythmic sniffing. And the way the mix is handled has different components come towards and away from the listener in a truly jarring way. And every song has a set of new tricks up its sleeves, and they are all successful examples of psychedelic music. But to name a couple of favorites, Bat Macumba sounds fucking insane, and Adeus Maria Fulô is the most indescribable combination of textures I've heard in a minute. *And*, behind the fuckery, the songs still manage to be great: A Minha Menina and Trem Fantasma are particularly striking as examples of psychedelic pop. I've tried to think of any reason not to give this a 5, and I kind of can't. This is such an incredible execution of truly experimental psychedelic concepts, and it is an utterly successful psych album. If you wish psych took it all just a *little* further, this may be the album for you.
Add it to the pile of weird late 60's drugged out rock albums on the list, but this time with some Latin flair (that was easily the best part) 6/10
*loud slurp*
I enjoyed how wacky and whimsical this was. Not like anything I’ve heard before, which was pretty refreshing tbh.
Brazilian psychedelic rock band. Sort of sounded like if Cream or Iron Butterfly spoke Portuguese. It was alright, but I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was stoned or took a hit of acid. 3/5
I like this album for two main reasons. I like 60's rock/ pop, and I like Latino beats. Both are fully present in this album and easy to enjoy. The only thing that kind of might be negative in the right circumstances is that it IS very 60's vibe. I find "timeless" music to be the most refreshing and interesting, with era music taking up a less esteemed position. That is me. If one were to be throwing a 60's themed party or whatever... Different story!
160/1001 Os Mutantes - s/t Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ This is the sort of thing I'm here for with this challenge, as this was a huge surprise! Brazilian psychedelia from the 60, clearly indebted to Sgt Pepper, but still entirely its own thing, as it incorporates parts of their country's own music into the sound. I was quite surprised to have recognised one song from here - A Minha Menina (I suspect from the film I'm Still Here). Either way, great discovery!
I found this quite confusing - not just because it was in Portuguese, but more so it was a strange fusion of genres that I didn't quite get. Will probably take a few more listens to understand.
Das Debütalbum der brasilianischen Band Os Mutantes wurde 1968 aufgenommen, hauptsächlich im Philips Studio in São Paulo. Es vereint psychedelische Pop- und Rockelemente mit brasilianischen Musiktraditionen wie Samba und Tropicália. Auffällig sind die experimentellen Arrangements und der kreative Umgang mit Studiotechniken. Besonders bekannte Stücke des Albums sind „A Minha Menina“, „Panis et Circenses“ und „Bat Macumba“, die die stilprägende Mischung aus heimischen Rhythmen und internationalem Psychedelic Rock zeigen. Das Album markiert den Beginn der musikalischen Entwicklung der Band und ist ein frühes Beispiel für die Tropicália-Bewegung. Insgesamt wirkt es frisch, eigenständig und historisch relevant.
not great
It's not really my thing. I don't hate it, but I couldn't get into it. It's in that psychedelic zone, so it sounds experimental and odd. I can see why people like it, but I don't. Also, I don't know Portuguese, so no comment on it lyrically.
Brilliant album, right there among the greatest psychedelic rock albums from that era. It's mixed with traditional Brazilian music, psychedelic rock and even avantgarde/music concréte. It's fantastically progressive. The Brazilian Portuguese and French singing make this more dreamy and even more interesting. I recommend it to anyone to listen it more than once as the nuances and layers can't really be heard at first listen. I am not from UK/US so maybe I am more open to other languages and cultures on this challenge but this album is a good reminder that there are gems from other countries too so one should listen to everything with an open ear and mind.
A new one for me and a really interesting listen. These are exactly the kinds of albums I signed up for with this project. Unfortunately, I can count on one hand how many of them I've actually gotten.
Brazilian psych rock, very cool stuff that had a contemporary feel to it.
Better then i expected. A fun psychedelic record
One of the weirder albums that I really enjoyed. I mean, it's really not that weird, at least not more so than other 60s psychadelic is. But it's not something I would've ever found on my own.
pretty nice
This is the type of music I want exposure to. Super-groovy weird-ass psychedelic hard-to-define pop/rock with strong touches of exotica. This is so off-kilter but still quite listenable! Really interesting stuff going on here. First time hearing, but this is at least 4 stars. Lots of fun!
Surprisingly solid, super out there for as old as the record is, high 3
Отвал! Пожалуй, это одна из лучших записей, что я слушал. Здесь есть всё, что я люблю. Лучшая песня: Trem Fantasma
Bizarre, so bizarre. But enjoyable throughout and discovering a Minha Menina is the highlight of this whole exercise
Naah...