Os Mutantes - S/T -LP
Record Details:
The band's debut album, Os Mutantes, is far and away their best -- a wildly inventive trip that assimilates orchestral pop, whimsical psychedelia, musique concrète, found-sound environments -- and that's just the first song! Elsewhere there are nods to Carnaval, albeit with distinct hippie sensibilities, incorporating fuzztone guitars and go-go basslines. Two tracks, "O Relogio" and "Le Premier Bonheur du Jour," work through pastoral French pop, sounding closer to the Swingle Singers than Gilberto Gil. Though not all of the experimentation succeeds -- the languid Brazilian blues of "Baby" is rather cumbersome -- and pop/rock listeners may have a hard time finding the hooks, Os Mutantes' first album is an astonishing listen. It's far more experimental than any of the albums produced by the era's first-rate psychedelic bands of Britain or America.
Artist: Os Mutatantes
Produced by: Manuel Bareinbein
Originally Released in:1968
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Polydor
Condition: New/ Sealed limited edition 180 gram vinyl Reissue
Track Listing:
A1 Panis Et Circenses
A2 A Minha Menina
A3 O Relógia
A4 Maria Fulô
A5 Baby
A6 Senhor F
B1 Bat Macumba
B2 Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour
B3 Trem Fantasma
B4 Tempo No Tempo (Once Was A Time I Thought)
B5 Ave Gengis Khan