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1993 studio album by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
Tropicália 2
Studio album by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
ReleasedAugust 1993
RecordedMarch 1993–May 1993
StudioNas Nuvens (Rio de Janeiro)
Polygram (Rio de Janeiro)
WR Salvador (Salvador)
Genre
Length42:06
Label
Producer
Caetano Veloso chronology
Circuladô ao Vivo
(1992) 		Tropicália 2
(1993) 		Fina Estampa
(1994)
Gilberto Gil chronology
Parabolicamará
(1991) 		Tropicália 2
(1993) 		Acústico MTV
(1994)

Tropicália 2 is an album by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, released in August 1993 through WEA. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis.

Background and recording

Tropicália 2 was recorded from March 1993 to May 1993 at Nas Nuvens and Polygram in Rio de Janeiro and WR Salvador in Salvador, Bahia.

Music and lyrics

The album features politically charged lyrics on topics such as superpower imperialism, Third World poverty, and the AIDS epidemic. "Haiti" links the Carandiru massacre to the history of slavery on a transnational scale.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Alvaro Neder of AllMusic said, "The album, in philosophical terms, expresses fragile concepts. Poetically and musically, represents good entertainment, and, in its best moments, good Art."

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Haiti"Caetano Veloso4:19
2."Cinema novo"VelosoGil4:14
3."Nossa gente"Roque CarvalhoRoque Carvalho2:53
4."Rap popcreto"VelosoVeloso1:58
5."Wait Until Tomorrow"Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix3:25
6."Tradição"GilGil5:54
7."As coisas"Arnaldo AntunesGil2:39
8."Aboio"VelosoVeloso1:32
9."Dada"GilVeloso3:00
10."Cada Macaco no seu galho (cho chuá)"RiachãoRiachão3:21
11."Baião atemporal"GilGil3:40
12."Desde que o samba é samba"VelosoVeloso5:11
Total length:42:06

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Caetano Veloso – vocals, acoustic guitar (5, 8, 9, 12), arrangement (2, 6, 8, 12), keyboards (4), whistling (1)
  • Gilberto Gil – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 9–12), arrangement (2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
  • Liminha - acoustic guitar (9), arrangement (6, 7), bass (1, 7, 10, 11), drum programming (1, 7, 10), guitar (1), keyboards (1), percussion (1), sampler (4)
  • Nara Gil – vocals (5)
  • Celso Fonseca – acoustic guitar (11)
  • Raphael Rabello – seven-string acoustic guitar (2), arrangement (2)
  • Beterlau – agogô (2)
  • Zé Carlos – alto saxophone (3, 6)
  • Serginho Trombone – trombone (3, 6), arrangement (3, 6)
  • Léo Gandelman – baritone saxophone (3, 6)
  • Arthur Maia – bass (3)
  • Dadi – bass (9)
  • Dininho – bass (2)
  • Nico Assumpção – six-string bass (6, 12)
  • Luciana Rabello – cavaquinho (2)
  • Alceu De Almeida Reis – cello (2)
  • Lui Coimbra – cello (9), arrangement (9)
  • Luiz Fernando Zamith – cello (2)
  • Marcio Mallard – cello (2)
  • Moreno Veloso – cello (1, 7), pandeiro (8)
  • Zeca Da Cuica – cuica (2)
  • Ramiro Musotto – drum programming (1, 10)
  • Carlinhos Bala – drums (3)
  • Wilson das Neves – drums (2)
  • Bidinho – flugelhorn (6)
  • Marcio Montarroyos – flugelhorn (6)
  • Lucas Santtana – flute (11)
  • Wilson Canegal – ganzá (2)
  • Pedro Sá – guitar (7)
  • Daniel Jobim – keyboards (8)
  • William Magalhães – keyboards (11)
  • Zizinho – pandeiro (2)
  • Carlinhos Brown – percussion (5, 6, 10), shaker (1)
  • Firmino – percussion (11)
  • Marcelo Costa – percussion (9)
  • Cosminho – bacurinha (5, 10)
  • Trambique – repinique (2)
  • Bogam – surdo (5, 10)
  • Roberto Bastos Pinheiro – surdo (2)
  • Marçal – tamborim (2)
  • Raul Mascarenhas – tenor saxophone (3, 6)
  • Léo Bit Bit – surdo virado (5), timbales (10)
  • Bidinho – trumpet (3)
  • Márcio Montarroyos – trumpet (3)
  • Arlindo Penteado – viola (2)
  • Hindemburgo Pereira – viola (2)
  • Aizik Geller – violin (2)
  • César Guerra-Peixe – arrangement (2)
  • Rodrigo Campello – arrangement (9)
  • Chris Bellman – mastering

References

  1. ^ Tropicália 2 (Liner notes). Caetano e Gil. Universal Music. 1993. 73145181782.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Ilan Stavans (29 July 2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 822. ISBN 978-0-313-34396-4.
  3. Gustavo Procopio Furtado (8 January 2019). Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-086704-1.
  4. Lauren E. Shaw (4 April 2013). Song and Social Change in Latin America. Lexington Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7391-7949-9.
  5. ^ Neder, Alvaro. "Tropicália 2 - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2019.



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