Circuladô
| Circuladô | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Label | Elektra/Nonesuch[1] | |||
| Producer | Arto Lindsay | |||
| Caetano Veloso chronology | ||||
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Circuladô is an album by the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso.[2][3] It was released in 1991.[4] Circuladô was Veloso's third album to be widely distributed in the United States.[5]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Arto Lindsay, who also cowrote "Ela Ela".[6][7] It was recorded in New York and Rio de Janeiro.[8] "Circuladô de Fulô" was inspired by a Haroldo de Campos poem.[9] Melvin Gibbs played bass on the album; Ryuichi Sakamoto and Gilberto Gil also contributed.[10][11]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [13] |
| MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[4] |
The New York Times praised the "mixture of pointed observation and fatalistic acceptance [that] typifies Mr. Veloso's world view... More than a diarist or a social commentator, at his best he is a true poet."[14] Newsday called "Santa Clara, Padroeira da Televisão" "a stunning, satirical blend of spiritual imagery and media criticism."[8]
The Edmonton Journal wrote that "the music on Circulado takes an impressionistic course that's more quietly experimental, working touches of jazz improvisation among the guitar and percussion lines."[10] The Gazette stated that "there is folk, jazz, samba, bossa nova, new age and funk all rolled into one... Sensuous and seductive, the spirit of tropicalismo is alive and well."[15]
AllMusic wrote that "Itapuã" "is a modern elegy for the beautiful beach, where Veloso is backed by a contemporary arrangement for string quartet and rhythmic section."[12] Stephen Holden, of The New York Times, listed Circuladô as the second best album of 1992.[16]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fora Da Ordem" | |
| 2. | "Circuladô de Fulô" | |
| 3. | "Itapuã" | |
| 4. | "Boas Vindas" | |
| 5. | "Ela Ela" | |
| 6. | "Santa Clara, Padroeira da Televisão" | |
| 7. | "Baião da Penha" | |
| 8. | "Neide Candolina" | |
| 9. | "A Terceira Margem do Rio" | |
| 10. | "O Cu do Mundo" | |
| 11. | "Lindeza" |
References
[edit]- ^ Dunn, Christopher (January 1, 2014). Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469615707.
- ^ "Caetano Veloso Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "My Velosophy — Circulado by Caetano Veloso". The Village Voice. Vol. 37, no. 38. 22 Sep 1992. p. 81.
- ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 414–415.
- ^ Coleman, Mark (Dec 10, 1992). "The Year in Records — Circulado by Caetano Veloso". Rolling Stone. No. 645–646. p. 182.
- ^ a b MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 794.
- ^ Browning, Barbara (September 7, 2017). Caetano Veloso's A Foreign Sound. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781501319259.
- ^ a b Robins, Wayne (4 Sep 1992). "Brazilian Pop". Weekend. Newsday. p. 80.
- ^ Block de Behar, Lisa; Mildonian, Paola; Djian, Jean-Michel; Kadir, Djelal; Knauth, Alfons; Romero Lopez, Dolores; Seligmann Silva, Marcio (October 29, 2009). Comparative Literature: Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity - Volume III. EOLSS Publications. ISBN 9781848263956.
- ^ a b Levesque, Roger (23 Aug 1992). "Arresting new poetry from Brazilian musician". Edmonton Journal. p. D5.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 738.
- ^ a b "Circuladô Review by Alvaro Neder". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 412.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (September 8, 1992). "Review/Pop; The Many, Many Styles of Caetano Veloso". The New York Times.
- ^ Feist, Daniel (14 Nov 1992). "Caetano Veloso Circulado". The Gazette. p. E14.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (30 Dec 1992). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C10.
