Name: Mutantes
Brand: Os Mutantes

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VL 990212LP

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Colour

Green

Colour details

Bottle Green Vinyl

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8013252990212

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / green

Artist

Os Mutantes

Genre US

South American - Latin

Label US

Polydor

Innovative pop trio from Brazil, Os Mutantes were the first to introduce psychedelic rock to their country. Linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s, they made a notorious breakthrough with their original line-up (Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias). Despite numerous personnel changes, they continued to perform and record with influential artists like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. However, their success was threatened by the military government of Brazil at that time.
Os Mutantes ("The Mutants") are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. Although the original line-up made the most notorious breakthrough for the group, it has gone through numerous personnel changes throughout its existence. They performed and recorded with many artists of this period before some were arrested and exiled by the military government of Brazil in early 1969.
During this period, Os Mutantes was also threatened by the military government of Brazil of that time.

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Reissue of Os Mutantes' Mutantes, originally released in 1969. One album into their career in 1969, Mutantes showed few signs of musical burnout after turning in one of the oddest LPs released in the '60s. Similar to its predecessor, Mutantes relies on an atmosphere of experimentation and continual musical collisions, walking a fine line between innovation and pointless genre exercises. The lead track ("Dom Quixote") has the same focus on stylistic cut-and-paste as their debut LP's first track ("Panis et Circenses"). Among the band's musical contemporaries, Mutantes sounds similar only to songs like the Who's miniature suite "A Quick One While He's Away" -- though done in three minutes instead of nine, and much more confusing given the language barrier. The album highlights ("Nao Va Se Perder Por Ai") and ("Dois Mil E Um") come with what sounds like a typically twisted take on roots music (both Brazilian and American), complete with banjo, accordion, and twangy vocals. Though there are several other enjoyable tracks, including "Magica" and a slap-happy stomp called "Rita Lee," there's a palpable sense that the experimentation here isn't serving much more than its own ends. If the first album's relentless eclecticism did in fact occasionally result in dry passages, it's especially true here.

Mutantes

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