Mutantes [1969]

by Os Mutantes

Overview

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. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	07/02/2021
Label:	Vinyl Lovers
UPC:	8013252990212
Rank:	43627

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Os Mutantes   Primary Artist
Sergio Dias   Baixo,Guitar,Vocals
Arnaldo Baptista   Baixo,Vocals,Keyboards
Rita Lee   Vocals,Theremin,Percussion
Ze Do Rancho & Mariazinha   Viola,Vocals,Sanfona

Technical Credits

Arnaldo Baptista   Composer
Francesco Migliacci   Composer
Rogerio Duprat   Orchestral Arrangements
Nelson Motta   Liner Notes
Ricardo Moreira   Supervisor
Os Mutantes   Composer
Manoel Barenbein   Producer
Rita Lee   Composer
Tom Ze   Composer
Pedro Oliveira   Diagrams
Stelio Carlini   Engineer
Geysa Adnet   Graphic Coordinator
Maysa Chebabi   Coordination
Frank Longo   Art Direction
Ge Alves Pinto   Graphic Coordinator
Marcelo Froes   Text,Liner Notes
Fabio Rodrigues   Liner Notes
Luigi Hoffer   Remastering
Johan Kugelberg   Producer
Jeff Gibson   Producer
Wendy Bazilian   Translation
Leka Coutinho   Adaptation
Fred Jorge   Composer
Joao Kibelskis   Engineer
Arnaldo Batista   Composer
Raphael Thadeu Vilardi Da Silva   Composer
Roberto Lafayette Loyola   Composer
Sergio Dias Batista   Composer
Johnny Dandurand   Composer
Bruno Fillipini   Composer