Mutantes

• Artist: Os Mutantes
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1969
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Latin

Review

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, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dom Quixote (Lyrics)	Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee	Os Mutantes	(3:54)
Não Vá Se Perder por Aí		Os Mutantes	(3:16)
Dia 36 (Lyrics)		Os Mutantes	(4:01)
Dois Mil E Um	Rita Lee	Os Mutantes	(3:57)
Algo Mais (Lyrics)	Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista	Os Mutantes	(2:38)
Fuga No. II (Lyrics)	Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista	Os Mutantes	(3:42)
Banho de Lua (Tintarella di Luna)	Fred Jorge	Os Mutantes	(3:41)
Rita Lee	Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee	Os Mutantes	(3:09)
Mágica		Os Mutantes	(4:37)
Qualquer Bobagem		Os Mutantes	(4:36)
Caminhante Noturno	Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista	Os Mutantes	(5:11)

Credits

Sergio Dias (Vocals), Nelson Motta (Liner Notes), Pedro Oliveira (Diagrams), Arnaldo Baptista (Vocals), Wendy Bazilian (Translation), Rita Lee (Theremin), Ze Do Rancho & Mariazinha (Vocals), Ze Do Rancho & Mariazinha (Viola), Rita Lee (Vocals), Marcelo Fróes (Text), Ricardo Moreira (Supervisor), Luigi Hoffer (Remastering), Johan Kugelberg (Producer), Frank Longo (Art Direction), Jeff Gibson (Producer), Ze Do Rancho & Mariazinha (Sanfona), Geysa Adnet (Graphic Coordinator), Lêka Coutinho (Adaptation), Fabio Rodrigues (Liner Notes), Rita Lee (Percussion), Rogerio Duprat (Orchestral Arrangements), Marcelo Fróes (Liner Notes), Maysa Chebabi (Coordination), Arnaldo Baptista (Keyboards), Arnaldo Baptista (Baixo), Stelio Carlini (Engineer), Gê Alves Pinto (Graphic Coordinator), João Kibelskis (Engineer), Manoel Barenbein (Producer), Sergio Dias (Baixo), Sergio Dias (Guitar)

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