Gal Costa (album)

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Gal Costa
Studio album by
Released1969
Genre
Length39:12
LabelPhillips
Dusty Groove (reissue)
ProducerManuel Barenbein
Gal Costa chronology
Domingo

(1967)
Gal Costa
(1969)
Gal
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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MusicHound[citation needed]
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Gal Costa is the first solo album by the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, released in 1969. It was ranked the 80th best Brazilian album of all time by the Brazilian Rolling Stone magazine.[3]

Considered one of the most representative records of the countercultural Tropicália movement, the album features songwriting by various artist associated with the movement, with whom Costa had previously worked with in the 1968 collaboration album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis. These include Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Torquato Neto.

Composition

The music in the album has been considered unprecedented.

melodic complexity and harmonic freedom" of its songs.[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Não Identificado"Caetano Veloso3:12
2."Sebastiana"Rosil Cavalcanti2:23
3."Lost in the Paradise"Caetano Veloso2:52
4."Namorinho de Portão"Tom Zé2:34
5."Saudosismo"Caetano Veloso3:10
6."Se Você Pensa"Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos3:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Vou Recomeçar"
Jorge Ben
3:05

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023. ...Gal Costa veils hers in gauzy melodies and bossa nova–indebted vocals. Able to channel bossa icon João Gilberto...
  2. ^
    All Media Network
    . Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Preto, Marcus. "Gal Costa (1969, Philips)". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring Publicações. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Gal Costa - Gal Costa". Unsung. Head Heritage Ltd. March 27, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2015.