Tropicália 2

Tropicália 2
Tropicália 2
Studio album by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil
Released	August 1993
Recorded	March 1993–May 1993
Studio	Nas Nuvens (Rio de Janeiro); Polygram (Rio de Janeiro); WR Salvador (Salvador)
Genre	MPB; Tropicália;
Length	42:06
Label	WEA; Elektra; Nonesuch; Philips; PolyGram; Universal;
Producer	Caetano Veloso; Gilberto Gil; Liminha;
Caetano Veloso chronology
Gilberto Gil chronology

Tropicália 2 is an album by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, released in August 1993 through WEA. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis.

Background and recording

Tropicália 2 was recorded from March 1993 to May 1993 at Nas Nuvens and Polygram in Rio de Janeiro and WR Salvador in Salvador, Bahia.^[1]

Music and lyrics

The album features politically charged lyrics on topics such as superpower imperialism, Third World poverty, and the AIDS epidemic.^[2] "Haiti" links the Carandiru massacre to the history of slavery on a transnational scale.^[3]^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

Alvaro Neder of AllMusic said, "The album, in philosophical terms, expresses fragile concepts. Poetically and musically, represents good entertainment, and, in its best moments, good Art."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Haiti"	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso Gilberto Gil	4:19
2.	"Cinema novo"	Veloso	Gil	4:14
3.	"Nossa gente"	Roque Carvalho	Roque Carvalho	2:53
4.	"Rap popcreto"	Veloso	Veloso	1:58
5.	"Wait Until Tomorrow"	Jimi Hendrix	Jimi Hendrix	3:25
6.	"Tradição"	Gil	Gil	5:54
7.	"As coisas"	Arnaldo Antunes	Gil	2:39
8.	"Aboio"	Veloso	Veloso	1:32
9.	"Dada"	Gil	Veloso	3:00
10.	"Cada Macaco no seu galho (cho chuá)"	Riachão	Riachão	3:21
11.	"Baião atemporal"	Gil	Gil	3:40
12.	"Desde que o samba é samba"	Veloso	Veloso	5:11
Total length:				42:06

Notes

"Wait Until Tomorrow" is a cover of the song of the same name by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.^[1]

Caetano Veloso – vocals, acoustic guitar (5, 8, 9, 12), arrangement (2, 6, 8, 12), keyboards [with samplers] (4), whistling (1)
Gilberto Gil – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 9–12), arrangement (2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
Liminha - acoustic guitar (9), arrangement (6, 7), bass (1, 7, 10, 11), drum programming (1, 7, 10), guitar [Ebow] (1), keyboards (1), percussion (1), sampler (4)
Nara Gil – vocals (5)
Celso Fonseca – acoustic guitar (11)
Raphael Rabello – seven-string acoustic guitar (2), arrangement (2)
Beterlau – agogô (2)
Zé Carlos – alto saxophone (3, 6)
Serginho Trombone – trombone (3, 6), arrangement (3, 6)
Léo Gandelman – baritone saxophone (3, 6)
Arthur Maia – bass (3)
Dadi – bass (9)
Dininho – bass (2)
Nico Assumpção – six-string bass (6, 12)
Luciana Rabello – cavaquinho (2)
Alceu De Almeida Reis – cello (2)
Lui Coimbra – cello (9), arrangement (9)
Luiz Fernando Zamith – cello (2)
Marcio Mallard – cello (2)
Moreno Veloso – cello (1, 7), pandeiro (8)
Zeca Da Cuica – cuica (2)
Ramiro Musotto – drum programming (1, 10)

Carlinhos Bala – drums (3)
Wilson das Neves – drums (2)
Bidinho – flugelhorn (6)
Marcio Montarroyos – flugelhorn (6)
Lucas Santtana – flute (11)
Wilson Canegal – ganzá (2)
Pedro Sá – guitar (7)
Daniel Jobim – keyboards (8)
William Magalhães – keyboards (11)
Zizinho – pandeiro (2)
Carlinhos Brown – percussion (5, 6, 10), shaker (1)
Firmino – percussion (11)
Marcelo Costa – percussion (9)
Cosminho – bacurinha (5, 10)
Trambique – repinique (2)
Bogam – surdo (5, 10)
Roberto Bastos Pinheiro – surdo (2)
Marçal – tamborim (2)
Raul Mascarenhas – tenor saxophone (3, 6)
Léo Bit Bit – surdo virado (5), timbales (10)
Bidinho – trumpet (3)
Márcio Montarroyos – trumpet (3)
Arlindo Penteado – viola (2)
Hindemburgo Pereira – viola (2)
Aizik Geller – violin (2)
César Guerra-Peixe – arrangement (2)
Rodrigo Campello – arrangement (9)
Chris Bellman – mastering

References

^ ^a ^b Tropicália 2 (Liner notes). Caetano e Gil. Universal Music. 1993. 73145181782.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Ilan Stavans (29 July 2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 822. ISBN 978-0-313-34396-4.
^ Gustavo Procopio Furtado (8 January 2019). Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-086704-1.
^ Lauren E. Shaw (4 April 2013). Song and Social Change in Latin America. Lexington Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7391-7949-9.
^ ^a ^b Neder, Alvaro. "Tropicália 2 - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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[liner_notes-1] Tropicália 2 (Liner notes). Caetano e Gil. Universal Music. 1993. 73145181782.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[2] Ilan Stavans (29 July 2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 822. ISBN 978-0-313-34396-4.

[3] Gustavo Procopio Furtado (8 January 2019). Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-086704-1.

[4] Lauren E. Shaw (4 April 2013). Song and Social Change in Latin America. Lexington Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-7391-7949-9.

[AllMusic-5] Neder, Alvaro. "Tropicália 2 - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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