''Circuladô'' is an album by the Brazilian musician

Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicália, which encompas ...

. It was released in 1991. ''Circuladô'' was Veloso's third album to be widely distributed in the United States.

Production

The album was produced by

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, who also cowrote "Ela Ela". It was recorded in New York and Rio de Janeiro. "Circuladô de Fulô" was inspired by a Haroldo de Campos poem.

Melvin Gibbs Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and guitarist Sonny Sharrock, and in rock music ...

played bass on the album;

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and

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Ministry of Culture (Brazil), Minister of ...

also contributed.

Critical reception

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'' praised the "mixture of pointed observation and fatalistic acceptance

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typifies Mr. Veloso's world view... More than a diarist or a social commentator, at his best he is a true poet." ''

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'' called "Santa Clara, Padroeira da Televisão" "a stunning, satirical blend of spiritual imagery and media criticism." The ''

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'' wrote that "the music on ''Circulado'' takes an impressionistic course that's more quietly experimental, working touches of jazz improvisation among the guitar and percussion lines." '' The Gazette'' stated that "there is folk, jazz, samba, bossa nova, new age and funk all rolled into one... Sensuous and seductive, the spirit of tropicalismo is alive and well."

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wrote that "Itapuã" "is a modern elegy for the beautiful beach, where Veloso is backed by a contemporary arrangement for string quartet and rhythmic section."

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, of ''The New York Times'', listed ''Circuladô'' as the second best album of 1992. In 2022, it was elected as one of the best Brazilian music albums of the last 40 years by a ''

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'' poll which involved 25 specialists, including

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, Nelson Motta, and others.

Track listing

References

{{authority control Caetano Veloso albums 1991 albums Elektra Records albums