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Circuladô

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Circuladô
Studio album by
Released1991
LabelElektra/Nonesuch[1]
ProducerArto Lindsay
Caetano Veloso chronology
Estrangeiro
(1989)
Circuladô
(1991)
Circuladô Vivo
(1992)

Circuladô is an album by the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso.[2][3] It was released in 1991.[4] Circuladô was Veloso's third album to be widely distributed in the United States.[5]

Production

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The album was produced by Arto Lindsay, who also cowrote "Ela Ela".[6][7] It was recorded in New York and Rio de Janeiro.[8] "Circuladô de Fulô" was inspired by a Haroldo de Campos poem.[9] Melvin Gibbs played bass on the album; Ryuichi Sakamoto and Gilberto Gil also contributed.[10][11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[13]
MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[4]

The New York Times praised the "mixture of pointed observation and fatalistic acceptance [that] typifies Mr. Veloso's world view... More than a diarist or a social commentator, at his best he is a true poet."[14] Newsday called "Santa Clara, Padroeira da Televisão" "a stunning, satirical blend of spiritual imagery and media criticism."[8]

The Edmonton Journal 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."[10] 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."[15]

AllMusic 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."[12] Stephen Holden, of The New York Times, listed Circuladô as the second best album of 1992.[16]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Fora Da Ordem" 
2."Circuladô de Fulô" 
3."Itapuã" 
4."Boas Vindas" 
5."Ela Ela" 
6."Santa Clara, Padroeira da Televisão" 
7."Baião da Penha" 
8."Neide Candolina" 
9."A Terceira Margem do Rio" 
10."O Cu do Mundo" 
11."Lindeza" 

References

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  1. ^ Dunn, Christopher (January 1, 2014). Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469615707.
  2. ^ "Caetano Veloso Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "My Velosophy — Circulado by Caetano Veloso". The Village Voice. Vol. 37, no. 38. 22 Sep 1992. p. 81.
  4. ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 414–415.
  5. ^ Coleman, Mark (Dec 10, 1992). "The Year in Records — Circulado by Caetano Veloso". Rolling Stone. No. 645–646. p. 182.
  6. ^ a b MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 2000. p. 794.
  7. ^ Browning, Barbara (September 7, 2017). Caetano Veloso's A Foreign Sound. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781501319259.
  8. ^ a b Robins, Wayne (4 Sep 1992). "Brazilian Pop". Weekend. Newsday. p. 80.
  9. ^ Block de Behar, Lisa; Mildonian, Paola; Djian, Jean-Michel; Kadir, Djelal; Knauth, Alfons; Romero Lopez, Dolores; Seligmann Silva, Marcio (October 29, 2009). Comparative Literature: Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity - Volume III. EOLSS Publications. ISBN 9781848263956.
  10. ^ a b Levesque, Roger (23 Aug 1992). "Arresting new poetry from Brazilian musician". Edmonton Journal. p. D5.
  11. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 738.
  12. ^ a b "Circuladô Review by Alvaro Neder". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  13. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 412.
  14. ^ Holden, Stephen (September 8, 1992). "Review/Pop; The Many, Many Styles of Caetano Veloso". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Feist, Daniel (14 Nov 1992). "Caetano Veloso Circulado". The Gazette. p. E14.
  16. ^ Holden, Stephen (30 Dec 1992). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C10.