Araçá Azul

Araçá Azul
Studio album by Caetano Veloso
Released January 1973
Venue São Paulo
Studio Eldorado
Genre
Length 38:55
Label
Producer Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso chronology
Caetano e Chico - juntos e ao vivo
(1972)		 Araçá Azul
(1973)		 Temporada de Verão - ao vivo na Bahia
(1974)

Araçá Azul (Portuguese for "blue Cattley guava") is the fifth studio album by Caetano Veloso, released in November 1972[3] by Philips Records (later PolyGram). The album was recorded shortly after Veloso returned from his exile in London. Araçá Azul is Veloso's most experimental album to date, influenced in part by the poetics of invention of the Brazilian concrete poetry movement and the experiences in popular music by Walter Franco. It was negatively received by the market upon its release in January 1973, and is Veloso's lowest-selling album despite receiving critical acclaim. According to Veloso’s account in his memoir ‘’Verdade Tropical’’ (‘’Tropical Truth’’)[4], the album was recorded in São Paulo over a single week at Eldorado Studio, the only studio in Brazil equipped with 8-channel recording technology at that time. Veloso reports that he made the record alone, with help from a technician and his assistant, under permission of then president of PolyGram, André Midani.

Artwork

The cover art is a photograph of Veloso, taken by photographer and director Ivan Cardoso,[5] and produced by Luciano Figueiredo and Oscar Ramos.[6]

Release and reception

As registered in the first print of the LP, and confirmed by the artist himself and the record company, the album was released in November 1972 and broadly commercialized after January 1973.[7] Acclaimed by the critics, it was badly received by the general public, adding a mark as the most returned LP from that period.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[9]

Upon release, the album was acclaimed by critics.[9] Antônio do Amaral Rocha of Rolling Stone Brazil placed the album at number 97 in the list of the 100 best Brazilian albums.[10] John Bohannon of PopMatters compared the album to Jean-Luc Godard's film Breathless, stating that both "were made at critical turning points in the histories of their mediums, and both stand as testaments to the innovative approaches of their creators."[11]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Viola, Meu Bem" (traditional)0:49
2."De Conversa/Cravo e Canela" (Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos)5:44
3."Tu Me Acostumbraste" (Frank Domínguez)2:58
4."Gilberto Misterioso" (Veloso, Sousândrade)4:50
5."De Palavra em Palavra" (Veloso)1:20
6."De Cara/Eu Quero Essa Mulher" (Veloso, Monsueto, Lanny Gordin, José Batista)4:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Sugar Cane Fields Forever" (Veloso, Sousândrade)10:15
8."Júlia/Moreno" (Veloso)3:19
9."Épico" (Veloso)4:06
10."Araçá Azul" (Veloso)1:20

Notes

Adapted from Discogs.[12]

  • "De Conversa/Cravo e Canela" is listed as "Cravo e Canela" in the inner sleeve.
  • "Gilberto Misterioso" is listed as "Gil Misterioso" in the inner sleeve.
  • "De Cara/Quero Essa Mulher" is listed as "Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo" in the inner sleeve.
  • "Araçá Azul" is listed as "Araçá Blue" in the inner sleeve.

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.[13]

  • Antonio Perna — piano (track 7)
  • Caetano Veloso — producing
  • Edith de Oliveira — vocals (tracks 1, 7)
  • Ivan Cardoso — photograph
  • Lanny — guitar (track 6)
  • Luciano Oliveira — pandeiro (tracks 1, 7)
  • Luciano Figueiredo — artwork
  • Marcus Vinicius — technician[6]
  • Moacyr Albuquerque — bass (tracks 6, 7, 8)
  • Milton Nascimento — cowriting
  • Oscar Ramos — artwork
  • Ronaldo Bastos — cowriting
  • Rogério Duprat — arranging[14]
  • Tusé de Abreu — flute (track 7)
  • Tuti Moreno — percussion, drums, vibraphone (tracks 4, 6, 7, 8)

References

  1. ↑ "Caetano Veloso Oficial". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Release "Araçá azul" by Caetano Veloso". MusicBrainz. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ Veloso, Caetano (2003). Letra só; Sobre as letras / Caetano Veloso; organização Eucanaã Ferraz. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. pp. 326–327. ISBN 9788535904291.
  4. ↑ Veloso, Caetano (2017). Verdade Tropical. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. pp. 473–478.
  5. ↑ "Experimentalismo, censura e partes íntimas: artistas revelam segredos de 5 capas clássicas da MPB". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Souza, Tárik de. "Caetano Veloso - ARAÇÁ AZUL" (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Veloso, Caetano (2003). Letra só; Sobre as letras / Caetano Veloso; organização Eucanaã Ferraz. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. pp. 326–327.
  8. ↑ Veloso, Caetano (2017). Verdade Tropical. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. pp. 473–478.
  9. 1 2 "Araçá Azul - Caetano Veloso - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  10. ↑ "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on October 8, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  11. ↑ Bohannon, John (June 25, 2008). "Finding Common Ground". PopMatters. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Images for Caetano Veloso - Araçá Azul". Discogs.
  13. ↑ "Caetano Veloso – Araçá Azul". Discogs.
  14. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (November 3, 2006). "Rogério Duprat, 74, Producer of Defining Tropicália Albums, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2017.


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