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Araçá azul
World · 1973 · 9 tracks

Araçá azul

Caetano Veloso

A radical departure into concrete poetry and tape loops. Caetano Veloso dismantles Brazilian pop in a lonely, brilliant studio experiment.

1973 · Universal Music Group

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A defiant and lonely exploration of sound that prioritizes intellectual curiosity over melodic comfort.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Viola, meu bem
0:49
02
De conversa / Cravo e canela
5:44
04
Gilberto misterioso
4:50
05
De palabra em palabra
1:20
06
De cara / Eu quero essa mulher
4:14
07
Sugar Cane Fields Forever
10:15
08
Júlia / Moreno
3:19
09
Épico
4:06
10
Araçá azul
1:20
Moments Worth Listening For
the jarring transition from traditional viola folk into the disorienting tape loops of track two
ten minutes of sugar cane fields dissolving into a collage of voices and street sounds
the final whispered repetition of the title track that feels like a secret being buried
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Araçá azul sound next to the rest of Caetano Veloso's catalogue?

Field Recordings+4.0σ

The production is built around field recordings than this artist usually allows.

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