Tropicália 2

1993 studio album by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil

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

Length

42:06

Label

WEA
Elektra
Nonesuch
Philips
PolyGram
Universal

Producer

Caetano Veloso
Gilberto Gil
Liminha

Caetano Veloso chronology

Circuladô ao Vivo
(1992)

Tropicália 2
(1993)

Fina Estampa
(1994)

Gilberto Gil chronology

Parabolicamará
(1991)

Tropicália 2
(1993)

Acústico MTV
(1994)

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.