Os Mutantes (album)
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Os Mutantes
Studio album by Os Mutantes
Released  June 1968
Recorded  December 1967 - January 1968
Genre  Tropicalia, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, avant-garde
Length  36:30
Label  Omplatten/Polydor
Producer  Manoel Barenbein
Os Mutantes chronology
 Os Mutantes
(1968)  Mutantes
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source  Rating
 [bad word]  5/5 stars[1]
Allmusic  4.5/5 stars[2]
 [bad word]  (favorable)[3]
Crawdaddy!  (favorable)[4]

Os Mutantes is the debut album by the Brazilian tropicalia band Os Mutantes. It was originally released in 1968 and influenced by traditional Brazilian music styles, as well as American and British bands. The album includes a cover of The Mamas & The Papas' "Once Was a Time I Thought", translated into "Tempo no Tempo,"[5] and a cover of "Le premier bonheur du jour," previously recorded by Francoise Hardy.

The album was critically acclaimed around the world, and was put at #12 on Mojo magazine list of "50 Most Out-There Albums of All Time".[6] It appears at number 9 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest Brazilian albums of all time.[7]
Contents

    1 Track listing[5]
    2 Personnel[8]
    3 References
    4 External links

Track listing[5]

All songs written [bad word] by Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sergio Dias except where noted. 
Side one  
No.  Title  Writer(s)  Length  
1.  "Panis et Circencis"    Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso  3:40
2.  "Minha Menina"    Jorge Ben  4:45
3.  "O Relogio"       3:31
4.  "Adeus, Maria Fulo"    Sivuca, Humberto Teixeira  3:06
5.  "Baby"    Caetano Veloso  3:01
6.  "Senhor F"       2:35
Side two  
No.  Title  Writer(s)  Length  
7.  "Bat Macumba"    Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso  3:10
8.  "Le premier bonheur du jour"    Franck Gerald, Jean Renard  3:39
9.  "Trem Fantasma"    Caetano Veloso, Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee, Sergio Dias  3:18
10.  "Tempo no Tempo"    John Phillips - Version: Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee, Sergio Dias  1:47
11.  "Ave Genghis Khan"       3:48
Personnel[8]

    Rogerio Duprat: arrangement

Os Mutantes

    Arnaldo Baptista: vocals (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11), keyboards and bass
    Rita Lee: vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), recorder, autoharp and percussion
    Sergio Dias: vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 11) and guitars

Special guests:

    Dirceu: [bad word] 
    Jorge Ben: vocals and acoustic guitar (in "Minha Menina")
    Dr. Cesar Baptista: vocals (in "Ave, Gengis Khan")
    Clarisse Leite: piano in "Senhor F"
    Claudio Baptista: electronics
    Gilberto Gil: percussion (in "Bat Macumba")